Merger of Agri-Tech Centres paves way for future ambitions
Innovate UK CEO, Indro Mukerjee, has unveiled the UK Agri-Tech Centre, the UK’s largest agri-tech organisation responsible for driving innovation in the sector. The Agri-Tech Centres merging are Agricultural Engineering, Precision and Innovation Centre (Agri-EPI), Crop Health and Protection (CHAP) and the Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL).
Indro Mukerjee, CEO of Innovate UK said:
As the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK supports innovative businesses on their growth journeys. Our plans to merge these centres and work with them to develop a proposal for a new Agri-tech Catapult will have a transformational impact on the UK, creating an excellent environment to start and grow innovative agri-tech businesses. This is and will be an important area for Innovate UK’s work.