Are you ready to turn your innovative ideas into real on-farm impact? As the leading provider of farmer led innovation services – and approved project facilitators for the ADOPT programme – BOFIN is here to support your on-farm research journey.
The Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) Fund, opened for round one applications in April 2025. Part of Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme and delivered by Innovate UK, ADOPT provides grants from £50,000 to £100,000 to support collaborative, farmer-led on-farm trials and experiments aimed at testing and demonstrating cutting-edge agricultural practices and technologies. The fund targets projects that address key farming challenges by improving productivity, resilience, and sustainability. Projects should be designed not only to benefit the individual farms involved, but also to generate knowledge and confidence for adoption across the industry. So how can BOFIN help with ADOPT projects?
Project Management – We work alongside you from the outset, helping to shape your project idea, plan its delivery, and prepare a strong funding application. Once underway, we manage timelines, deliverables, milestones and budget.
Community Engagement – Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. We specialise in building communities of organisations and individuals with a common cause. Our expertise lies in engaging farmers and fostering two-way knowledge exchange, ensuring their experience is valued and recognised.
Technical Delivery – We turn ambitious project objectives into manageable, actionable tasks. With our extensive networks and contacts, we can bring in specialist skills whenever needed to deliver something truly outstanding and transformational. Crucially, we turn your collective expertise into robust data and professional analysis (if required), inspiring confidence and supporting informed decision- making for you and the wider project community.
“The ADOPT programme puts farmers in the driving seat of innovation, enabling them to test the new technologies or practices they believe could bring real productivity gains,” said BOFIN managing director Tom Allen-Stevens. “Our role is to ensure farmers can access these opportunities easily and receive the support they need to succeed.”
Register your interest in working with BOFIN at www.bofin.org.uk/ADOPT
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