The winning team from the Uruguay HackathonAGRO are to join us at REAP and we are looking forward to comparing learning points. HackathonAGRO is co-organised
The REAP technology exhibition showcase new innovations, technologies and equipment that will transform the industry. Here is an overview of some of our exhibitors this
Concerns over soil degradation have increased interest in no-till cultivation, which, by eliminating ploughing, minimises soil disturbance. Although widely used in the US, concerns over
Although the Bank of England’s chief economist has predicted that up to 50% of all jobs could be lost to robots and artificial intelligence (AI)
From strawberry picking robots, to bee mimics and portable weather stations – we have had a wide variety of agri-tech demonstrated in the REAP Technical
We ran our first Agri-Tech Hackathon early this year in partnership with Allia Serious Impact. It was an intensive weekend that resulted in some very exciting ideas emerging.
Increased productivity with reduced environmental impacts may sound like the holy grail of farming, but our keynote speaker at REAP, Dr Zhenling Cui of the
When Dave Hughes started working for Syngenta over 20 years ago his focus was chemistry but his interests and that of the company have developed
Land is finite, so the big question is how best to manage this precious resource to provide enough nutritious food for our population – not just in
Connecting Food is developing an authentication system based on block-chain technology that would allow food operators to get real-time insight into whether a given product meets End Product Specifications (EPS).
Our popular Start-Up Showcase at REAP highlighted some of the great new ideas and businesses that are bringing new thinking to agri-tech – a summary is below, and more details about each can be found via the links.
“I came here with a specific goal – to meet farmers to recruit into a new soils project – and I’ve achieved it,” a delegate