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The Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT) aims to support and enhance productivity, efficiency and sustainability in food and farming through research, education and technology.

A specialist research institute of the University of Lincoln, UK, our multi-disciplinary team brings together sector-leading expertise in a diverse range of subjects. The Institute is directed by Professor Simon Pearson, who has almost two decades of experience in management and Research and Development roles within the industry, including at some of the UK’s biggest retailers and producers.

LIAT currently has 10 permanent members of staff, including the UK’s first dedicated Professor in agri-robotics, and through its cross-sectoral membership can access world leading specialisms in agriculture, artificial intelligence, robotics, ecology, hydrology, animal welfare, biology, genetics, food manufacturing, mechanical engineering, microbial resistance, new product development, supply chain management and economics, to name a few.

The Institute’s researchers are engaged in the development of technologies which add value or solve challenges across the food chain, ‘from farm to fork’, working with partners in industry and academia locally, nationally and internationally. Collectively, their aim is to deliver the world class research and higher level skills the UK’s agri-food industries need now and in the future.

Its headquarters are at the University’s beautiful 200-hectare Riseholme Campus just north of Lincoln, where researchers enjoy access to a working farm, woodlands, grasslands and watercourses.

LIAT also utilises the exceptional facilities at Lincoln’s main Brayford Pool Campus in the city centre and the National Centre for Food Manufacturing at Holbeach in southern Lincolnshire.

Find them on Facebook of follow them on Twitter at @unilincoln.

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University expertise helps secure major funding to support the future of British Farming

Academics from the University of Lincoln, UK, have collaborated to secure more than £1.6m for innovative projects that will help to ensure the sustainability of British farming and agriculture.

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Agri-Tech spinouts from University of Lincoln and UEA gain funding

Robotic mushroom picking, strawberry yield forecasting and new bio-based materials to drive down the carbon footprint of car manufacturing are three new spin-outs to emerge from Ceres Agri-Tech, a partnership which includes six Agri-TechE members.

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Trusted Bytes project to facilitate flow of goods across international borders

The world’s first trust framework for the full food supply system is to be developed by a collaborative project funded by Innovate UK. The £2.8m Trusted Bytes project will use novel digital technology that connects the supply chain with central government and other critical partners to help facilitate the flow of goods across international borders and drive productivity within the UK food economy.

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Follow the Food BBC Series

Watch LIAT's Dr Iain Gould where he shares insight into saline soils research as part of the Innovative Farmer trials. Check out episode 4 'It never rains, it pours' as part of the BBC's Follow the Food series (Series 2 Episode 4).

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New Building Cements Ambition to Establish a Centre of Excellence for Food Industry Innovation in Lincolnshire

Food industry businesses will soon be able to benefit from state-of-the-art technology at a brand-new, bespoke agri-food research and development facility in Lincolnshire. With construction now complete, the University of Lincoln's Centre of Excellence in Agri-food Technologies is the first building on site at the new South Lincolnshire Food Enterprise Zone in Holbeach, and the latest development in an ambitious vision to put Lincolnshire on the map as a global leader in the agri-tech sector.

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New ‘Data Trust’ Technology Could Transform Food Supply Chains, Safety and Traceability

A new report by food industry researchers published by the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) highlights the potential of a breakthrough technology to promote information exchange across food industry supply chains that may further support consumer confidence in food safety, origins and authenticity. The study, ‘Food Data Trust: A framework for information sharing’, produced in conjunction with the RCUK-funded Internet of Food Things Network Plus and led by the University of Lincoln, UK, examines innovation in the burgeoning technology of ‘data trusts’, which have been described by technology experts as ‘a glimpse into our collective future’ in the secure and effective use of big data.

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Study: Current and Emergent Economic Impacts of Covid-19 and Brexit on UK Fresh Produce and Horticultural Businesses

This paper describes a study designed to investigate the current and emergent impacts of Covid-19 and Brexit on UK horticultural businesses. Various characteristics of UK horticultural production, notably labour reliance and import dependence, make it an important sector for policymakers concerned to understand the effects of these disruptive events as we move from 2020 into 2021.

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University of Lincoln & Barclays Eagle Labs AgriTech Accelerator - *NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS*

The Barclays Agritech Industry Programming Team are pleased to announce that our 1st Agritech focussed accelerator is now live and open for applications. The accelerator is a 10 week virtually run programme aimed at early stage (seed stage and pre-seed) agritech and sustainability focussed tech businesses looking to rapidly scale their business, ready to launch to market and seek further investment opportunities at our Demo Day Finale. There are between 12-15 spaces on the programme. Applications will be open for 8 weeks, with the programme aiming to commence from early March.

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Barclays Launches Eagle Lab Farm to Boost Future of UK Agriculture

Barclays has launched a new Eagle Lab Farm at the Riseholme campus to support the UK farming sector. The Lab and the surrounding farm offer entrepreneurs and researchers access to cutting-edge Agri-tech resources - to support farmers as they tackle ongoing challenges and help rural farming communities become leaders in applying technology to agriculture. The partnership between Barclays and the University of Lincoln supports the UK farming sector to innovate, grow and thrive and become the most digitally enabled farming industry in the world.

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Robot Highways, University of Lincoln part of team developing ‘world’s first robotic farm’

‘Robot Highways’ provides a vision for the future of soft fruit farming. It will create the largest known global demonstration of robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) technologies that fuse multiple application technologies across a single farming system. The project, which aims to ensure industry sustainability by addressing labour shortages, the need for global food production and reduce the environmental impact of the farming sector, was awarded funding of £2.5m by Innovate UK.

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Consortium Wins Bid to Create ‘World’s First Robotic Farm’

The future of UK and international farming and food production has been boosted after Innovate UK announced today funding of £2.5m for what is widely considered to be the world’s first robotic farm.

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Uncertainty in food supply drives interest in fast tracking automation

The COVID-19 crisis has shown the fragility of food supply chains and accelerated the labour challenges for the agricultural industry – generating a sense of urgency for new methods of automating agricultural processes.

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White paper: The Future of Robotic Agriculture

Dowload the Agricultural Robotics white paper, with contributions from Tom Duckett and Simon Pearson of Lincoln University. The paper covers the opportunities and potential of the sector, as well as possible barriers.

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World’s first Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics announced

A new advanced training centre in agri-food robotics will create the largest ever cohort of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) specialists for the global food and farming sectors, thanks to a multi-million pound funding award.

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Agri-Tech Week 2019: Getting Value from AI in Agriculture

Getting value from AI in Agriculture was the theme of a presentation by Matthew Smith, who has just joined Agrimetrics to head up product development. The event was organised by the Institute for Agricultural Management and hosted at Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT) as part of Agri-Tech Week 2019.

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