African Agriculture Knowledge Transfer Partnerships is a scheme run by Innovate UK to support business-academia collaborations in Africa. The African agriculture strand of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme supports a partnership between a UK knowledge base to work with an African knowledge base and African business partner to deliver an innovative AgriFood project.
Cranfield have been awarded funding to undertake the following African Agriculture Knowledge Transfer Partnerships projects with:
Instaveg Ltd and the University of Eldoret
We are working with Instaveg Ltd and the University of Eldoret to develop and embed novel, sustainable field to fork solutions within a produce aggregation, processing, and packaging company, and across its supply chain. Key outcomes include improved postharvest practices and cold chain solutions, to increase on-farm productivity and marketable yield of horticultural produce.
The Source Plus and the University of Nairobi
We are working with The Source Plus and the University of Nairobi to integrate advances pesticide monitoring technology into the company's operations, enhancing product quality, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and access to new markets, offering safer and more reliable honey and bee products to customers.