AgriTech & FoodTech in the UK
AgriTech capability concentrates around the East of England, Lincolnshire, the Midlands, Scotland's crop research base and Northern Ireland's food economy.
See this on the map →- Companies
- 3
- Investors
- Coverage expanding
- Universities
- 3
- Research centres
- Coverage expanding
- Facilities
- Coverage expanding
UKIZ has not yet mapped enough of this category to draw a conclusion. A low count here describes the directory, not the country.
Where UK strength is concentrated
Major clusters
- Norwich & the East
Plant and food science, offshore energy and agricultural technology
Emerging & supporting clusters
- Cambridge
Research density, silicon IP and life sciences at unusual concentration
- Teesside & the Humber
Hydrogen, carbon capture, offshore wind and heavy industrial capability
- Belfast
Cyber security, advanced composites, fintech and screen production
- Cornwall & Plymouth
Marine technology, Earth observation, geothermal and critical minerals
- Nottingham & Derby
Aerospace propulsion, rail engineering and sustainable chemistry
Research, infrastructure and capital
Universities & research
Agricultural research institutes, crop science centres and food innovation facilities.
Investment
Corporate agri-food investment, specialist funds and public research programmes.
Government support
Food and agriculture feature in several place-based programmes.
Organisations working in this area
Humber Freeport
Government programmes · teesside humber
Queen's University Belfast
Universities · belfast
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Research institutes · cornwall plymouth
University of Nottingham
Universities · nottingham derby
University of East Anglia
Universities · norwich east
John Innes Centre
Research institutes · norwich east
Quadram Institute
Research institutes · norwich east
UKIZ perspective
Research centres (Coverage expanding)
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Cornwall & Plymouth
- John Innes Centre
Norwich & the East
- Quadram Institute
Norwich & the East
Infrastructure (Coverage expanding)
- Coverage expanding — no facility mapped here yet.
Accelerators (Coverage expanding)
- Coverage expanding — no accelerator mapped here yet.
Food security, land use and biotechnology intersect here. UKIZ proposes connecting growers, processors and technology developers in the same community.
Ecosystem directory
Who funds, builds and researches this in Britain.
Investors (Coverage expanding)
- Coverage expanding — no investor mapped here yet.
Companies (3)
- Unilever Port Sunlight R&D
Liverpool City Region · Large corporate
- Spire Global Glasgow
Glasgow & the Central Belt · Large corporate
- Tropic Biosciences
Norwich & the East · Scale-up
Universities (3)
- University of Leeds
Leeds & West Yorkshire
- University of Nottingham
Nottingham & Derby
Directory last verified: 15 August 2026
Proposed by UKIZ · independent · not a government designation
Sources
- Department for Science, Innovation & Technology — UK Innovation Clusters Map
- UK Research and Innovation — Research and innovation infrastructure, centres, institutes and Catapults
- Catapult Network — Catapult centres and specialisms
- GOV.UK — Investment Zones, Freeports and AI Growth Zones