Agri-EPI has joined the EIT Food network and aligns with EIT Food’s sustainable agriculture and aquaculture focus areas to guide and accelerate innovations in food production and farming practices.
EIT Food aims to drive the digital transformation of our food systems, as innovations in data and technology are needed to futureproof the sector against global challenges. This includes the creation and adoption of revolutionary agricultural technologies to help farmers improve the efficiency, profitability and sustainability of their businesses, to address challenges such as the impact of a rising global population and climate change on yield demand and output.
Both EIT Food and Agri-EPI Centre visions are closely aligned – collaboration with a wide range of partners leads to exciting innovation. EIT Food’s strength comes from its partners, which represent many of Europe’s leading agrifood companies, research institutes, universities and startups. A diverse community that spans the entire agrifood chain, enables key players with different skills and capabilities to collaborate with one another to solve some of most pressing food system challenges. EIT Food is delighted to welcome Agri-EPI centre to its fast-growing community, to help them to grow, enhance and contribute to relationships and collaboration which help to drive innovation in their shared interest of sustainable food systems.
Dave Ross, Chief Executive of Agri-EPI Centre said:
“Agri-EPI truly recognises the value of collaboration in driving innovation and we know that our membership of EIT Food will allow us to grow our existing networks and contribute our know-how to leading innovation initiatives.”
In particular, Agri-EPI Centre is excited to contribute to all aspects of the research, development, evaluation and dissemination of information about new technologies and techniques which support efficient, sustainable and profitable farming and food productions. Agri-EPI Centre looks forward to building relationships and contributing expertise in support of sustainable food production.
Dr Jayne Brookman, Acting Director of EIT Food’s North-West Co-Location centre said:
“EIT Food is delighted to welcome Agri-EPI to Europe’s leading agrifood innovation network. Our shared commitment to collaboration in the digital transformation of agriculture will strengthen innovation in agri-tech, to drive towards more sustainable food systems.”
