Crop Health and Protection Limited

Over the next 25 years, agricultural productivity in the UK must increase by almost as much as it has over the previous 50 if it is to keep pace with the world's increasing demand for food. But it has plateaued. Meanwhile climate change demands reductions in agricultural GHG emissions, threatens food security, its nutritional quality and the distribution ...

Mercury Environmental Systems Ltd. have developed an innovative and pioneering crop yield and carbon forecasting system in partnership with the University of Edinburgh. In trials conducted with wheat and barley growers in the UK, the system has enabled yield predictions 4-5 months prior to harvest within 10% of output yields, providing a data driven appro...

'TomatoGuard' is a groundbreaking initiative to transform global crop production. This collaborative project combines the diverse expertise of Altered Carbon LTD (AC), UK Agri-Tech Centre (UK ATC), Fargro Ltd., and leading commercial tomato grower APS Group. The aim is to introduce a cutting-edge monitoring system that uses the power of AI to facilitate t...

**CHALLENGE**: c.85% of South Africa(SA)'s electricity is generated via burning coal, with SA being one of the largest global greenhouse-gas emitters. State-owned Eskom supplies 95% SA's electricity, but power stations are regularly broken/undergoing maintenance, leading to 'loadshedding'. **BIO-ENERGY**(=renewable energy) has a short life cycle with pote...

In order to address the dual challenges posed by a growing global population and the imperative to minimize the environmental footprint of agriculture, there is a pressing need for a substantial overhaul of crop production systems on a worldwide scale. The introduction of soil improvers to augment soil quality and bolster crop yields has garnered consider...

This proposal builds on the work of the Regulatory Horizon Council, summarised in their 2023 report _Unlocking the potential of robotics in Agriculture and Horticulture,_ and follows the Government's Food Strategy (2022), Defra's Automation in Horticulture Review (2022), and Defra's _Independent review into labour shortages in the food supply chain_ (2023...

This project centres on the optimisation and evaluation of LettUs Grow's Advanced Aeroponic technology to reduce cost and improve energy efficiency, unlocking significant existing commercial interest in LettUs Grow's Aeroponic Rolling Bench products.

The consortium Crop Intellect , Barworth Research , University of Lincoln, CHAP, Dyson Farming and The Allerton Project (all UK based organisations) are focused on designing and testing a prototype combination of R-Leaf and nitrogen fixing bacteria (endophytes) to reduce synthetic nitrogen usage in crop production. Crop Intellect is the lead organisation,...

Fusarium basal rot (FBR) is a disease caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae (FOC) that infects the roots and basal plate of onions leading to severe pre- and postharvest losses. Onions can become infected with FOC at any time during crop growth, but the biggest losses occur after harvest when asymptomatic bulbs extensively rot in...

Healthy soils play an important role in food production, climate change mitigation, and maintaining biodiversity. However, what goes unrecognised is the role of the roots that weave their way through them, drawing nutrients, transferring carbon, providing life to the complex microbiome that lies unseen beneath our feet. Despite their importance, there are...

Modern farming relies heavily on synthetic pesticides to secure crop yields. Synthetic fungicides come with environmental and health risks and are failing due to development of resistance. Treatment typically requires 1-5 applications per season, repeating at 10-14 day intervals during high risk periods. Potato late blight is the UK's most demanding plant...

This project addresses UK food security challenges amidst a climate crisis by offering a game-changing solution to **transform inefficient TCEA** (total controlled environment agriculture) operations into sustainable, **energy-efficient crop growing systems**. By collaborating to integrate innovative technologies, the project will characterise and demonst...