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It is well accepted that due to Brexit, COVID, Ukraine and population demographics, the UK horticulture sector is heavily constrained by a lack of seasonal harvest labour. This year as crops have gone unpicked, NFU President Minette Batters stated that the sector was in an "absolute" food waste "crisis". DEFRA is working with industry to mitigate impacts....

Packing fresh produce is a purely commercial activity and the industry is largely unknown by consumers. The sector processes £13 billion of produce annually (70% is imported) and it is an essential link in the supply chain that packages and labels safe nutritious produce for consumers. This process is labour intensive and does require dexterity to pick an...

UK consumers can be found scavenging amongst the boxes and empty shelves of the produce aisle. In the fields, fresh fruit and veg lay to waste. The agriculture industry heavily relied on seasonal overseas workers to bring in the crops but with Brexit, followed by a nationwide lockdown, workers are scarce. As COVID-19 reaches over 1 million worldwide with ...

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"**Project vision** The Multi-Platform Inspection, Maintenance & Repair in extreme environments (MIMRee) project will introduce a step-change in the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of offshore wind farms by removing humans from the loop during the inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) of offshore wind turbine blades. The aim is to significantly reduce...

"An increasing global population and a difficulty in attracting sufficient numbers of workers from with the current EU is a direct threat to affordable and secure supply for the UK. In order to address this challenge, the agricultural and food manufacturing sectors are increasingly using technology to address the shortfall in labour availability. The supp...