Gateway Event - Agri-EPI Centre - precision agriculture and autonomous systems

Date: 
Fri, 15/03/2019 - 15:00 to 16:15
Location: 
Informatics Forum G.03, former Humanoid lab
Speaker: 
Dave Ross, CEO, Agri-EPI Centre Ltd

Speaker: Dave Ross, CEO, Agri-EPI Centre Ltd

Abstract

The Agri-Food sector is the single largest manufacturing sector in the UK, contributing over £38bn GVA to the UK economy and employing >400,000 people. It supports a food supply chain through to retail sector that contributes £108B GVA to the UK economy, and with it, employment for over 3.9M people.