Carbon Free Nutrient (CFN)

无碳营养物 (CFN)

• 批准号: 10055043
• 金额: $ 44.01万
• 依托单位: FLEX FARMING LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10055043
• 关键词: Carbon; Free; Nutrient; CFN

The food production industry is responsible for approximately 26% of global Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, of which 27% result from crop production. To achieve the industry's net-zero emission target for agriculture by 2040, transformation is required in the way farming is taking place.However, global pandemics, natural disasters and human conflicts put food production at risk. A report published by the London School of Economics outlines how the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated how deeply the UK's food security is dependent on imports (Tony Heron, May 2020), while more than 80% of farmers experienced falling profits in 2020\.The farming sector is focused on increasing the productivity of food production processes by integrating electrification, automation and digitisation into operations and using indoor farming. This will enable farmers to have more granular visibility and control over their operations in real-time and harvest crops year-round as it is not a weather or season dependent process, helping to increase their farming business sustainability.By 2025, it is anticipated that the agricultural technology sector will be worth more than £136 billion globally. This includes over £129 billion in the Autonomous Farm Equipment Market and over £7 billion in the Precision Farming Market.The "Carbon Free Nutrient" project aims to promote indoor farming using Total Controlled Environment Agriculture and develop highly efficient food production operations to increase production capacity while reducing environmental impact. The technology ensures available resources are used efficiently in order to reduce operating costs and provide products with competitive prices to become a mainstream supplier to the consumer market. Such a system has the potential to be installed at sites around the world as a key part of an innovative transformation of food production, with positive consequences in feeding the world's population in a way that also addresses challenges associated with climate change.

食品生产行业约占全球绿色温室气体（GHG）排放量的26%，其中27%来自农作物生产。为了在2040年前实现该行业的农业净零排放目标，需要改变农业生产方式。然而，全球流行病、自然灾害和人类冲突使粮食生产面临风险。伦敦经济学院发布的一份报告概述了COVID-19大流行如何证明英国的粮食安全对进口的依赖程度（Tony Heron，2020年5月），而超过80%的农民在2020年经历了利润下降。农业部门的重点是通过整合电气化，将自动化和数字化转化为操作，并使用室内农业。这将使农民能够实时更精细地了解和控制他们的操作，并全年收获作物，因为这不是一个依赖天气或季节的过程，有助于提高他们的农业业务可持续性。到2025年，预计全球农业技术部门的价值将超过1360亿英镑。其中包括超过1290亿英镑的自动化农场设备市场和超过70亿英镑的精准农业市场。“无碳营养素”项目旨在推广使用全控环境农业的室内农业，发展高效的食品生产操作，以提高产能，同时减少对环境的影响。该技术确保有效利用可用资源，以降低运营成本，并提供具有竞争力价格的产品，成为消费市场的主流供应商。这种系统有可能在世界各地安装，作为粮食生产创新转型的一个关键部分，对养活世界人口产生积极影响，同时也应对与气候变化有关的挑战。