Farming Futures Fund

Farming Futures: Environmental resilience, Feasibility

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million across the two strands of this competition. This will be to develop innovative solutions for sustainable and resilient farming. This funding is from Farming Futures R&D Fund.

• Competition opens: Monday 22 May 2023
• Competition closes: Wednesday 19 July 2023 12:00pm

The aim of this competition is to fund collaborative development projects with ambitious solutions. Solutions provided will enable sustainable and resilient farming through addressing biotic and abiotic stresses in agriculture, horticulture and forestry to:

• support specific recommendations from recent Defra reviews, the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) act 2023 and the Government Food Strategy

• resolve key issues affecting the sector, where sustainable and resilient farming solutions can mitigate climate challenges and increase productivity

Your proposal must be able to demonstrate how the project will benefit farmers, growers or foresters in England.