China Green Agro Automated NFT planting system was exhibited in the British Pavilion at the 2019 Beijing Horti Fair in
June, and received high praise. On December 8, 2019, at the invitation of
Nottingham Trent University, 5 people from China Green Agro arrived in the UK
for business visit
Under the recommendation of Professor Lu of
NTU University, China Green Agro started with friendly talks with the
Department of International Trade (DIT). China Green Agro briefly introduced
the research and development and achievements of the greenhouse project and the
automated planting system. Gerry and Fan of DIT expressed that they are looking
forward to introducing China Green Agro new automated planting technology to
the UK. Gerry gave a detailed introduction to the current farming and importing
of fruits and vegetables in the UK. He pointed out that the current fruits and
vegetable products in the UK are heavily dependent on imports.
According to Gerry, the UK is vigorously
developing Vertical Farming. It has invested 90 million pounds to support the
wide-scale adoption of innovation, technologies, and skills in the food and
farming supply chain, and plans to invest over 400 million pounds in agri-related
research each year. At the same time, it specializes in establishing Agri-Tech
Organisation in DIT to promote foreign trade and inward investment in R&D
and Agri-Tech companies. In addition, Gerry and Fan provided detailed answers
to the policy questions raised by China Green Agro on China-British cooperation.
In order to better understand the local fruit
and vegetable market in the UK, China Green Agro visited large supermarkets such as Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Sainburessy & Argos, etc., and had a more
direct understanding of the local fruit and vegetable prices, sales conditions,
packaging requirements, etc.
China Green Agro paid an in-depth visit to
Brackenhurst campus, city campus, Clifton campus of Nottingham Trent
University. On Brackenhurst campus, China Green Agro visited the glass greenhouse
and container plant factory of the campus and carried out a very productive
meeting with the dean of the college. In the meeting, Dean Robert highly
praised the China Green Agro Greenhouse Project and expressed a strong interest
in its automated planting system. He hoped to work together to build a new
scientific research laboratory, set up special scholarships, jointly recruit
students, and jointly cultivate high-end agricultural technical talents.
In the City campus, China Green Agro team
conducted an in-depth discussion on cooperation issues with the NTU principal
and management team. In particular, the two sides put forward constructive
suggestions on how to set up a laboratory, and gave guidance for the subsequent
specific work.
On the Clifton campus, China Green Agro
visited NTU's robotics and AI laboratory and exchanged their research
directions and results with their researchers. Dr. Pedro expressed strong
interest in China Green Agro automated NFT planting system and hoped to work
together to apply robotics, AI, big data and other technologies to the
agricultural field.
During this inspection, China Green Agro
learned about the macro agricultural situation in the UK, cooperation policies,
and initially visited the fruit and vegetable sales terminal market, deepened
the friendly long-term cooperative relationship with NTU, and laid a solid
foundation for opening up the UK and European markets.
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