Alternative Systems

Collaborative R&D and new technologies to support the change to more sustainable crop production, Richard Glass, Innovation Lead, UK Agri-Tech Centre

The Agri-tech sector is developing a wide range of new technologies, supported with Innovate UK funding through collaborative R&D projects with industry and academic partners. Sensors can detect, identify and locate with precision early signals of plant stress or pest and disease damage to support decisions by farmers and agronomists in the timing, dose and targeting of crop inputs, leading to greater economic and environmental sustainability.