Agri-tech missions, conferences and events for 2021
Growing the agri-tech innovation ecosystem – see what is new for 2021
09/12/2020
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Agri-tech is rapidly changing with new developments all the time. Below are original stories generated by Agri-TechE.
Growing the agri-tech innovation ecosystem – see what is new for 2021
The government has announced (30th November 2020) the launch of a Farming Investment Fund. This will be in the form of grants for farmers to invest in equipment, technology and infrastructure with the potential to transform business performance. Agri-TechE director Dr Belinda Clarke welcomes support for farmers that will encourage adoption of new technologies.
A number of international players announced initiatives at Agri-TechE’s REAP 2020 conference.
What can a Rubik’s cube, PVA glue, Deep Heat, 3D printing, a bomb…. and more, tell us about emerging agri-tech? Join us at REAP 2020 to find out!
“Working closely with farmers can provide mutual benefit, but relationship management is an under-appreciated skill. This Farmer Tech session will provide some interesting insights into how this can be achieved” says Belinda. “There is still a distance to go, but by sharing experiences we will learn how to do it better.”
The need for more automation, improved methods of forecasting and prediction that can cope with extreme conditions, and new methods of seeing the whole picture and managing the fine details beneath have all become more clearly articulated in this challenging period. Managing at different scales is the theme of our REAP 2020 conference.
We want to do business, Oost NL is bringing a delegation to REAP to meet UK producers & agri-tech innovators and introduce the Wageningen UR-Foodvalley Region of the Netherlands. Opportunity to ‘Meet the Dutch’ ahead of REAP2020.
The benefits for farmers of growing trees within crops are not widely known, according to Dr Belinda Clarke, Director of Agri-TechE, ahead of an Agri-TechE online event “Seeing the Wood for the Trees”.
Agri-TechE together with Agrimetrics has defined one of the challenges for the Gravity Challenge 02. The finalists Oxford-based Deep Planet and Cambridge Super-Sharp Space Systems will compete to identify new ways that satellite, positioning and communication technologies can enable farmers to measure and verify sustainability metrics such as carbon and habitat change.
There is growing interest in the Middle East for agri-tech, particularly in controlled environment agriculture; algae-based biofuels; precision agriculture and agricultural robotics – areas where Agri-TechE members have considerable strengths.
REAP 2020 is a virtual conference. This creates the opportunity for REAP exhibitors to benefit from AI facilitated brokerage, ensuring they gain maximum value from interaction with the vibrant agri-tech innovation ecosystem.
Agri-TechE members are leading innovative projects that will benefit from the £24 million Transforming Food Production initiative. Nine ambitious projects will see big data, AI and robotics applied to UK farming and new production systems created for alternative proteins.