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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is working with ISCF Transforming Food Production to boost investment in the agricultural sector.

The new £12m Farming Innovation Pathways funding competition is for collaborative feasibility studies and industrial research projects that focus on the development of innovative farm-focused technologies, systems or approaches to help improve food productivity, as well as increasing resilience and sustainability in line with net zero ambitions.

The competition will open on 1 March 2021 and the deadline for applications is 28 April 2021.

KTN will be holding a Consortium Building Event on 11 March 2021.

Why attend the KTN Consortium Building Event?

• Find out more about the scope and eligibility criteria directly from the funders.
• Identify potential collaboration partners and make connections.
• Put forward issues that farmers, growers and end-users may be facing across priority areas.

Find out more about the KTN Consortium Building Event and sign up.

Additionally, an Applicant Briefing Event will be held on 3 March 2021.

You can register your interest in attending here.

Additional information and opportunities for consortia building will be available through the KTN Transforming Food Production Consortia Building Group on LinkedIn.