UK Agri-Tech
Centre
Connecting you to expertise, networks, funding and facilities
The UK Agri-Tech Centre offers a complete life-cycle of support, driving agri-tech innovation and adoption through world-class facilities, expert knowledge and business support, saving you time and accelerating your progress.
We strengthen the connections between science, business and funders to accelerate research and development, tackling the agri-industry’s most critical challenges such as climate change, labour availability, disease mitigation and environmental sustainability.
As an independent company, we are trusted to provide leadership and guidance to progress transformational change for people and the planet while stimulating economic growth.
Latest News
Agri-Tech in the spotlight at CropTec 2023
The premier technical event in the crop calendar, CropTec 2023 , this year saw UK Agri-Tech Centre - Previously Agri-EPI, CHAP and CIEL sponsor the StartUp Zone, giving fledgling companies in the agri-tech space an opportunity to present their technology and ideas to...
Uniting businesses to accelerate agri-tech
In this blog we cover examples of how we have supported innovative start-ups and multinational food and agricultural companies, such as PepsiCo, Inc., McCain Foods Ltd. and Grimme Group as well as businesses, including Morrisons PLC, Cranswick PLC, with farmers and academics to deliver new solutions.
Growth and ambition for UK Agri-Tech alongside a ground-breaking Centres’ merger
The UK Agri-Tech Centre’s Accelerating Innovation Conference showcased the value of agri-tech innovation, research and development to the agri-industries and wider UK economy. Supporting the Government’s aspiration for the UK to be a Science and Technology...
Livestock and Aquaculture Innovation: Shaping the next ten years Report
The livestock and aquaculture sectors’ research and innovation 11 priorities have been identified in a new report.
“Livestock and Aquaculture Innovation: shaping the next ten years”, a UK Agri-Tech Centre report, with input from over 150 stakeholders was published today (July 17), outlining 11 priorities for the industries’ sustainability and resilience, including:
- Animal health and welfare
- Food safety, quality and nutritional content
- Climate-smart solutions, ecosystem and biodiversity improvement
- Optimised diets, land performance and systems
- Productivity, data assets and technology
Download the report to learn more
