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With a growing world population, climate change, and limited supplies of natural resources, making sure our food and supply chains are robust and effective has arguably never been more important. By focusing on improving productivity, efficiency, and sustainability, researchers at the University of Lincoln are developing new approaches that are having a major impact across the food chain.
We recognise that the application of technological innovation is crucial to helping to solve some of the big challenges facing agriculture and food production, so our research institutes, centres, and groups are focusing on key areas such as robotics and automation, AI, computer science, energy efficiency, engineering, crop science, and data management applications.
Research Spotlight
A £4.9 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is helping to deliver a step change in activity and fund the drive to make the Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire region a global innovation centre for agricultural technology.
The University of Lincoln, in collaboration with leading partner institutions – University of Aberdeen, Queen’s University Belfast and University of Strathclyde – has successfully secured £10.6m in funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to establish SUSTAIN, a transformative Centre for Doctoral Training.
Bringing together the expertise and resources of four academic institutions, SUSTAIN will provide a cross-disciplinary, multi-institution doctoral training programme to support innovative research in the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to sustainable agri-food. It will cover technical and social science aspects of AI, alongside training in plant, animal and/or biosciences, tailored to individual students’ needs and interests.
The University has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its work supporting the success and sustainability of the UK’s food and farming industries. The award, which is the highest National Honour in UK further and higher education, was presented to Vice Chancellor Professor Neal Juster at a special ceremony held at Buckingham Palace.
New research led by the University of Lincoln has developed a new method using AI and machine learning to better understand changes in atmospheric circulation and help to improve predicting seasonal weather conditions in the UK and Northwest Europe.
Professor Simon Pearson is Director of the Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology, and his passion for food production and innovative research approaches is helping to drive productivity across the agri-food sector.
Discover more about the impactful research and innovative studies that are taking place at the University of Lincoln.
The University of Lincoln offers a number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses that are an integral part of our focus on Agri-food Technology.
