Secure Harvests Limited

The Extending and Supporting Tilapia Aquaculture (ESTA) project is a cross-disciplinary collaboration between two UK SMEs and a Colombian research centre. Tilapia farming in Columbia is a large and growing industry but farmers report that low fillet yields, slow growth rates and poor feed conversion are a major constraint on profit. There is a clear oppor...

This innovative project will provide the critical first step in a project that will provide UK farmers with a much-needed profitable break crop alternative to OSR and help to reduce dependence on imported soya. Arable farmers urgently need technology that reduces inputs, reduces disease and enables a better profit. As a nitrogen-fixing break crop with exc...

The Ethiopian lupins for food & feed (ELFF) project will improve livelihoods for Ethiopian smallholder farmers by: i) improving supplies of high quality protein for animal feed, ii) providing a potential cash crop for human consumption & iii) improving soil fertility & thus crop productivity. This innovative project will explore the feasibility of a white...

The GENEPRINT project is a cross-disciplinary collaboration between a Zambian research institute, a UK-based charity, a UK-based agri-business consultancy & 2 companies with specialisms in Biotech to explore the market & technical feasibility of a novel business model for localised production & marketing of high quality locally-bred seed in Zambia. The in...

The AFLA project is a cross-sector collaboration combining the expertise of a UK research charity, 2 Kenyan companies; a leading testing lab & a green energy specialist, & 2 UK companies; a technology R&D provider with sample extraction tech & a biotech commercialisation specialist. The project will examine the feasibility of using an acoutic separation p...

AflaScope is a cross-disciplinary collaboration to examine the feasibility of using an acoutic separation platform for purification of aflatoxins from crops. Aflatoxins (toxins from storage mould) are a significant threat to food security, particularly in developing nations. Testing & monitoring are vital but, due to complex sample prep, high cost, inacce...