Knowledge Centre
Browse through our collection of news, perspectives and webinars to gain a deeper understanding of the Innovate UK Business Connect culture and sector intelligence.

News
The impact of Official Development Assistance on the AgriFood sector
We hear a lot about Official Development Assistance (ODA), but what is it? And what role does, and can, AgriFood play in development and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? This article looks at ODA and its interactions with AgriFood innovation, drawing on content from one of our Virtual mission sessions.
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Smallholder farmers in Africa still face challenges when it comes to finance and insurance
A webinar took place on finance and insurance on 14 July 2020 as part of Week 4 of the Africa-UK AgriFood Innovation Mission 2020. We dived into some of the challenges facing AgriFood and smallholder financing.
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Tackling gender equality improves success rate for AgriFood projects
Gender equality has become an important criteria in most funding and grant competitions, so we asked some expert speakers to share their insight on the topic as part of our GCRF AgriFood Africa Virtual Missions.
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In October 2020, KTN Global Alliance Africa hosted a three week event series designed to respond to the impact of Covid-19 and support resilience and recovery in African innovation ecosystems.
The KTN Global Alliance Africa team would like to thank all Speakers, Partners, Panelists, Organisers and Participants in supporting our first event series called ‘Global Ideas Exchange: Enhancing Innovative Resilience in Africa’. The aim of each session was to encourage sharing and learning to showcase the latest ideas and best practice in innovation. Here is a round up of this exciting new event series which took place in October 2020.
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Major boost for UK robotics sector from KTN Innovation Exchange Competition
GE Renewable Energy and ORE Catapult announce Tethys and Aerones as winners of KTN Innovation Exchange competition.
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Register your interest in receiving our 4Manufacturing® support in 2021
KTN are offering up to 175 fully-funded places for SMEs to get 4Manufacturing® support in 2021 (start dates Feb – Apr) but you’ll need to be quick! Sign up now and complete our survey by the 11th December 2020.
Sign up now and complete our survey by the 11th December 2020.

Case Study
Reality Check Productions: Live Theatre at Home becomes a reality with The Round
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Event
Developing a Digital DRS Solution Workshop
Welsh Government and KTN are partnered in this workshop by the newly formed Digital DRS Industry Working Group, which is an informal grouping of sectoral interests working to ensure better understanding of the potential function of digital DRS in the emerging system development.
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Management Knowledge Transfer Partnerships in the agrifood sector
Pedro Carvalho from the KTN’s AgriFood team looks at new funding available to help improve management practices in AgriFood businesses.
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Net zero emissions in agriculture
With the UK on a mission to reach net zero emissions by 2050, the AgriFood sector is rising to the challenge.