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UK Agri-Tech Centre welcomed a Spanish delegation to the UK through the Tactical Fund Project to not only engage in bilateral visits to and from Spain but also help foster knowledge exchange, broaden networks, and cultivate collaboration opportunities

Agri-tech is set to accelerate innovation & growth in the UK’s agriculture and food industries, as over half of UK food industry businesses say adopting technologies is a key business priority.

The UK Agri-Tech Centre is good at identifying key challenges within the sector bringing together consortia of researchers, farmers, agronomists, industry representatives and SMEs.

The UK Agri-Tech Centre took part in this year’s BSAS. Hannah van Zanten from Wageningen University presented on the topic of ‘Livestock in a Circular Economy’, discussing a number of modelled examples to illustrate the effects of circular food systems

The UK Agri-Tech Centre took part in the South West AgriTech Showcase 2024, with discussions highlighting the pivotal role of sustainable collaboration in shaping not just the South West region, but also the global food supply chain.

UK Agri-Tech Centre launched on 1 April 2024. Following the merger of Agri-EPI, CIEL and CHAP to create the UK’s largest dedicated agri-tech organisation and driving agri-innovation at unprecedented levels.

As the Agri-Tech Centres gear up to start a new and unified era as UK Agri-Tech Centre, Harry Langford reflects on how the Landscape has changed, the innovation activity and impact in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA).

Dr David McNaughton, the Managing Director of Soya UK, has over 30 years of commercial and scientific experience in the seed industry. In this interview, we discuss his background, his honorary doctorate from the Institute of Agriculture of the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences

The UK food system is a force for good, but the way it works together and is supported has to improve. This was the central message of the 23rd annual City Food & Drink Lecture.

Last week, Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL) and Agri-EPI Centre, part of the Agri-Tech Centres, visited Morocco as part of an effort to strengthen collaboration between the UK and Morocco.

The AgriSynth project represents an innovative approach within the agricultural sector, using synthetic images for machine learning to change how agricultural AI solutions are developed

The UK Agri-Tech Centre is working with an innovative start-up Debye Ltd. to develop and trial its ground-breaking system, which simulates lightning’s ability to capture nitrogen in the form of nitrates when it strikes water.