Revolutionising the Food Chain with Technology

Discover how innovative technologies could revolutionise the food sector

Please note that this course runs without facilitation. A Spanish version of the course can be found here.

Food quality and safety is increasingly under threat as natural resources are stretched by climate change, hunger, and explosive population growth.

On this course, you’ll learn how the food sector can respond to these challenges by adopting innovative tech. You’ll discover how data-enabled technologies are becoming more accessible and affordable, driving a revolution in how the food business operates.

You’ll identify how these innovations can make the food chain and food systems more efficient and productive, allowing them to contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Everyone is welcome to join for general interest purposes.

This course would particularly appeal to professionals working in the agri-food sector, and entrepreneurs and enterprises looking to transform the food sector with technological advancements and new trends.

If you’re looking to expand your knowledge on this topic, you might also find of interest the following EIT Food courses on food system, technology and sustainability:

• Innovation in Arable Farming: Technologies for Sustainable Farming Systems
• Explore How Farmers Produce Food Sustainably
• The Regenerative Agriculture Revolution
• Circular Business Models for Sustainable Urban Food Systems
• Farm to Fork: Sustainable Food Production in a Changing Environment

Everyone is welcome to join for general interest purposes.

This course would particularly appeal to professionals working in the agri-food sector, and entrepreneurs and enterprises looking to transform the food sector with technological advancements and new trends.

If you’re looking to expand your knowledge on this topic, you might also find of interest the following EIT Food courses on food system, technology and sustainability:

• Innovation in Arable Farming: Technologies for Sustainable Farming Systems
• Explore How Farmers Produce Food Sustainably
• The Regenerative Agriculture Revolution
• Circular Business Models for Sustainable Urban Food Systems
• Farm to Fork: Sustainable Food Production in a Changing Environment

• Describe the different technologies which can transform the food sector
• Identify the issues related to a sustainable and innovative food system which delivers the dietary needs of a rising population in a safe, sustainable and responsible way
• Explain food sensing technologies for the provision of authentic food ‘fit for human consumption'.
• Develop an appreciation of the economic, environmental and health benefits which digital technology can offer the food system
• Produce an innovation plan to bring the food sector to the forefront of innovation
• Assess the issues in transitioning to a digitalised food system – economic, environmental, technical, political, welfare and market factors