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Unlocking emerging agri-tech with everyday objects

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!

10/11/2020

A smelly approach to crop protection – Joe Roberts

Joe RobertsLecturer in Entomology and Integrated Pest Management, Harper Adams University “Could aromatherapy tools be used to kill pests such as peach-potato aphids that are

10/11/2020

Strawberries, robots and supply chains – Simon Pearson

Simon PearsonDirector of Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT) “Are robot highways the future? The COVID-19 crisis has shown the fragility of food supply chains.

10/11/2020

WheatsApp: An AI app for plant disease detection – Megan Long

Megan LongPost-graduate researcher at John Innes Centre “Snap that rust. Scoring plants for diseases such as rust is time-consuming and needs the eye of a

10/11/2020

Air-seq: using DNA sequencing to provide early warning of airborne crop disease – Richard Leggett

Richard LeggettLeader of the Technology Algorithms Group, Earlham Institute “Airborne crop diseases are responsible for devastating loss of yield and over-reliance on pesticides. Current detection

09/11/2020

Balancing the conflicting demands on farmers and farming systems – Jonathan Storkey

Jonathan StorkeyPrincipal Research Scientist, Agroecology Department, Rothamsted Research “Life used to be simple, farmers were paid to grow food – now they are also expected

06/11/2020

Soil glue: a microbial perspective – Tom Wilkes

Tom WilkesPost-graduate researcher, University of Hertfordshire “Microscopic fungi provide the glue that helps to improve soil aggregates; a better understanding of the role of glycoproteins,

06/11/2020

Soils – Dirt with Life in It! – Alex Dumbrell

Alex DumbrellProfessor in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex “In which order should crops be rotated to get the best outcome, and why?

06/11/2020

Sustainable solutions for global food security – Giles Oldroyd

Giles OldroydProfessor and Leader of the Crop Science Centre “We are entering a golden era of crop science – basic science has given us insights

06/11/2020

60 Harvests Left: Debunking the Myth – Daniel Evans

Daniel Evans75th Anniversary Research Fellow, Cranfield Soil and Agrifood Institute "Headlines suggest the world’s topsoil could be gone in 60 years, but does the evidence

06/11/2020

REAP 2020: A passport into a vibrant agri-tech ecosystem

Agri-TechE is leveraging global links and bringing growers and technology closer together to generate new collaborations across the ecosystem. Your ticket to REAP is a passport into this vibrant agri-tech ecosystem.

21/10/2020

Boosting productivity and pollinators

“I have seen many farms across the country and beyond where the balance between food production and nature is already being achieved,” says Sarah Barnsley of UEA,who is speaking at REAP 2019.

01/11/2019

emerging agri-tech

Unlocking emerging agri-tech with everyday objects

A smelly approach to crop protection – Joe Roberts

Strawberries, robots and supply chains – Simon Pearson

WheatsApp: An AI app for plant disease detection – Megan Long

Air-seq: using DNA sequencing to provide early warning of airborne crop disease – Richard Leggett

Balancing the conflicting demands on farmers and farming systems – Jonathan Storkey

Soil glue: a microbial perspective – Tom Wilkes

Soils – Dirt with Life in It! – Alex Dumbrell

Sustainable solutions for global food security – Giles Oldroyd

60 Harvests Left: Debunking the Myth – Daniel Evans

REAP 2020: A passport into a vibrant agri-tech ecosystem

Boosting productivity and pollinators

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