January deadlines for major agri-tech funding calls
Check the deadlines for major agri-tech funding calls many close in January 2020
18/12/2019
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Check the deadlines for major agri-tech funding calls many close in January 2020
We are pleased to announce that Agri-Tech East has welcomed a new member to our award-winning team, Alex Dinsdale, to help support our future growth plans, in keeping with the fact that so many of our members are based in the wider UK and internationally.
GROW, the UK’s first agri-tech business plan competition, aims to encourage entrepreneurial thinking into the industry. Closing date for registration is 28th February 2020.
The Missouri Agri-Tech Connect Programme, which provides a gateway for UK businesses to the heart of US agricultural production, now includes introductions, networking events and 4 nights accommodation. Facilitated by the Missouri Partnership and Agri-Tech East – deadline13th December.
Alternative crops, controlled environments, weather-tech and carbon capture are among the issues to be discussed at Agri-Tech East events in 2020
Emerging agri-tech offers solutions to global challenges, and new thinking on good agricultural practice is not limited by age or geography – these are some of the uplifting messages to come out of Agri-Tech East’s REAP conference ‘Innovating towards One Agriculture’.
Baby leaf has increased in value as a salad crop over recent years, from £260m of bagged salad sold in 2005 to a staggering £1.1bn in 2017. NIAB hosted a Agri-Tech Week event to discuss what would be needed to grow the crop 24/7 with minimal waste in order to maximise the potential of this crop.
Technology that reduces cost, improves efficiency and promotes the health of plants and animals was showcased at ‘Agri-Tech in Action’ . This Agri-Tech Week event was co-hosted by the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association (RNAA) and Easton and Otley College.
Th!nk Food is looking at how gamification can encourage consumer engagement in low carbon food production. It is one of the business concepts supported by the Shake Climate Change programme.
This Agri-Tech Week event, hosted by AHDB, looked at the effective use of irrigation and evaporation and best practice for soil and water management for farmers and growers in East Anglia.
To implement AI in the field needs more than connectivity; it also requires a common framework for relating one type of data, eg crop data, with another such as soil data. Matthew Smith explained how work by Agrimetrics on digitising field boundaries is helping to provide this framework and this will be helpful for ensuring data is meaningful.
Collaborative research to combat pathogens was the theme of the first event of Agri-Tech Week 2019, which was held at the Norwich Research Park (NRP). Disease resistance, understanding pathogen life-cycles and alternatives to antibiotics were some of the themes.