The Challenge is searching for innovative solutions that could increase the sustainable production of locally grown food in the Cardiff Capital Region.
The Challenge, which is a partnership between the Cardiff Capital Region Challenge Fund, Cardiff Council, Monmouthshire County Council, Welsh Government, and the SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) Centre of Excellence aims to find businesses and other organisations with ideas focussed on one of the following areas:
- Approaches to encourage and enhance knowledge within schools of the health benefits of sourcing from local food supply chains.
- Dynamic integrated trading tools that optimise the supply and distribution of local food supplies.
- Maximising renewable energy generation and local utilisation from farm (and growing) assets whilst maintaining agricultural yields.
- Innovative farming practices to reduce carbon emissions and increase yield.
The challenge will be run in two phases.
Phase one will be a ‘demonstrator' phase where up to £800,000 per project will be available for successful organisations to enable them to show that their idea works and is feasible. Applicants are encouraged to consider projects at a range of delivery options and budgets up to this maximum figure.
Phase two will be a ‘scale-up' phase, where the strongest ideas can access up to £1 million per project. This additional funding will be used to show that their solutions can successfully be operated at a significant scale.
The closing date for applications is 10am on 9 October 2023.
For further information please select the following link Dynamic integrated trading tools that optimise the supply and distribution of local food supplies | SBRI Centre of Excellence (simplydo.co.uk)