As part of its International Pest Horizon Scanning (IPHS) capability, CHAP has funded the distribution of 180 tablet devices to extension workers across ...
read more“Trust me – it’ll make your crops grow better.” If these words were true every time they were uttered to a farmer, there’d be no hunger. That’s ...
read moreNematodes or roundworms are microscopic, non-segmented, worm-like organisms found in all sorts of ecosystems, from deep ocean vents to mountain peaks. ...
read moreMartin Driscoll is the CEO of Dyacare, a company that provides global access to sustainable solutions for crop nutrition and health, soil conditioners ...
read moreFood is big business in Yorkshire and the Humber. In fact, food manufacturing makes up about 20% of our GVA. The industry is reliant on our rural landscape ...
read moreThe green revolution was ushered in by new chemistry, mechanisation and advances in plant breeding. The results were miraculous gains in crop yields around ...
read moreFirst synthesized in 1950 and originally patented as a chelator in the Sixties, glyphosate has been with us for longer than 85% of the UK population. It ...
read moreIn many ways a coronavirus is what we would consider another invasive species, novel to its new hosts and neighbours but well known to its original ones ...
read moreNutritionist Barbara Bray has a passion for educating people about food and nutrition, and her firm Alo Solutions advises agri-food businesses on nutrition ...
read moreIn December 2019, I spent a week in India as part of a British Trade Delegation looking at the potential for collaboration between government, academia ...
read moreAnt Surrage is a technical development specialist at agricultural supplier - and CHAP member – Fargro. We chatted about his passion for plant protection ...
read moreDr Matthew Ryan is a microbiologist and curator of the Genetic Resource Collection at CABI (the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International), in ...
read moreThe innovative integration of technologies, delivering low-cost sustainable energy, can significantly reduce the costs of growing food in hydroponic/vertical ...
read moreThe application of precision technology has regularly been touted ...
read moreCaroline Drummond has been Chief Executive of LEAF since it started in 1991. After graduating in Agriculture she worked on farms in the UK and overseas ...
read moreThe atmosphere and focus around this year’s Cereals event can be neatly summed up by a quote from Jeremy Moody, of the Central Association of Agricultural ...
read moreIn what looks like being the worst recession in UK history, UK farmers and food processors are playing their part to keep the country’s economy going. ...
read moreHaving grown up on the fairly rural Isle of Wight, and being the son of a butcher, I’ve probably had more exposure to the agricultural world than most ...
read moreUse of controlled environments for crop growth is increasing in the UK. However, we are still way behind countries such as the USA and Japan, which have ...
read moreDr William Pelton is the CEO of Phytoform Labs. He co-founded the company in 2017 with Nicolas Kral, whom he met while studying at Imperial College London. ...
read more“I attended the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) for the first time in 2018. A fellow 2017 Nuffield Farming Scholar and good friend from Brazil was invited ...
read moreFormer John Innes Centre scientist Dr Belinda Clarke has been Director at AgritechE since its launch in 2014. Originally trained as a plant scientist, ...
read moreVertical farming is on the rise. Many people are becoming aware of the potential of indoor and vertical farming. It allows crops to be grown year-round, ...
read moreThese new technologies include Artificial Intelligence, robotics, drones, gene editing, the Internet of Things, among many others. The interests of ...
read moreAll too often in agricultural research and development, farmers are seen to be just the end users. In fact, only 1% of agricultural research in the UK ...
read moreThere’s a lot of talk about “big data” at the moment; the kind of data that is collected by satellites or huge sensor networks, processed in vast ...
read moreAs chief executive of the Agricultural Technology Organisation UKTI, and a wide experience of working with Government especially scientific regulatory ...
read moreA great deal is talked about the need to make farming ‘smarter’: the need to take on new technologies that offer a whole plethora of opportunities. ...
read moreThe major stages in the data and diagnostics pipeline are; data capture, sampling and analysis, machine learning, management and automation. Each of these ...
read moreVertical farming is a method of growing crops in stacked or vertical layers, leading to a higher yield for a given footprint i.e. it enables farms to produce ...
read moreA new world of opportunity is dawning for agriculture. The way we farm is about to change forever. We’re on the cusp of a fourth agricultural revolution: ...
read moreI believe the soil is a farm’s bank account and its most valuable asset, yet too often it’s treated with little respect. My company is now working ...
read moreEmma Kelcher is one of the new breed of farmers: breaking away from the stereotypical image, she is young and female. We spoke to her to find out what ...
read moreI think there is a real sense in which the agricultural industry is allowing others to tell its story and failing to defend itself from their accusations. The ...
read moreData has revolutionised industries across the board. In manufacturing, maintenance costs have been reduced by 40%, waste by 20% and yields improved by ...
read moreSoilless Controlled Environment Agriculture, hydroponics and aeroponics, is expanding its reach beyond the herbs and salad crops it has become synonymous ...
read moreAt this time of year, when the sun barely seems to rise above the horizon and our attentions are focused on the rich pickings that the festive season can ...
read moreTo mark World Soil Day, Professor Jane Rickson from Cranfield University outlines what we can do to preserve our soils, and how the CHAP Phenotyping and ...
read moreYorkshire and the Humber host a world-class research base in a strongly agricultural region. So it’s perhaps not surprising that the area is full of ...
read moreDr Ross’s report was published by the Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust in October. Here she summarises her findings, outlining the crucial need for ...
read moreThe concept of collaboration beyond its dictionary meaning is a fairly new one for me. Prior to starting my current job, I must admit my mind never dwelled ...
read moreLosing CIPC (our mainstay sprout suppressant) at a European and national level will be a huge blow to the potato sector. Nationally, our dead-reckoning ...
read morePesticides are under increasing scrutiny. Richard Maycock examines the challenges facing producers and growers as they battle to protect crops, while still ...
read moreWhat led a group of Bristol University students to decide to set up a food production company while they were in the middle of doing their finals? Read ...
read moreCHAP has partnered with RIPE to launch the NLG Centre. Phillip Lee explains why this EFTE-clad greenhouse is an important advance in the field of controlled ...
read morePhillip Lee is the founder, MD and CEO of Evolve Growing Solutions and RIPE. CHAP finds out what drives him and how he is intending to revolutionise the ...
read moreEntrepreneur (noun): A person who sets up a business or businesses, taking a financial risk in the hope of profit. Oxford English Dictionary Entrepreneurship ...
read moreIn September, the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales (NFU) unveiled its vision describing how British farming can reach net zero greenhouse gas ...
read moreSituated in the heart of Yorkshire, Stockbridge Technology Centre works to develop the horticultural and agricultural industry through technology transfer ...
read moreNutrients in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) are combined with water as a fertigation solution, and can be generally described as being either ...
read moreOver the past couple of years, the National Reference Collection team at CABI in Egham have done a lot of work into developing a rapid and inexpensive ...
read moreZeina Chapman is a director at Liberty Produce, which is partnering with CHAP to create the Innovation Hub for Controlled Environment Agriculture, within ...
read moreThe only constant is change. It’s a truism, but the outcomes are profound. For an example, you only need to look at Brexit in the UK. Whatever your political ...
read moreHow did Professor Jane Rickson become one of the UK's leading soil health experts? Read our interview to find out... How would you describe ...
read moreCHAP membership is available to all, from new start-ups to established organisations. Our mission is to better understand the challenges facing the industry ...
read moreChris Delf writes “Since joining CHAP on January 7th 2019, I have been completely overwhelmed by the depth of research capabilities that ...
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