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Sitting at the heart of the UK agri-tech ecosystem, our strategic investments and connections on the ground, together with academia, commercial enterprise and policy making, mean we are ideally placed to bring you a wealth of up-to-date reports shaping the future of agriculture.
Our UK Agri-Tech Centre brochures bring you up to date with our latest capabilities and facilities, drawing together our UK-wide capacity for research and innovation throughout the agri-food supply chain. Capable of producing science-based solutions for arable and horticulture, aquaculture, livestock and precision engineering at scale delivered by world-class expertise and facilities.
If you are looking for information published prior to our consolidation as the UK Agri-Tech Centre, please check our archive, where you will find earlier reports collated from CIEL, CHAP and Agri-Epi.
From consumer trends and protecting the health of our planet, to industry requirements and the latest evidence from the deployment and adoption of new technology. Published by our in-house UK Agri-Tech Centre Innovation Team, in conjunction with industry experts for precision and relevance, including insight, expert views and case studies, our reports make it easier for you to access specialised scientific knowledge, business expertise and funding opportunities.
This report reinforces what we hear time and again — the importance of placing farmers at the heart of agricultural research and development. By listening closely and involving farmers in identifying problems and co-developing solutions, we can ensure that new technologies are grounded in reality and have meaningful, on-farm application.
Our approach to genetic technology can provide a competitive advantage for the UK. Balancing genetic progress with animal welfare, environmental responsibility, and consumer trust is fundamental to safeguarding industry reputation and unlocking new trade opportunities. Businesses that proactively engage with these developments will be well-positioned to lead in a rapidly evolving market.
This report will be the catalyst for future innovation, by defining the research and innovation needs of the UK’s livestock and aquaculture industries. We set out to provide a comprehensive picture of industry requirements. Many have contributed to the creation of this report, with a range of input from our members and sector specialists. Consequently, it provides the latest evidence around innovation needs in the livestock and aquaculture industries and points to the long-term solutions required.
This report looks at how protecting the health of our planet, people, animals and crops is driving us all to develop new solutions through partnerships and collaborations that traverse industry, science, the investment community and government. The UK Agri-Tech Centre is at the beating heart of the agri-tech ecosystem, nurturing connections and making it easier for businesses to access specialised knowledge from scientists, world-class R&D facilities, funding opportunities and business expertise.
The UK Agri-Tech Centre has made strategic investments to improve the UK’s capacity for research and innovation across the arable and horticultural sectors. We provide an ecosystem that delivers whole supply chain, science-based solutions at scale, connecting an outstanding breadth of expertise and facilities to accelerate innovation for industry, and provide evidence for policy needed in the UK and beyond.
Spectral imaging as a general concept combines characteristics of imaging and spectroscopy technologies. Optical spectral imaging particularly makes use of visible, near infrared and short-wave infrared spectral range of light and has been demonstrated to be a very powerful tool in transforming phenotyping and identifying, classifying, and mapping specific targets.
The UK Agri-Tech Centre has made strategic investments to enhance the UK’s capacity for aquaculture research and innovation.
We provide expertise that delivers whole chain, science-based solutions, at scale, and connect an outstanding breadth of academia, industry, and policy across the UK.
The UK Agri-Tech Centre has made strategic investments to improve the UK’s capacity for livestock science research and innovation. We provide an ecosystem that delivers whole chain, science-based solutions at scale, connecting an outstanding breadth of expertise and facilities for science to support innovation for industry, and provide evidence for policy needed in the UK and beyond.
Safe food, produced to a high standard, in a transparent and low carbon way, at CIEL we support and facilitate the delivery of efficient, sustainable and competitive livestock and aquatic food production.
Bird Flu, or Avian Influenza (AI), continues to pose a significant threat to bird health and welfare and sustainable poultry production in the UK and globally. The UK poultry industry is worth c£3.6 billion at the farm gate level. Total consumption of poultry meat is close to the total for beef, lamb and pork combined.
There is a rich animal health ecosystem in the UK related to farmed, equine and companion animals, and across value chains associated with food production, animal care and recreational activities.
CIEL has a goal to ensure future research supports the sector’s ambition to deliver net zero carbon. However, achieving this requires a strong consensus on where the industry is currently and a clear understanding of the areas which can contribute the most towards achieving this ambition.
In recent years CIEL has produced several reports related to Net Zero and Livestock which are available here. A common theme has been the value livestock add to our food system by supplying higher quality protein than other food sources. This report focuses on protein quality because it is fundamentally important to the use of feed resources for efficient livestock production as well as to human nutrition.
In recent years, CIEL has produced two key reports relating to achieving net zero ambitions for the UK livestock sector. A sobering conclusion from the expert authors of these reports was that for the ambitious goal of a 64% reduction in carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, current technology and practices could only deliver a 24% reduction* at high rates of uptake. The remaining ‘emissions reduction gap’, requires new innovations in technology, services and management approaches.
Delivering our UK ambition for net zero carbon by 2050 continues to be a major focus for all sectors of the economy and society. An output from COP26 was the commitment to sciencebased plans focused on recognised methodology, with regular reporting of progress against agreed targets. The need for rapid and coordinated action was the clear and consistent message.
CIEL recognises that a key part of its mission to facilitate the delivery of sustainable and circular food systems is to emphasise the critical value of nitrogen (N) in livestock production. By exploring how N cycles through the system, interacting with the atmosphere, soil, water, plants, animals and microbes, CIEL seeks to highlight the balance of N in livestock production and empower informed decision making to reduce N losses.
We’re focused on all areas of crops, livestock and engineering and exploring new sectors within food, feed, fuel and fibres.
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