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UKRI creates knowledge with impact by investing over £8 billion a year in research and innovation by working with Government and partnering with academia and industry to help make the impossible, possible.
With a focus on industry led innovation, Innovate UK drives productivity and economic growth by supporting businesses to develop and realise the potential of new ideas, including those from the UK’s world-class research base. We connect businesses to the partners, customers and investors that can help them turn these ideas into commercially successful products and services, and business growth. Within this, agriculture and food is a key sector within our portfolio.
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Improving storage of carrots and parsnipsImproving the storage of carrots post harvest would maintain their nutritional value and increase the availability of UK vegetables
Pre-announcement: Alternative Proteins Innovation and Knowledge CentreThis is a pre-annoucement for a call from BBSRC and Innovate UK to establish and lead an Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) to support research and innovation into more sustainable alternative proteins.
REAP Conference 2023 sponsors announced2023 marks the 10th year of the REAP Conference, Agri-TechE’s flagship event taking place on November 8 2023.
Sponsorship comes from across the agri-tech ecosystem.
New ‘On-Farm Resilience’ competition launchedFifty projects funded through the Government’s Farming Innovation Programme have been announced today (31st May 2023).
Supporting ecosystem for agri-tech innovationREAP attracts key organisations in the industry and we are grateful for the support of our sponsors, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Innovate UK, Rothamsted Enterprise and Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association in facilitating the conference and for their wider contribution to the agri-tech ecosystem.
Future Farm expertise and flock data to feed into £2.9M low carbon sheep project with Harper Adams UniversityA £2.9m project from DEFRA’s Farming Innovation Programme to breed sheep with a naturally low carbon footprint will use data and research from the Harper Adams Lleyn flock. Delivered by Innovate UK, the ‘Breed for CH4nge – Breeding Low Methane Sheep’ project led by Innovis, a leading supplier of performance-recorded rams, aims to help English […]
Member Collaboration: £2.6M Defra-funded project launched to revolutionise slug controlA new £2.6M project has been launched which seeks to provide arable farmers with precision slug control solutions. Strategies Leading to Improved Management and Enhanced Resilience Against Slugs (SLIMERS) is a three-year £2.6M research project involving over 100 UK farms and six industry partners, funded by Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme and delivered by Innovate UK. […]
Innovate UK: Strengthening Regional Presence“Don’t dismiss the idea of pre-money that comes forward in the form of a grant because it truly helps you to get to the point to get credibility, showcase a prospect of commercial proposition for partnerships, collaboration and future investments” – Calum Murray, Head of Agriculture and Food. Calum spoke at “Focus on Funding” event […]
Diversity of thought in agri-tech innovation9 February 2023 Highlighting the work of female innovators working on the transforming food production challenge of feeding a growing world population in a changing climate. In the last couple of years, the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as recent climate, food and energy crisis have caused current global challenges to be exacerbated. […]
Beans IN toast could revolutionise British dietScientists are aiming to revolutionise British diets by slipping more UK-grown beans into our daily bread. See Professor Julie Lovegrove introducing the project here: Raising the Pulse with Professor Julie Lovegrove | University of Reading – YouTube Researchers and chefs at the University of Reading aim to encourage British consumers and food producers to switch to […]
Innovate UK and BBSRC announce new strategic partnershipInnovate UK and BBSRC are partnering to invest over £50 million in strategic innovation programmes to help UK businesses collaborate with the UK research base. Boosting innovation Innovate UK and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) are partnering to co-develop and jointly invest in a range of new strategic innovation programmes. This will […]
Research to better understand the economic value of biodiversityBiodiversity supports everything in nature that we need to survive, including food to clean water. From the plants, animals, insects, fungi to bacteria, biodiversity creates the intricate ecosystems we rely on. 7 new interdisciplinary studies announced today (8 November 2022) will improve our understanding the significant economic value of biodiversity and how it underpins our […]
