Agri-Tech Partnership

Powering sustainable agriculture with data.

What we do – EMBL-EBI Industry partnerships

What we do

What we do

The Agri-Tech Partnership is building a collaborative platform that hosts tools and resources designed to accelerate sustainable innovation in agriculture.

Focusing on the following key capabilities

Integrate multi-species data

We bring together diverse agricultural datasets, spanning crops, livestock, microbes, pests, pollinators, and beyond, across genomics, phenotyping, soil metagenomics, imaging, and experiment metadata.

Connect public and private data

The platform enables seamless integration of in-house and public datasets, supporting joint analysis and re-use across stakeholders.

Enable FAIR, reproducible analyses

All tools and datasets follow FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles, supporting transparent, repeatable science.

Develop custom, modular tools

We co-create tools with partners, building on EMBL-EBI infrastructure. Modular components are selected and funded collaboratively to meet specific R&D needs, with results feeding back into the wider community.

Enable pre-competitive collaboration

Our partnership model encourages cost-sharing, coordinated project development, and collaborative innovation, without intellectual property barriers.

Prioritise new targets

Using bioinformatics, machine learning, and literature mining, we identify and prioritise novel traits, genes, and pathways relevant to crop resilience, productivity, and environmental impact.

Monitor soil and ecosystem health

We analyse soil biodiversity and function using advanced metagenomic and microbial datasets to inform sustainable land use and ecosystem stewardship.

Standardise multi-organism data

We adopt and promote shared data standards to ensure consistency and interoperability across species and research domains.

Tools, Methods & Assays

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“Through the Agri-Tech Partnership, we can transform real-life data into innovative solutions, driving significant advancements in agricultural research and global food security”
Siân Ellis
Global Regulatory Ecotoxicologist and Environmental Sustainability SME, Corteva Agriscience

Resources

Projects and tools are modular, openly accessible where possible, and tailored to meet the specific needs of each partner. They are built on EMBL-EBI resources, including:

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