Watching how a panel of smart experts viewed and analysed various proposals and team pitches was an eye opener. A written application can be crafted and refined over time, but a panel interview requires an immediate response that either provides the assurances needed or opens up areas of doubt.
The Transforming Food Production (TFP) Challenge was launched as part of the second wave of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF). It is the only challenge that is focused on food and agriculture and £90 million over 4 years it is a ‘medium’ sized challenge.
After five decades of war, the Colombian government signed the peace agreement with FARC in 2016, an act that started the pacification of the country. The UK is supporting the economic development in this post conflict Colombia with the …
In the future, robots with artificial intelligence will help make life easier for all of us – doing our dull, dirty, difficult jobs, and tackling tasks we simply couldn’t do ourselves. One of the key areas where we’ll look …
What Industrial Strategy Challenge are we leading? Andy and I are the interim co-Directors for Transforming Food Production, which seeks to deliver a step change in the way we ensure the sustainable supply of food. We are facing a major …
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 …
