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Prof Paul Berryman, Agri-Tech Specialist, Agri-Tech Organisation, DIT
Examining how food and
agriculture systems and
technology need to be modified to
respond to environmental change
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Introduction to Paul Berryman
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Agri-Food Consultancy
Director Berryman Food Science
DIT Agri-tech Specialist
Consultant SGS Ltd
Expert witness
Academia
Visiting Professor University
of Reading
School of Chemistry, Food &
Pharmacy
Helped establish the Food
ATP
Food Industry
CEO Leatherhead Food Research
Director of Research Leatherhead - Regulatory, Science & Market
Research
- 1500 Food Industry Member
Companies
Food Enforcement
Head of Food Trading
Standards
Public Analyst
Agricultural Analyst
Port Analyst
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Summary
• The Environmental Challenge: Population, climate, water, soil,
crop yields, food waste.
• The solution is Agri-Tech: Plant science, animal science, precision agriculture and aquaculture
• UK Agri-Tech Research: 100 new catalyst Research Projects & 4 cutting-edge Agri-Tech Centres
• Agri-Tech Investments: Case Studies from Syngenta, BASF, Kaneka & Arlabion
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The Environmental Challenge
Feeding 2.5 billion more people by 2050
Coping with Climate change
• Impacts on water supplies, extreme weather, sea level rise, precipitation
• Reducing carbon emissions through sustainable practices
Reducing environmental degradation
• Soil erosion, desertification, loss of cropland, loss of crop diversity, ocean acidification, aquifer depletion
Reversing crop productivity growth decline since Green Revolution
Reducing food waste from farm to table
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Agriculture Underpins 8 of 17 SDGs
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Prof Paul Berryman, Agri-Tech Specialist, Agri-Tech Organisation, DIT
The Solution is Agri-Tech
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What is Agri-Tech?
New Agricultural
Technologies to respond to
environmental change:
• Plant Science
• Precision Agriculture
• Animal Sciences
• Aquaculture
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Plant Science
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Precision Agriculture – cross sector expertise
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Animal Sciences
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Aquaculture
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Prof Paul Berryman, Agri-Tech Specialist, Agri-Tech Organisation, DIT
UK Agri-Tech Research:
Catalyst projects and New Agri-
Tech Centres
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UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies
Built on existing £450 million
Government research funds
Established an Agri-Tech
Organisation
• To promote foreign trade &
investment in R&D and Agri-Tech
Companies
Pledged £90 million for world-class
Centres for Agricultural Innovation
• To support the wide-scale adoption of
innovation, technologies & skills
Created a £70 million Agri-Tech
Catalyst
• To translate research into business
• Includes £10m for developing
countries
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Aquaponics
Commercial implementation and operation of aquaponic urban farms
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Pearl millet breeding
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Fewer fruit flies means better bananas
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Trick beetles to get better beans
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Precision Agriculture Catalyst Project
WheatScan: Tractor-mount sensing for precision application of nitrogen and
control of wheat protein
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Animal Science Catalyst Projects
Evaluation of MALDI-TOF-MS to
differentiate sub-species of the
pathogen S uberis to provide an
improved approach to mastitis
treatment and control
Development of novel attenuated
PRRS vaccine and disease model.
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Aquaculture Catalyst Projects
Seaweed as a Solution for Sustainable
Economic and Environmental
Development (S3EED)
Lobster grower - develop the technology
to fast-track the aquaculture potential for
the European lobster
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Agri-Tech Centres
Agrimetrics: Scalable Data Platform and Data Ecosystem
for data integration, modelling and analysis
Centre for Crop Health and Protection (CHAP) to
revolutionise how farmers manage crop threats including
pests and disease (£21m)
Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock
(CIEL) to create new livestock technology (£29m)
Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation
Centre (Agri-EPI) addressing the fast-moving market of
precision agriculture (£18m)
•- £21.3 million government investment, both in the UK and overseas. The Centre will have its headquarters in York at the National Agri-food Innovation Campus in Sand Hutton.
•Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL) - £29.1 million government investment and products to boost the profitability and productivity of livestock farming. The Centre will have its headquarters in York at the National Agri-food Innovation Campus in Sand Hutton.
•Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation Centre (Agri-EPI) - £17.7 million government investment in the new, fast-moving market of precision agriculture to help the UK’s agri-food sector develop advanced technologies that will increase productivity and sustainability in UK agriculture. The Centre will have hubs in Edinburgh, Harper Adams University and Cranfield University.
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Prof Paul Berryman, Agri-Tech Specialist, Agri-Tech Organisation, DIT
Investments:
Case Studies
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Agri-Tech Investors
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FDI Case Study 1: Syngenta
Swiss Agrochemicals giant Syngenta established a new Global Operations Centre in Manchester creating 200 new jobs. This expanded Syngenta’s activities in the UK, which is already home to the company’s largest global research and development facility in Berkshire and two major production facilities in Yorkshire and Scotland.
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FDI Case Study 2 : BASF
German firm BASF expanded its Littlehampton facility as part of a £multi-million Agri-Tech investment. This doubled production capacities for beneficial nematodes, which are microscopic organisms that can control a diverse range of insect and slug pests.
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Nematodes BASF scientist
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FDI Case Study 3 : Arlabion
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After DIT helped Latvian business Arlabion to relocate into the UK, they introduced two new chemical compounds to the market – seed treatment products for winter wheat, peppers and tomatoes. The compounds act as systemic plant activators and enhance plant immune system response against pathogen attack. Key targets are Fusarium and Septoria tritici on wheat.
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R&D Case Study: Kaneka. 28
Japanese Corporation Kaneka signed a research collaboration agreement with the University of Sheffield to exploit a new type of fertiliser that speeds up photosynthesis and therefore crop yields.
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Summary
• The Environmental Challenge: Population, climate, water, soil,
crop yields, food waste.
• The solution is Agri-Tech: Plant science, animal science, precision agriculture and aquaculture
• UK Agri-Tech Research: 100 new catalyst Research Projects & 4 cutting-edge Agri-Tech Centres
• Agri-Tech Investments: Case Studies from Syngenta, BASF, Kaneka & Arlabion
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Contact Details
For further information about investing and
innovating in UK Agri-Tech contact:
Professor Paul Berryman
Agri-Tech Specialist
www.gov.uk/dit
Mobile email
+44 7500 918207 [email protected]
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