N8 AgriFood Resilience Programme Prof. Katherine Denby – Academic Director Steve Banwart and Jonathan Oxley also here

A unique single entry point to excellence in agri-food research

The N8 Research Partnership 8 most research-intensive universities in the North of England Working with universities, industry and society, N8 aims to maximise the impact of this research base for greater economic and social benefit

Together, the N8 universities have: more than 370 researchers working in agri-food resilience the greatest concentration of academics engaged in agri-food research in the UK a portfolio of >£269 million of agri-food research funding significant research facilities including six research farms, extensive glass-houses, workshops, laboratories, GM handling, organic / conventional, genome editing etc. Combining expertise in: Soil health Plant biology Crop improvement Biofuels and bioenergy Weed, pest and disease management Livestock health and well-being Human and animal nutrition Big data acquisition and analytics Consumer behaviour and diet choice Food processing and product innovation Globalisation and resilient food supply chains Fair trade and food economics Modelling and simulation of food supply networks Waste and resource management Breadth and capacity of expertise - build relationships with N8 AgriFood, don’t need to contact each academic directly.

to promote resilient, sustainable food production Combining soil health, resilient and productive crops and livestock, novel diagnostics and predictive modelling to promote resilient, sustainable food production Applyng all these interdisciplinary skills to Prof. Les Firbank

Adapting food supply systems to deliver better resilience while improving nutrition, reducing environmental impacts and sustaining economies fairly Prof. Steve Banwart

Improving public health while lowering the burden of food production and distribution on the natural environment: through changes in behaviour, diet and other socio-economic factors Also in manufacturig – enhance nutrition in processing Prof. Jason Halford

Maximising our research and economic impact 10 new professorial appointments – jointly appointed across the N8 universities 12 business-facing Knowledge Exchange Fellows working across the universities and disciplines to translate research findings into profitable innovations A Business Development team to engage farmers and companies directly A series of Industry Innovation Forums awarding Seed Corn Funding for interdisciplinary collaborations with businesses and other stakeholders An N8 AgriFood Research and Innovation Club addressing industry challenges in pre-competitive research Academic outreach and pump-priming funding, enabling multidisciplinary teams to address significant food security challenges Reach is regional, national and international

N8 AgriFood: Joined up thinking across organisations, disciplines and the whole supply chain www.N8agrifood.ac.uk Particularly think impacts will come from projects crossing theme boundaries Get in touch with us if want to be involved, look out for events industry innovation forums, Together we are stronger.