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A wide view of rolling farmland under a partly cloudy blue sky. The foreground shows lush green crops swaying in the breeze, with fields, hedgerows, and gentle hills stretching into the distance.

Sarah Kaya

Sarah is a policy adviser in Defra’s agri-tech sector policy team.

The team supports the growth of the agri-tech sector by enabling the commercialisation and uptake of new technologies.

Before joining Defra, Sarah lived in Turkey, where she kept chickens.

Competition to accelerate agri-tech investment: guidance out now 

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A new £5 million round of the Farming Innovation Investor Partnerships competition will open on 2 June. Guidance is now available. The competition supports agri-tech businesses to fast-track the late-stage development and commercialisation of technologies that are close to market. It offers government funding alongside private investment.