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Helping Agri-Tech innovators stay ahead of the game

Posted by: Andrew McLay, Posted on: 21 September 2018 - Categories: Agri productivity, agriculture & food, emerging technologies, health & care, Health and life sciences, Industrial strategy challenge fund, Transforming Food Production

There are so many challenges facing agriculture these days that it’s hard to know where to start – new diseases, labour issues, hyper competitive supply chains, Brexit…?

It’s getting hot in here, so….design your buildings with the future climate in mind

Posted by: Sarah Eager, Posted on: 9 August 2018 - Categories: built environment, Industrial strategy challenge fund, Infrastructure systems, Transforming Construction, urban living

So it turns out it isn’t just the UK winter that fills me with dread (see my previous blog), so does catching a peak hour tube in London during a heat wave!

Why we need business model innovation in cities

Posted by: Niraj Saraf, Posted on: 27 February 2018 - Categories: Infrastructure systems, urban living

Innovate UK started its work on Urban Living around 5 years ago. We spoke to a lot of cities in the UK and abroad and asked them what success looked like. They all said pretty much the same thing: sustainable …

Smart farm - A new approach to farming?

Posted by: Ian Cox, Posted on: 15 February 2018 - Categories: agriculture & food, Health and life sciences, Industrial strategy challenge fund, Transforming Food Production

The world is constantly changing and faces new challenges. This has never be more true than in the agri-food sector. As the global population grows the world has to learn how to produce more food on less land. Not only …