The seminar includes contributions from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, the Agri-tech Leadership Council and BBRSC and will bring together key policymakers and those involved in the implementation process with stakeholders from across UK agri-tech and farming, as well as representatives from the food and drink industry, environmental organisations, academia, and elsewhere.
Further areas for discussion include:
• UK agricultural technology: challenges and priorities for development;
• Next steps for the Agri-tech Catalyst Projects: translating research into practical applications;
• Role of Centres for Agricultural Innovation and advances in sustainable intensification
• Data and agricultural research;
• Agricultural technology and the food security challenge;
• Investment, innovation and adoption: encouraging farm businesses in the development, exploitation and use of new technologies;
• Export opportunities; UK agricultural technology in a global market; and
• The future of the Agri-tech strategy, industry practice and government policy.
The draft agenda is available to download here.
To book places, please use the online booking form.