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

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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. N8 AgriFood: Joined up thinking across organisations, disciplines and the whole supply chain
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.