The UK Agri-Tech Centre has recently been selected to participate in one of Innovate UK’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership Scoping Projects.
An innovative project which uses birdsong as a key to unlocking the secrets of wildlife has been launched in a collaboration between the UK Agri-Tech Centre and Chirrup.ai.
The UK Agri-Tech Centre has worked closely with Concert Bio to conduct some high-throughput testing of Concert Bio’s microbial biostimulants within a deep water lettuce production system.
The UK Agri-Tech Centre is delighted to announce the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with AgriTechNZ, which will help support bi-directional pathways for innovators between New Zealand and the UK in the agricultural industry.
This Spain & UK Knowledge Exchange Program 2024/25 initiative promises to strengthen ties between the UK and Spain, driving forward collaborative efforts to solve pressing agricultural challenges and unlock new opportunities for both nations.
The UK Agri-Tech Centre has called on investors to keep agri-tech in their sights when considering areas in which to invest, following the UK Government’s investment summit today.
UK agri-tech firms were playing a crucial role in the transformation of farming and were an important driver of economic growth, the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit was told. With a range of speakers over two days in London (September 31 and October 1), the UK Agri-Tech Centre had a major presence at the event. The UK Agri-Tech Centre chief executive Phil Bicknell hosted a roundtable looking at agri-tech growth and how the sector could tackle emerging challenges. With a range of participants around the table, from international agri-tech experts to UK-based SMEs, Mr Bicknell emphasised the important role the UK Agri-Tech Centre had to play in bridging the gap between academic research and on-farm adoption. This built on positive comments by Government Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs, Daniel Zeichner, who, during a keynote address to the conference, praised the role agri-tech organisations were playing in driving innovation and growth in the wider agriculture sector. Mr Bicknell said: “The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit is an event that brings together Government and industry and has been great to meet colleagues from Innovate UK, Defra and the Department for Business and Trade. It was important to speak directly to Daniel Zeichner and reinforce the role the UK Agri-Tech Centre is playing in terms of tackling the big issues of food systems resilience and wider agricultural productivity, which ultimately feed into the food security challenge. Speaking to businesses at the event it was clear that clarity over the regulatory environment is key moving forward. That clarity is so important because it grows business confidence, which ultimately drives investor confidence in the sector.” And he added that the ambitions of the sector were far reaching. “We are trying to make sure that more money comes into the sector from private investors. There has been a reliance on grant funding but there is scope to look at how we get more private sector money into this area.” Mr Bicknell said If you want to learn more about the economic growth, the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit or want to work with us, please get in touch at [email protected]
A ground-breaking project titled “Precision Pollination for Higher Strawberry Productivity and Quality” is set to revolutionise strawberry production through cutting-edge drone technology.
Funded by Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme, this feasibility study brought together a consortium of partners to detect early signs of digital dermatitis lesions and lameness within dairy cattle.
The UK Agri-Tech Centre and Antler Bio are working on a groundbreaking project aimed at improving the productivity, sustainability and efficiency of UK dairy enterprises by monitoring the gene expression in a herd for a tailored approach to farming.
