Projects

Project Title: Simulating value creation opportunities at abattoir inspection processes using digital twins

Project Scope: The project aims to develop a digital twin (AS-IS and TO-BE) simulator of the key post-mortem inspection critical control points in UK abattoirs to identify opportunities for enhanced inspection quality, food safety, failure prevention, and scalable people-technology-machine innovations for food inspections using imaging technologies, track-and-trace sensor technologies, Artificial Intelligence-based fault detection and diagnostic technologies.

Project Title: TRANSSITioN or TRAnsforming Cold Food Chains in INdia through Space ScIence and TechNologies

Project Scope:Leveraging on advanced technological, supply chain, farming and policy making expertise from multidisciplinary stakeholders from the UK and India, the project aims at analysing the current state of cold food supply chain in India to evaluate transitions and transformative pathways to sustainable cold food chain systems in India.

Project Title: Exploring applications of digital technologies and data analytics for enhancing sustainable production and food safety in the Indonesian shrimp aquaculture industry

Project Scope: This project aims to investigate how to use data science approaches to improve the food safety, quality and productivity in Indonesian shrimp industry. In particular, the project will explore the applications of different sensor technologies and geospatial data analytics to monitor, predict the real-time environment change of shrimp cultivation and production.

Project Title: Optimising 21st Century Abattoirs with digital technology enablement

Project Scope: The project delivered a multi-country review of state-of-the-art technology, process, and data governance innovations in ante-mortem and post-mortem meat inspections for the UK Food Standard Agency to identify short-term, mid-term and long-term scalable interventions for improving the value and cost of food quality and safety inspections in the UK.

Project Title: The impact of labour shortages on UK food availability and safety

Project Scope:This research used a food systems approach to examine the impact of labour supply shortages on key aspects of the food system, providing insight into the consequences of labour shortages as reported in 2021.

Project Title: Application of Sensing Technologies in Food Quality Management Automation for Manufacturing Efficiency at Mondelēz International

Project Scope: The project aimed to develop innovative sensor-based technology solutions for real-time product quality management and manufacturing efficiency in chocolate production line.

Project Title: Designing a Novel Digital Platform for marketplace integration of Fish Farmers and Customers in Ghana 

Project Scope: In response to loss of income and inability to access nutritious fish products due to Covid-19 lockdowns and disruptions of the aquaculture supply chain, this project aims to fill the integration and communication challenges facing the supply and demand sides using an innovative digital solution. The project will create a novel digital platform, where fish farmers are directly linked with the customers to promote their enterprises by marketing fish products in a transparent way. This will ensure that fish farmers can readily access the wider market hosted digitally and are able to sell in a safe environment.

Project Title: Application of Cryogenics to Optimise Cold Supply Chains for Agri-food products in India

Project Scope: To explore capabilities and potential of STFC Cryogenics and Thermal Modelling for reducing food and energy losses in the supply chain, in countries with inadequate infrastructure – a case study of India.

Project Title: Virtual marketplace for urban micro enterprises & small farmers growing fresh fruits & vegetables in India

Project Scope: The project aims to develop innovative ecosystem solution and data value-chain architecture for a virtual marketplace to enhance the market access, cash flows, cost structure, trade terms, logistics, and food safety credentials of smallholder fresh produce supply chains in Mumbai to improve resilience to systemic shocks.