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Technology Strategy Board Competition: Agri-food supply chain For more information, see: http://bit.ly/1hDYLCt Competition opens 19 June 2014; Closes 11 February 2015 The scope of this targeted Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) competition encompasses three high-level challenges and we expect proposals to address at least one: * innovating to benefit consumer health, wellbeing and choice * improving productivity, resource efficiency and resilience in the supply chain * assuring safety and security across the supply chain. These challenges are broad and potentially cross-cutting, and we encourage KTPs which can yield benefits across more than one challenge. This could include aligned proposals from several companies to deliver higher impact. For example, they might support related innovations at different points in the supply chain. The examples below illustrate areas that may be addressed during these KTPs: * application of genetic and breeding approaches to crops and livestock: such as improving product quality, nutritional content and resilience against abiotic and biotic environmental shocks and stresses * improved methods to control yield/productivity loss or product quality deterioration during growth, harvesting, storage, processing and transportation * improving nutritional quality through better products or ingredients: such as enhanced bioavailability, optimisation for different life stages; formulation (for example reducing salt, fat and sugar) and inclusion of novel bioactives or supplements * technologies, approaches or services which support the sustained modification of consumer or employee behaviours: such as improving nutrition and/or health, healthier food choices, personalisation of diet, productivity and reduction of waste * use of data: such as improved methods for the application of ‘omics' information; generation and interpretation of large data sets relevant to the agri-food supply chain; tools or products that take account of impacts on the environment and ecosystem services; and improving the traceability of raw materials and supply * use of systems-based approaches to improve sustainability, resilience and productivity within the agri-food supply chain.