UK AgriTech Industry

This vertical contains companies involved in the creation of innovative and renewable biological resources from marine and aquatic environments. It also contains companies sustainably using methods such as aquaculture to harvest fish or oysters.

Companies and organisations involved in preserving ocean and river biodiversity health through advanced monitoring, habitat restoration and the removal of pollutants. They carry out activities that are directly restoring environment health or providing the high quality research or monitoring technologies to do so on a local (ie specific rivers and coastlines) or global scale.

Companies that develop materials derived from biological sources or inspired by biological systems, using biotechnology, chemistry, and engineering. These are sustainable, functional alternatives to conventional materials for applications across healthcare, manufacturing, construction, textiles, packaging, and consumer products.

Systems that grow crops through processes that immensely control and reduce inputs.  Retailers aren’t included unless they develop the technology that underpins the process.

Companies that provide products and services that allow for expansive and in-depth analysis of natural environments and those that apply digital technology to optimise yields. This technology can be predictive monitoring, advanced management platforms or drone scanning.

Large scale developers of industrial agricultural technologies that are also responsible for sectoral innovation. These technologies include tillers, balers, tractors, sprayers, cultivators and harvesters. These are companies that earn more than £10 million in annual turnover.

Companies developing and applying genetic improvement, gene editing, and computational biology technologies to enhance the performance, disease resistance and climate resilience of crops and livestock.

Companies developing and commercialising novel, non-traditional protein ingredients for food and animal feed using advanced biological, chemical, or engineering processes.

Companies providing animal disease management, nutrition solutions, diagnostics, vaccines are other solutions to ensure livestock health and the biodiversity of natural environments.

Robot systems used to manage arable land, crops, livestock and food products, including irrigation, harvesting and fertilisation. This also includes robotic animal feeders and automated and robotic pallet wrappers.

Companies providing agri-tech solutions for soil health optimisation and bio-diversity preservation. These are companies that help support the wider natural network that arable farming relies upon. This includes ecological consultants that do more than just carry out surveys, but are involved in habitat restoration and advanced biodiversity monitoring.

Companies driving innovation in agricultural inputs and technologies, ranging from precision irrigation to biofertilizers and pesticides.. Companies must develop their own irrigation or crop spraying machinery rather than just sell it.