Full ADOPT grant: round eight
Funding
Up to £5,000,000
Location
England
Applications
Rolling (always open)
Farming, growing or forestry businesses in England can apply for a share of up to £5 million. The money is for on-farm trial and demonstration projects. You must test new ideas or solutions in agriculture. This is round eight of the ADOPT programme. The funding helps improve how farmers adopt new technologies and practices. Applications are rolling with no set deadline. You need to be based in England to apply.
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Must be farming, growing or forestry business
- Must conduct on-farm trial and demonstration projects
- Must focus on agricultural sector adoption of new ideas or solutions
This grant is for farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England. You need to run trial and demonstration projects that test new agricultural ideas or solutions. It is not for businesses outside England or projects that are not agriculture-related.
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Full details from Innovate UK
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.This is an Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) grant.
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