1. The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and UK Agri-Tech
Callum Harvey & Jayne Brookman
Knowledge Transfer Manager – Livestock & Aquaculture
Head of AgriFood

2. KTN’s mission Knowledge transfer Find markets Find solutions
Find funding
The Knowledge Transfer Network connects people
We specialise in cross-sector collaboration and our team of innovation experts can connect you to our network of business, academics and other innovation support providers in order to help you:
Find markets
We can help you find new markets for your innovation that you haven’t previously accessed.
Find solutions
We can introduce you to a product, process or service from a different market that solves a problem in your area of work.
Find funding
We can advise on where and how to apply for funding.

3. KTN’s mission Knowledge transfer
The Knowledge Transfer Network brings together businesses, entrepreneurs, academics and funders to develop new products, processes and services
We help business to grow the economy and improve people’s lives by capturing maximum value from innovative ideas, scientific research and creativity
Industry
Funders
Research
Our mission…
The Knowledge Transfer Network brings together businesses, entrepreneurs, academics and funders to develop new products, processes and services
We help business to grow the economy and improve people’s lives by capturing maximum value from innovative ideas, scientific research and creativity

4. Why we connect you “We deliver UK economic growth” Our mission…
The Knowledge Transfer Network brings together businesses, entrepreneurs, academics and funders to develop new products, processes and services
We help business to grow the economy and improve people’s lives by capturing maximum value from innovative ideas, scientific research and creativity

5. We work across sectors on the latest hot topics
Projects
We work across sectors on the latest hot topics
Our projects are dynamic and change with the changing needs of industry sectors.
Our project work ranges from producing roadmaps to influencing government policy on behalf of industry to connecting the best minds from otherwise un-connected sectors to solve innovation challenges.
We connect people who would not normally meet
Here’s some examples of our work ..

7. Agri-Tech in the UK

8. Food and Drink Manufacturing and Processing Supply Chain and Logistics
The AgriFood sector is the biggest industrial sector in the UK, employing almost 4 million people
Agriculture and
Land Use
Food and Drink Manufacturing and Processing
Supply Chain and Logistics
(Wholesale)
Retail
Operations
Consumption
High fragmentation to high consolidation
AgriFood employs 3.9 million people or 13.5% of UK Employment
The AgriFood sector contributes £109bn or 6.8% of total UK GVA
£9.8 Bn
£26.5 Bn
£10.7 Bn
£29.1 Bn
£26.9 Bn
450k
420k
250k
1.1m
1.68m
Value of exports £18.9bn (6% of UK exports)
Value of imports £39bn (9% of UK imports)
Value
Employment
Trade
AgriTech specifically contributes £4bn GVA
Global market size potential of £277bn
Employing 65k people

9. The UK AgriFood sector is facing several challenges in global competitiveness…
Trade Balance
Food Feed and Drink Exports
Global Export Index (2000 = 100)
Global Food Exports
growing well but..
UK productivity lagging
Trade balance widened
Sector not as competitive
as comparable EU countries UK
Labour Productivity in Agriculture (1993=100)
Top 10 EU Food and Drink Exporters, (2014)
Sources: World Trade Organization, Defra data, Agriculture in the UK 2015, International Trade Centre (Trade Map)

10. …but its unique advantages place it in a good position to grow and attract investment
The UK’s new focus on industrial strategy presents a clear opportunity for investment within the AgriFoodTech sector
Global and trusted brands; with a strong reputation for high standards of quality, safety, animal welfare, sustainability and traceability
World-class research and education in many relevant disciplines
Food and drink exports performing well including non-EU exports
Elliott Review into the Integrity and Assurance of Food Supply networks confirmed that our food is some of the safest food in the world
The UK has a progressive food and farming supply chain worth £109bn annually. Innovative world-class businesses in food and farming including R&D centres of all global leaders in food manufacturing
UK farming industry is well placed to grasp opportunities for economic growth and to help build a green economy that supplies healthy food to global consumers

11. Brexit also present challenges and opportunities for the AgriFood sector
Public research funding international -important to protect both funding and access to international talent.
Opportunity to reduce red tape around research, allowing sound science to support appropriate regulation for new technologies.
Key farming sectors are reliant on subsidies, a lot of them from the EU, and self sufficiency has reduced from 78% in the eighties to 62% today.
AgriFood is a high volume/low margin sector so even small changes can have a large impact.
Opportunity to replace CAP and increase inward investment and self-sufficiency throughout the sector through an innovative and internationally-facing industrial strategy.
Loss of consumer confidence will hit retail sector first.
UK can protect and improve on food standards and consumer trust in them.
The AgriFood value chain is complex, with traceability and transparency often being a challenge—leaving the EU will risk increasing this complexity
Opportunity to reform the regulatory landscape and create a truly integrated food system

13. Innovation Centres in the Agri Tech value chain
Centres for Agricultural Innovation
Other Agri Innovation Centres
Specialist sites: E.g.
Rothamsted (incl North Wyke)
Quadrum Centre
NIAB/East Malling (charitable Trust)
Pirbright (Animal health)
James Hutton Inst
AFBI
CAFRE
Innovate UK Catapult Network
Innovation and knowledge centres