The Industrial Strategy sets out Grand Challenges to put the UK at the forefront of the industries of the future, ensuring that the UK takes advantage of major global changes, improving people’s lives and the country’s productivity. Transforming Food Production is recognised as a key driver of Clean Growth under the Industrial Strategy. The £90 million Transforming Food Production programme aims to integrate current world-class UK capabilities (digital technologies, artificial intelligence, engineering, biological, environmental and social sciences) into precision approaches both within new novel production systems and traditional agricultural systems to target net zero emissions. Find out more about the Agri-Food Interest Group at https://ktn-uk.co.uk/interests/agri-food Join the Agri-Food Interest Group at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8254982/ or Follow the KTN Agri-Food team on Twitter https://twitter.com/KTN_Bioscience

1. UK Research
and Innovation
Future Food
Production Systems
Andrew McLay
Innovation Lead
Transforming Food Production

2. UK Research
and Innovation
Future Food Production Systems (FFPS)
1. Objectives
2. Scope.
3. Essence
4. What we are looking for…
5. What projects should look like…
6. Assessment process
7. Timeline
8. Summary
9. Help

3. UK Research
and Innovation
FFPS - Objectives
1. Create integrated data-driven solutions to drive primary agricultural
productivity whilst driving towards net zero emissions
2. Embed adoption of precision approaches to bridge the productivity gap,
strengthening connections between researchers, businesses and practitioners
3. Stimulate the establishment of novel high value production systems to
position UK technologies at the forefront of new industries.
4. Drive growth in UK precision technology companies, creating high value jobs
and adding value in the UK agricultural value chain.
5. Develop export opportunities and increase investment into UK research and
innovation.

4. UK Research
and Innovation
FFPS – In and Out of Scope
In scope…
A broad church of technologies…
• indoor growing systems
• aquaculture, including
deep water
algal culture
• new food sources, including:
insects
fermentation based systems
• others
Out of scope.
Mainly non-food production systems…
• equine
• amenity horticulture
• wild caught fisheries

5. UK Research
and Innovation
FFPS – Essence…
• Industrial Research
• Experimental
Development
• developing new,
resource efficient,
low emission food
production systems
• addressing
bottlenecks
preventing existing
state-of-the-art
supplying
mainstream
• contribute to
achieving net zero
emissions
• nutrient dense foods
for mainstream
consumers
• deliver other benefits
to society,
• applying a systems
approach
• contribute to TFP
objectives, especially
objectives 1 and 3

6. UK Research
and Innovation
large scale,
ambitious,
integrated and
data-driven
solutions
FFPS – What are we looking for…
multidisciplinary
projects with
diverse
collaborations

7. UK Research
and Innovation
FFPS – What should projects look like …
B L T C S
Business led Large
£1 million to
£10 million
Transforming Collaborative Short
24 – 33
months

8. UK Research
and Innovation
FFPS – Assessment – two stages…
Stage 1: Application…
1. Transforming food production
2. Approach and innovation
3. Team and resources
4. Market awareness
5. Competitors
6. Outcomes and route to market
7. Outputs and impacts
8. Project management
9. Risks
10. Added value
11. Costs and value for money
Stage 2: Interview…
• Presentation – 15 mins / 15 slides
• Q&A – 30 mins

9. UK Research
and Innovation
FFPS - Timeline
16 Sep – Competition opens
03 Oct – Update London
08 Oct – Briefing Edinburgh
23 Oct – Briefing Birmingham
Late Nov – Collaboration event
28 Feb – Invitation to interview
16 Mar – Interview
28 Mar - Notification
22 Jan – Competition closes
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 20 Feb Mar Apr

10. UK Research
and Innovation
Competition
16 Sep 2019
22 Jan 2020
FFPS – Key facts…
Industrial
Research
Experimental
Development
£20million T
Project Size
£1-10
Million
24 - 33
months
Business
led
Start / End
01 Jul 2020
31 Mar 2023

11. UK Research
and Innovation
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FFPS – Help

12. UK Research
and Innovation
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