IAG & University of Essex secure funding to create Ł3.5M facility

Added on 25 July 2022

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IAG & University of Essex secure funding to create Ł3.5M facility

The major funding boost will be used to create a state-of-the-art indoor crop growth facility to explore how to future-proof crop production for an increasing global population.

Agricultural technology company, Innovation Agri-Tech Group ('IAG'), can today announce it is further cementing its relationship with the University of Essex, as the university receives a major funding boost from The Wolfson Foundation, to continue its world-leading plant productivity research.

The Wolfson Foundation, an independent grant-making charity, has pledged Ł1 million to support the development of a unique Smart Technology Experimental Plant Suite (STEPS) at Essex's Colchester Campus to future-proof crop production in a changing and challenging world. With one of the longest established whole plant physiology and photosynthesis groups in the UK, Essex has long been at the forefront of plant productivity research.

As major contributor to the project, IAG will be installing its innovative and patented GrowFrame - a modular system, it uses aeroponic irrigation and closed loop water recycling to provide water and highly precise nutrients with no pesticides, as well as being proven to produce a healthier root system and superior crop growth.