Driving agri-tech innovation and adoption through world-class facilities, expert knowledge and business support, we’re tackling the agri-industry’s most critical challenges.
Driving agri-tech innovation and adoption through world-class facilities, expert knowledge and business support, we’re tackling the agri-industry’s most critical challenges.
The UK Agri-Tech Centre helps high potential agri-tech businesses commercialise, scale and expand in the UK and globally supported by strategic connections across the agri-food chain.
Our new Agri-Tech Solution Sprints deliver specialist, expert support to tackle business growth challenges and move your innovation closer to market – quickly.
Accelerating the pathway to Net Zero and improving sustainability across UK agriculture requires robust, scalable solutions that can support producers, supply chains and the wider sector through environmental and economic transition.
Finding novel solutions for food security to support people and planet, we’re partnering with farmers, scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs around the world.
Our Sector Growth offer is designed to help high‑potential agri-tech businesses break through barriers, strengthen commercial positions and accelerate adoption across UK and international markets.
Our Test, Trial & Demonstrate offer helps high‑potential agri‑tech businesses prove performance, build credible evidence and create the confidence needed for commercial adoption.
Our Business Support offer is designed to help high‑TRL agri-tech companies turn proven innovation into commercially strong, investment‑ready ventures. Great technology alone doesn’t build a successful business.
Through our test, trial and demonstrate pathway, we help SMEs generate robust evidence, prove performance in real-world conditions and get market-ready. These videos show how our facilities and specialist expertise support the journey from validation to scalable commercial use.
This overview video introduces how the UK Agri‑Tech Centre supports that journey — helping organisations move from early‑stage prototypes to proven, scalable solutions ready for market.
The Digital Phenotyping Laboratory at Rothamsted Research is an early step in the UK Agri‑Tech Centre’s commercialisation pathway for agri-tech prototypes. It provides a controlled setting to measure how plants respond to new technologies before moving into larger trials.
The Innovation Hub for Controlled Environment Agriculture (IHCEA), located at the James Hutton Institute, plays a crucial role in the UK Agri‑Tech Centre’s commercialisation pathway.
