Helping farmers fight PCN in Kenya
UK – KENYA collaboration has targeted one of the most economically important crop pests, potato cyst nematode (PCN), through the development of a new assessment tool.
The tool aims to enable farmers in Kenya to successfully detect PCN in-field, supporting...
CHAP launches CropMonitor Pro â a new digital service for predicting crop pest and disease risks
CHAP is delighted to announce the launch of a new digital service – Crop Monitor Pro. It is designed to help growers and agronomists predict the likelihood of pest and disease outbreaks on their...
Farmers wanted for battle against CSFB
A project to develop a biopesticide for Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle is looking to recruit farmers to help shape the eventual outcomes.
Funded by a grant from Innovate UK[1], Agri-Tech centre Crop Health and Protection (CHAP) is working in collaboration with...
Featured Solution - Soil Health - applications and opportunities for climate-smart farming, food security and environmental integrity
Soil health is a product of interactions between plant roots and the living fraction of the soil, operating within the constraints of the physical, chemical and...
Four Centres Conference focuses on food resilience in the Covid age
The Four Centres conference on Innovation for Food Resilience, held on November 19th, was a great success, with more than 1200 delegates from 20 countries taking part.
The virtual event was hosted by Farming Today presenter...
Featured Solution - Data Diagnostic Insights - The Rise of the Digital Farm
Five years ago, when people started talking about Digital Farming and Big Data, most were not sure what this was or how it related to field base crop production. Since then, writes Keith Norman, the speed of technical...
Crop Phenotyping & Soil Health: Bridging the gap between science & practice
About this Event
Understanding the interaction of crops and environments in crop-based agriculture is a crucial to improve crop development, productivity, quality and resilience to changing climate. Phenotyping...
Managing pesticide resistance in potato crops â a focus on digital tools
About this Event
Join this free 60-minute online webinar to learn about the new digital tools impacting pesticide usage across the potato production sector.
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Date: Tuesday 16th...
CHAP Invitation
On the 4th March, between 9:00am and 11:00am the online workshop “Progress with Developing a Biopesticide for CSFB Control” will provide an update of the progress made to date.
This workshop is the second in a series of events to share information and gain feedback from...
Addressing agri-tech challenges on an international platform: Dual Membership is your passport to UKâs excellence in agri-tech innovation
Click the link below to hear about the benefits of CHAP/Agri EPI Membership and have some great speakers including from the Department of International...
Focus on digital plant imaging at CHAPâs Phenotyping Laboratory
Date: Tuesday 8th June 2021
Time: 1pm-2pm
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About this Event
Join this free 60-minute online webinar to learn about plant imaging and some of the advantages it offers for trait quantification and remote...
Innovation to overcome regen ag challenges
ON-FARM challenges faced when transitioning to regenerative agriculture, and how to overcome them, were explored during a recent webinar hosted by agri-tech innovation centre, CHAP.
Welcoming more than 100 farmers, agronomists, researchers and...
New UK-India project to tackle fall armyworm
Smallholders in India will be able to trial a new monitoring tool to assist in the fight against prolific crop pest fall armyworm, thanks to a recently launched international agri-tech project.
Although native to the Americas, fall armyworm...
CHAP News
The CropMonitor Pro service predicts the risk posed by a range of pests and diseases, as evidence for the need to spray, using a range of data such as suitable spray timing based on current and predicted crop growth stages, accumulated pest/disease risks and whether the pest/disease...
GelPonics aims to decarbonise hydroponics
CHAP is delighted to announce the launch of a new project to develop an autonomous, hydroponic system centered around a novel hydrogel growing media.
The GelPonics project in collaboration between start-up AEH Innovative Hydrogel, robotics experts...
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