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Businesses are more dependent on nature than previously thought, with ~$44trillion$ of economic value generation moderately or highly dependent on nature\[World Economic Forum,2020\]. \>50% of bank activity in emerging markets directly depends on nature\[Calice,et. al.(2023)\]. Biodiversity loss is also recognised by the world's central banks as a source ...

Food fraud is a significant issue, providing a pressing need for low cost, simple to use authentication methods. Currently, consumers of agri-food products are calling for greater food-system transparency to inform their purchase decisions and reduce the risk of buying unsafe/illegal/unethical/counterfeit products. Traceability can meet this demand throug...

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As with many developed countries the UK's agricultural land is under pressure to provide food to a growing population in the most efficient and sustainable manner. There is an added opportunity and responsibility for countries like the UK to take the lead in developing solutions for the UNSDG's in this case \#2 Zero Hunger. Airborne pathogens infect cerea...

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Black-grass (_Alopecurus myosuroides_) is the UK's most pernicious weed, causing considerable yield losses each year and threatening the sustainability of UK cereal production. Herbicides remain a key component of tactics to control this species, yet evolution of resistance due to overuse threatens their efficacy. Environmental considerations also raise c...

Midges are significant global pests of fruit production. Current management of midges is problematic, dominated by application of fossil-fuel based chemical pesticides that impact on beneficial insects and the wider environment detrimentally. In 2018-19 across the UK, over 1.14t of pesticide was applied, often pre-emptively, to an area of 1,034,565 hectar...

Aphids are a major problem in UK and global food production, reducing yields by directly feeding on plants phloem-sap but also through transmitting a variety of diseases. In 2018-19, over 106t of pesticide was applied to an area of 1,815,090 hectares to control aphids, often applied pre-emptively to protect crops. By combining recent advances in volatile ...

SugaROx was launched in Feb 2021 to develop and commercialise biostimulant formulations with an Active Ingredient invented through a collaboration between Rothamsted Research and the University of Oxford. We will further validate and develop a state-of-the-art technology in one of the fastest-growing segments of agricultural inputs. This Feasibility Study...

The project aims to develop an image-based identification system for air-borne fungal spores of important UK crop pathogens, using image analysis and artificial intelligence approaches in an automated, robotic sampling device. This method will provide real-time, continuous results of monitoring air samples, providing data on inoculum levels for multiple p...

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This project brings innovative and disruptive technologies together from IBM, Rothamsted Research, The University of Sheffield, 2Excel, STFC-Hartree Centre and Syngenta to transform the crop management market with blackgrass as its first use case. Blackgrass is a weed costing farmers more than £0.58bn/year, however data, management strategies and expertis...