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The 25 projects are the third round of funding to be distributed through the 拢70 million .

The 拢16 million funding comprises 拢9.8 million from government and 拢6.2 million from industry.

Sunshine eggs and automated broccoli

Winning innovations in this round include:

• the 鈥楽unshine Egg鈥� 鈥� reducing vitamin D deficiency in humans by enriching naturally laid chicken eggs with higher levels of the vitamin via chicken feed
• 3D camera technology to identify when broccoli is ready for harvesting 鈥� a key step towards developing fully automatic robotic harvesting systems
• environmentally friendly cooling and heating to promote enhanced living conditions for healthier chickens
• using satellite imagery to identify the right time for farmers to tend to their crops

Information about other winning projects from round 3 can be found on the

Head of Agriculture and Food at Innovate UK Ian Meikle said:

The Agri-Tech Strategy aims to make the UK a world leader in agricultural technology, innovation and sustainability. The funding decisions announced today are expert-led and evidence-based. They support great ideas that address challenges of the future in food and farming. With business, research and government working together, these investments can unlock potential and deliver major benefits for society and the economy.

The Agri-Tech Catalyst, run by Innovate UK and the , supports collaborative research between scientists and businesses to springboard projects from the lab to the market place. To date it has supported 77 projects worth nearly 拢60 million.