Agri-Business Directory UK

50 winning projects showcase the latest farming innovations

The Climate Smart Funding competition offered a share of up to £12.5 million to projects that were able to demonstrate solutions that help the sector to reduce emissions and reach net zero aims. Projects were required to identify how they supported farmers, growers and foresters to improve practices and tackle common issues.

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The government has put significant amounts of public money into agrifood research and development, as has the private sector. The most recently available data (published by the government in 2016) is from 2012-3 and shows government investment in agri-tech research and development of about £320 million and private investment of around £500 million in those years.

Top 5 Sustainable Farming in – 2023

Sustainable farming has made significant industrial changes due to the growing global awareness of the detrimental environmental impacts of human activities and the consequent need for responsible farming practices. Sustainable farming from Europe and the are at the forefront of this transformation, where integrating technology with ecological responsibility is seen as the driving …

Top 50 (agtech) Startup Investors in United … – 5/22/2024

SFC Capital, the ‘s most active seed investor (PitchBook, 2020), provides capital and support to British startups. By combining its Angel Network and Seed Funds, SFC has created a unique model that allows investors to get exposure to SEIS- and EIS-qualifying , either directly or through a diversified portfolio curated and managedby SFC’s expert team.

Labour shortages in the food and farming sector – Parliament – 7/14/2024

in the sector. have been badly hit, with the pig sector being particularly affected. The food sector is the ’s largest manufacturing sector but faces permanent shrinkage if a failure to address its acute labour shortages leads to wage rises, price increases, reduced competitiveness and, ultimately, food production being exported

Roadmap for Financing a Regenerative Transition … – {7/14/2024

To support this endeavour, WWF- has collaborated with experts from across the food value chain* to explore how all actors in the value chain can accelerate and finance a regenerative and just transition in England. This resulting roadmap outlines both the opportunities and limitations of private sector finance, as well as where …

Labour shortages in the food and farming sector – Parliament – {7/14/2024

in the sector. have been badly hit, with the pig sector being particularly affected. The food sector is the ’s largest manufacturing sector but faces permanent shrinkage if a failure to address its acute labour shortages leads to wage rises, price increases, reduced competitiveness and, ultimately, food production being exported