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Instead of buying cheap imported animal products with a big carbon footprint, we’re encouraging the purchase of UK produced, farm quality assured produce, Simon Doherty of BVA explains the One Health approach
Although more than 90 per cent of the greenhouse cultivation of fruit and vegetables has shifted to hydroponics, there is currently no systems available for densely grown baby leaf salads. Such as system would improve the efficiency of crop cultivation while providing improved control of pests and diseases. NIAB are hosting a workshop during Agri-Tech Week to look at the potential for growing baby leaf in this way.
We will be getting experiences direct from the farm for this Agri-Tech Week event which is looking at best practice and use of new technology for irrigation in the potato sector, explains Teresa Meadows, Knowledge Exchange Manager at AHDB.
New devices for improving and implementing precision agriculture are to be shown at REAP for the first time including NetBeat smart irrigation, Drone AG’s Skippy Scout for managing your drone via a smart phone
Tickets to attend REAP were the prize for the 4th Edition of HackathonAGRO organised by the British Embassy Montevideo, Uruguay.
People early in their careers often bring ideas and a passion for farming that can reinvigorate those that may have become frustrated. We want their energy at REAP and the bursary makes it easier for them to attend.
To assist the UK transition to become a more circular economy, UK Research & Innovation has announced it is to fund up to five new Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centres.
For many the rapid changes created by digital technologies, across all areas of agriculture from plant and animal breeding to application of plant protection products, can be a bit of a mystery, so Agri-Tech East has invited a selection of tech savvy farmers, researchers and entrepreneurs to give their vision of One Agriculture at REAP sofa session.
Want to check inter-operability of devices and equipment? A new way for farmers, dealers and manufacturers to check the ISOBUS status of their equipment is to be discussed at Connected Farm event.
Could cover crops be used to stabilise nutrients provided by digestate and improve its use as an alternative to chemical fertiliser for the following crop? Findings of farmer-led field lab are very promising.
Sustainable food systems require a collaborative response and this is a theme for Agri-Tech Week 2019.
The week will include seven events hosted by members of Agri-Tech East. Each is aimed at showcasing different ways that agri-tech is providing an innovative response to the challenges of food production in a time of environmental change and population expansion.
It may come as a surprise but the findings of the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land didn’t focus on cows