UK Research & Innovation, the UK government’s tech grant body, has upped the amount handed out for its latest food production challenge. But grant success isn’t just about money.
Koh Poh Koon, the country’s senior minister for trade and industry, unveiled the grant scheme while visiting local indoor farming startup Singrow.
The effort provides funding to organizations that can rescue food before its wasted and redirect it to individuals in need.
GROW becomes an accredited mentor partner for the Singapore government program, while launching its ‘Pre Accelerator’ for “very early stage” startups.
The ’30×30 Express’ grant program will fund local agrifood players – including urban farmers – who can increase domestic output of eggs, fish, and leafy vegetables.
Small farmers reliant on restaurant and direct-to-consumer sales are feeling the financial impact of Covid-19 with little end in sight.
New York is a leading agricultural state in the US and NYFVI is hoping to spur agrifood tech innovation in the state by letting a group of farmers pick which grant projects get funded each year.
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