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Farmers count the cost of severe flooding in the Czech Republic, Germany, and Austria. The European farmers union organisation COPA-COGECA says that damage already runs into hundreds of millions of euros, with the true extent of the devastation not yet known.

MPs are asking the Government to set compulsory national targets for food suppliers and retailers to cut waste. The International Development Select Committee's latest report says cutting food waste will play a key role in feeding a growing world population.

Scientists in Scotland are looking at ways of stimulating plants to use their own natural defences against infections and pests. They believe 'defence elicitor' compounds could cut the use of pesticides.

Presented by Anna Hill, and produced by Sarah Swadling.