Innovate UK’s Global Incubator Programme helps ambitious businesses to collaborate and expand in new markets, accelerating business growth.

To apply, you must:

• Be a UK-based innovation-led company with ambitions to grow and internationalise
• Be a company with fewer than 250 employees
• Have a focus on Agri-Tech

During the session, you will:

• learn more about the Global Incubator Programme – Agri-Tech, New Zealand
• learn about the local innovation ecosystems in New Zealand
• learn how Innovate UK Business Growth will support you through the programme, and have an introduction to additional innovation growth support available
• be provided with some guidance on how to complete and submit an online application form
• have the option to submit questions to the Global Business Innovation Programme panel

Please note the early start time of 7am!

Targeted agricultural sectors

• Horticulture: viticulture, fruit production, vegetable crops and protected cropping
• Livestock: including beef, sheep & dairy systems, monitoring and management, including animal wellbeing technology to proactively detect/avoid/treat health issues and improve diet/nutrition. Technologies to manage enteric methane and nitrous oxide production.
• Arable: precision crop management and soil health technologies

Key focus areas include but are not limited to:

Controlled environment farming

• Indoor and vertical farming
• Protected horticulture
• Climate-resilient growing and nature-positive innovation

Robotics & Automation

• Harvesting and planting automation
• Seasonal labour substitutions
• Automated irrigation and nutrient delivery

Advanced Sensors & AI Systems

• Crop growth and monitoring sensors
• Yield prediction and soil health
• Livestock monitoring technologies
• On-farm technology (sensors, cameras, satellite based, etc) that relate to recording attributes/phenotypic data for herd or crop improvement
• Tools to simplify compliance and automate data capture on farm / on orchard.

Engineering Biology for agriculture

• Animal and plant genetics to accelerate genetic gain,
• Bio-based crop protection
• Microbial soil health protection
• Enhanced plant resilience and productivity

Click here to read more about the opportunity and the available funding.