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Agriculture: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how funding from the farming innovation programme will be allocated among different agri-technology research and development projects.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
27 Feb 2025
Answer
4 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 25 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how funding from the farming innovation programme will be allocated among different agri-technology research and development projects.

  2. 27 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Applicants to the Farming Innovation Programme are assessed by the Programme’s delivery partner, Innovate UK, on how they address a particular challenge identified by industry (for industry-led partnership competitions) or by Defra (for thematic competiti...

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