FARM@UP will be established as a high-tech, integrated, sustainability-focused research, training and skills development hub. 

It will be a working farm, for practical training of students, scholars and industry practitioners, but also a facility for joint university-industry research at scale. FARM@UP will rely on industry collaboration and partnerships for mutually beneficial and commercially viable endeavours.

A robust research agenda will be driven by industry and societal needs, with a view to longer-term partnerships for impact. This approach is well-aligned with the University’s drive towards increasing transdisciplinary and translational research.

In addition, FARM@UP will also be developed as a key point for partnering with various African and global partners.