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国家 | 英国 |
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正文(英文) | 22/10/2020 Fly farming technologyFrom waste food to animal feed using the magic of insects and carbon-cutting technology. This is the extraordinary promise of a new project backed with £5.9 million from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The funding for the sustainable insect farming collaboration, led by London-based insect rearing company Entocycle and its partners, will allow them to scale up their cutting-edge farming model in the UK and across the world.
Rolling this technology out across the country will make UK food production more efficient and less carbon intensive, with the potential to create over 3,000 UK-based jobs. In addition, as part of UKRI’s Transforming Food Production (TFP) challenge’s, the Science and Technology into Practice feasibility competition £4.3 million is being allocated to 23 feasibility projects. Aim to boost productivity and reduce emmisionsThe aim of the competition is to demonstrate the feasibility of new prototype technology to boost agricultural productivity and reduce emissions. Examples of projects being funded include:
Farming minister Victoria Prentis said: “I congratulate the UKRI for their TFP challenge and all the recipients of the funding. "As a passionate advocate for tackling the farming and food industries’ greatest challenges it’s fantastic to see so many innovative projects being supported to help the sector grow with reduced environmental impact and less food waste.” Katrina Hayter, challenge director of UKRI’s TFP programme, said: “The Entocycle-led project is one of the most interesting and exciting projects we have funded. "Our aim is to make the UK a global hub for black soldier fly farming. Successful development and scaling up of this technology should lead to a significant boost in recycling of food waste and a reduction in emissions. "There are many innovative projects in our latest feasibility competition showcasing ideas for improving productivity and cutting emissions that range across the whole agricultural sector, from arable, to livestock, to sensor technology and to new biopesticides. Our funding and support for these projects is ongoing.” The TFP challengeUKRI’s £90 million TFP programme is part the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and aims to:
The remit includes both crop and farmed animal production as well as new production systems. The long-term success of the challenge is dependent on a diverse range of farm businesses adopting new technologies and approaches. Winners of the feasibility competitionAugmented Berry VisionLed by Opposable Games in Bristol. Developing a low-cost, augmented reality (AR) prototype glasses for fruit pickers that can determine and label fruit ripeness and assist growers to produce high quality berries. As a proof of concept, blackberry will be used as an exemplar. Partners include:
Tool to reduce asparagus tip break downled by JGHC Limited in Ross-on-Wye. Project aims to identify the factors that cause tip breakdown. This will be achieved by developing a decision support tool using classification models in order to identify and predict tip breakdown at their early stages. Partners include:
Healthy HeiferLed by Cambridge Animal Technologies Limited in Cambridge. Developing a precision solution to improve heifer rearing for increased productivity across the dairy sector. Partners include Agri-Epi Centre Ltd. Evaluating novel green fertilisers with carbon capture technologyLed by CCm Research in Swindon. Project aims to evaluate how effectives sustainable fertilisers are in terms of providing nutrients to crops. This will be achieved through field scale trials as well as erosion studies. Partners include Cranfield University. Macromolecular crowding to increase cellular meat productionLed by 3D Bio-Tissues in Newcastle. Developing solutions that will increase efficiency of animal-free meat production. Partners include Centre for Process Innovation Ltd. Smart SheepLed by Moredun Research Institute in Edinburgh. Will develop precision livestock farming techniques and sustainable sheep production. Partners include:
Production facility for insect-based productsLed by Entec Nutrition in Truro. Will design a highly efficient, cost effective insect rearing facility to further the development and adoption of farmed insects as a sustainable animal feed source. Partners include:
Improving leg health and reproductive performance in commercial duck breeding flocksLed by Cherry Valley Farms Ltd in Grimsby. Will combine of technologies including sensors, image recognition and genomic pedigree to improve reproduction and welfare at both the genetic level and commercial population level. Partners include:
Biopesticide for cabbage stem flea beetleLed by Crop Health and Protection in Yorkshire. Will develop an innovative biopesticide technology for the control of cabbage stem flea beetle in oilseed rape. Partners include:
Reduce waste and emissions in commercial raspberry productionLed by Netafim UK Ltd in Skelmersdale. Will integrate nutrient demand models and AI-based sensors with precision-dosing rigs to improve resource use and productivity in commercial raspberry production. Partners include:
Net Zero poultry houseLed by Moy Park Ltd in Craigavon. Will develop and evaluate new approaches to poultry housing and management that result in improved animal well-being and performance as well as improved energy and resource efficiency. Partners include:
Automating milk sampling testingLed by Davlec in Welshpool. Will assess the commercial and technical feasibility of installing an automated milk sampling and reproduction testing system in a traditional milking parlour. Partners include Clarity Biosolutions Ltd. Diagnostic platform for infections in cattleLed by RAFT Solutions in Ripon. Will assess the feasibility of adapting existing diagnostic systems to detect protozoan parasites, alongside developing automated image for immediate diagnosis using fresh faecal samples. Partners include Techion (UK) Ltd. AI-powered Augmented Reality Tool for Animal Health and ProductivityLed by Agri-EPI Centre, one of the UK Agri-Tech Centres. Will integrate multiple data-streams from technology platforms deployed on dairy farms, using AI and augmented reality to identify an individual cow and access its data. Partners include:
MothnetLed by AGSENZE in Lancaster. Will develop novel approaches to enable fully automated smart monitoring of the codling moth. Partners include International Pheromone Systems Ltd. Growing sensor and innovative transmission node for vertical farmsLed by Light Science Technologies Ltd in Derby. Will develop an IoT precision data solution, for vertical farming to boost productivity and efficiency. Partners include Nottingham Trent University. Raspberry Auxin Soil and Substrate ProtectantLed by The James Hutton Institute in Dundee. Will develop an innovative range of growth substrate additives to stimulate raspberry root growth and inhibit the growth and spread of root pathogens. Partners include:
Crover robot for the autonomous sampling of grain bulksLed by Crover Ltd in Edinburgh. Will create the first robotic device able to safely sample grain bulks at various depths and while still idle in storage. Partners include:
A robot-enabled, data-driven machine vision tool for nitrogen diagnosis of arable soilsLed by Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester. Will co-develop a cost-effective, non-destructive, robot enabled, data driven, machine vision solution to monitor nitrogen levels in soil by harnessing disruptive technologies. Partners include:
PRUEXLed by Harper Adams University in Newport. Will test the feasibility of a robot to apply microbial cleansers to poultry houses to improve both the environmental impacts of poultry production and improve animal welfare. Partners include:
Advanced breeding and metabolic indicator technology for the dairy and beef industriesLed by Clarity BioSolutions in Salisbury. Will develop systems to drive productivity in ruminant production systems by enhancing decision support with a precision livestock farming technology solution. Partners include Raft Solutions Ltd. Enhanced animal behavioural analytics for improved cattle welfare, health, productivity and sustainabilityLed by Quant Foundry Ltd in London. Will develop a system for the identification of anomalous cattle behaviour to aid in the rapid identification of different ailments. The solution combines AI-driven video analytics of animals within an automated farm framework. Partners include:
Dairy production sensorsLed by Scotland's Rural College in Edinburgh. Will identifying best sensor technologies to deliver verifiable health, welfare and environmental benefits for dairy production. Partners include:
AI-powered Augmented Reality Tool for Animal Health and ProductivityLed by Agri-EPI Centre, one of the UK Agri-Tech Centres. Will integrate multiple data-streams from technology platforms deployed on dairy farms, using AI and augmented reality to identify an individual cow and access its data. Partners include:
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