New Crop Science Centre opens in Cambridge

A new Centre in Cambridge, designed to fast-track technologies to sustainably improve farmers' yields worldwide, was launched today. This year we have seen how fragile our global systems are..we are excited to be opening this new Centre, which can drive the transformative change we so desperately need. Giles Oldroyd The Crop Science Centre is an alliance between the University of Cambridge's Department of Plant Sciences and the crop research organisation NIAB, an internationally recognised centre for crop innovation. The Centre will serve as a global hub for crop science research and a base for collaborations with research partners around the world, to ensure global agricultural impact from the ground-breaking science happening in Cambridge. It includes a state-of-the-art facility to maximise the pace of research and accelerate crop improvements. The Centre will focus on improving the sustainability and equity of global food production. It will use an understanding of how plants work at the most fundamental level to drive transformative change in how we grow our food.