date:Oct 21, 2013
e an economic boost to the UK agri-tech industry, by tackling challenges in agriculture.
These challenges may be domestic or international: funding for the Agri-Tech Catalyst includes an element specifically targeted at contributing to international development.
Professor Douglas Kell, BBSRC Chief Executive, said: Advances in agricultural technologies have underpinned virtually the whole of human civilisation and development. Today, advances in relevant basic, strategic and applied science pro