22 July 2013
Today I am helping launch the Government's new Industrial Strategy for agricultural science, technology and innovation, in a major shift of policy towards supporting modern high-tech farming which has huge potential benefits for our region.
This is a huge opportunity for East Anglia. Rising world population and rapid development of emerging economies around the world mean that by 2050 the world needs to almost double food production using less land, water and energy. Breakthroughs in IT, remote sensing, satnav guided precision farming, automation, agricultural engineering and modern food supply chains are driving an exciting new 'Agri-Tech' sector, with new opportunities for spin-out companies, exports, and exciting careers.
The East Anglia region, with its world-renowned research bases in Cambridge and Norwich, and world class food, farming, engineering and IT sectors has the potential to pioneer the new technologies driving low carbon, low impact, low chemical and high output 'progressive' modern farming.
The Eastern Region has several of the UK's world renowned Agri research institutes, including Rothamsted (Harpenden), the John Innes and Institute for Food Research (Norwich) and the National Institute for Agricultural Botany (NIAB), Cambridge.
The Norwich-Cambridge corridor has the potential to become in Agri-Tech what Cambridge has become in biomedicine: a world class 'cluster' of research, innovation, high growth companies and exciting new career opportunities. East Anglia, the home of the original Agricultural Revolution, is again leading the world in the agricultural innovation behind a new Green Revolution in modern farming. This is a huge opportunity for East Anglia to export again our leadership in agricultural innovation to help feed the world.
For a copy of the Agricultural Technologies Strategy contact the BIS press office. From Monday 10.30am it will be available here on this website and online at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-innovation-skills/series/industrial-strategy-government-and-industry-in-partnership.
| Agricultural Technologies Strategy
This is a huge opportunity for East Anglia. Rising world population and rapid development of emerging economies around the world mean that by 2050 the world needs to almost double food production using less land, water and energy. Breakthroughs in IT, remote sensing, satnav guided precision farming, automation, agricultural engineering and modern food supply chains are driving an exciting new 'Agri-Tech' sector, with new opportunities for spin-out companies, exports, and exciting careers.
The East Anglia region, with its world-renowned research bases in Cambridge and Norwich, and world class food, farming, engineering and IT sectors has the potential to pioneer the new technologies driving low carbon, low impact, low chemical and high output 'progressive' modern farming.
The Eastern Region has several of the UK's world renowned Agri research institutes, including Rothamsted (Harpenden), the John Innes and Institute for Food Research (Norwich) and the National Institute for Agricultural Botany (NIAB), Cambridge.
The Norwich-Cambridge corridor has the potential to become in Agri-Tech what Cambridge has become in biomedicine: a world class 'cluster' of research, innovation, high growth companies and exciting new career opportunities. East Anglia, the home of the original Agricultural Revolution, is again leading the world in the agricultural innovation behind a new Green Revolution in modern farming. This is a huge opportunity for East Anglia to export again our leadership in agricultural innovation to help feed the world.
For a copy of the Agricultural Technologies Strategy contact the BIS press office. From Monday 10.30am it will be available here on this website and online at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-innovation-skills/series/industrial-strategy-government-and-industry-in-partnership.
| Agricultural Technologies Strategy
