Growing Kent & Medway has announced £3million in R&D grants for projects that support inclusive economic growth and environmentally sustainable practices and innovations. Funding grants of up to £250,000 will be made available to assist projects that aim to...
Growing Kent & Medway has grown its Senior Management Team with the appointment of Dr Nikki Harrison as Programme Director. She is joining the project (led by NIAB EMR in East Malling) from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), where she was...
Growing Kent & Medway will be at this year’s Fruit Focus LIVE – the UK’s leading technical event for the fruit industry. The event will be held in an online format, taking place on the 9 & 10 September 2020. Fruit Focus brings together growers and...
NIAB EMR has secured £1.68 million from the South East LEP for the East Malling Advanced Technology Horticultural Zone (ATHZ) project, which will be the first step towards delivering the vision of a cutting-edge Innovation Campus for horticulture in Kent. The ATHZ is...
Growing Kent & Medway has been awarded £18m of government funding to strengthen the competitiveness of Britain’s horticulture, food and drink industries. The Growing Kent & Medway initiative is one of seven national projects that will drive innovation-led...
The University of Kent and NIAB EMR are part of a new South Coast Biosciences (SoCoBio) Doctoral Training Partnership collaboration (DTP). This exciting new initiative is funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSCRC) and also involves...
