Agtech 2030
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Linköpings universitet - Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 24 746 250 |
| Project duration | November 2018 - December 2023 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | 2016-05305-en |
| Call | 2016-05350-en |
Important results from the project
During Phase1, Agtech 2030 has contributed to transitioning the region towards of the vision, i.e. towards becoming one of the world´s most prominent regions in agricultural technology. To this end, Agtech 2030 has contributed to the build up of regional resources and competences in the field. Agtech 2030 has also materially contributed to the emergence of technical and business innovations, products and processes that have strengthened agriculture´s competitiveness and can improve its environmental work. During Stage 1, Agtech 2030 has operated both nationally and internationally.
Expected long term effects
During Phase 1 Agtech 2030 has interacted with similar regional, national and international initiatives and contributed to the social debate. The initiative has helped actors to cooperate more closely and strengthened and renewed the innovation system´s contact interfaces and constellations. The initiative has provided impulses that developed 1) regional and national business policy, 2) the actors´ ability to work with innovation processes, 3) the R&D base within the initiative´s area, 4) the conditions for a diversity of people to run agricultural enterprises.
Approach and implementation
Phase 1 of Agtech 2030 started at the end of 2018 and ended successfully in 2023 with support granted for Stage 2. Phase 1 was implemented in four work packages: 1) Management & Expansion, 2) Communication & Marketing, 3) Mobilization in strategic innovation areas, 4) Innovation projects. About half of the budget was made up of 71 innovation projects. The initiative has also worked with Strategic innovation areas and leveraged resources with regional actors such as Linköpings Science Park and Vreta Kluster to focus on thematic issues of great importance to the industry.