The aim of this Innovate UK competition is to support outstanding business-led innovation projects in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in Mid and North Wales. For this competition, Mid and North Wales consists of Ceredigion, Powys, Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.

Projects must focus on innovation in agri-tech or food technology and must contribute to growing innovation activities in the cluster, both during and after the project.

Specific themes

Project can focus on one or more of the following, but this list is not exhaustive. Where proposals fit within the scope of this competition they may focus on other themes.

• Productivity or nutritional content:
  • enhancing yields and other aspects of productivity of primary crops and feedstocks, livestock or aquaculture
  • resource efficiency, including novel approaches for precision farming, circular economy or biotechnologies, excluding biochar
  • enhancing the nutritional content of produce
• Food processing or markets:
  • novel foods that promote safe, healthy and nutritious diets
  • food manufacturing and processing, packaging, and safety
  • adapting produce to create new market opportunities
  • supply chain resilience and responsiveness; mitigating risks, interruptions or disruptions
• Sustainability or biodiversity:
  • livestock health
  • approaches that reduce emissions, food loss and waste
  • regenerative approaches that could lower biodiversity loss or mitigate against resource scarcity