Farming Futures R&D - Low Emissions Farming Consortium Building and Q&A

About the event

This competition aims to fund collaborative projects that will develop new solutions to support UK farming working towards achieving low emissions farming. These must address major on-farm or immediate post farmgate challenges or opportunities.

The funding opportunity will invest up to £12.5m into innovation projects. Total project costs for industrial research can be between £1m and £2.5m. Up to 70% of project costs can be funded by this grant depending upon business size. This funding is part of Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme, delivered by Innovate UK.

Projects must offer solutions that will benefit farmers, growers or foresters in England and significantly improve on-farm productivity, resilience, sustainability and progression towards low emissions farming.

Your project must address one or more of the following five key areas:

• Regenerative farming
• Energy
• Methanisation
• Reducing GHG emissions in livestock production
• Innovations to support land management

For more information about this funding opportunity, click here.

Who should attend this event?

Businesses, research organisations, farmers, and growers who are interested in applying for this funding opportunity.

Why should you attend this event?

This event is open to individuals and organisations interested in the Farming Futures R&D Fund: Low Emissions Farming funding competition, who want to:

• • Find out more and ask questions about the scope and eligibility criteria;
  • Learn about the application process;
  • Hear from a previously successful applicant and their first-hand experiences of the process;
  • Network, make connections and meet potential project partners.