Agriculture Innovation Center

Companies and researchers looking to grow their agricultural capabilities and develop progressive industry technologies are provided the talent, expertise and resources of Georgia’s Agriculture Innovation Center in Tifton. The center bridges the worlds of industry, academia and federal and state resources to agribusiness, bolstering the state’s already significant technology capabilities.

Joint industry-university applied research and incubation facilities as well as entrepreneurial training and outreach are coordinated through the Agriculture Innovation Center. New businesses and inventive minds are encouraged by the unparalleled breadth and depth of resources regarding issues facing farmers and agribusiness. Forward-thinking industry leaders focus on progressive technologies in areas such as irrigation, which attracted Bayer CropScience Corporation to the center’s incubator facility.

Collaboration among private sector entities, university system partners and local, state and federal government organizations speeds the innovation process. University partners include the University of Georgia, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and the Georgia Institute of Technology. State and local government organizations such as the One Georgia Authority, Tift County Development Authority, Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Department of Agriculture and the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Office of Science and Technology, as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture work to adapt current technologies and create jobs.

Pioneering companies benefit from access to the 10,000-square-foot laboratory and office space in the business incubator on the University of Georgia’s Tifton Campus as well as the ongoing research right next door in the National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL). Additionally, non-resident companies and individual entrepreneurs are nurtured by the attentiveness of Entrepreneur Outreach Specialists who provide technical expertise beyond the focus of the agriculture center to speed their overall economic success.

Georgia’s Centers of Innovation program, launched by Governor Sonny Perdue in 2003, provides a portal to the statewide network of excellence in the areas of aerospace, agriculture, life sciences, manufacturing, information technology and maritime logistics. By leveraging Georgia’s strategic industries, the state is creating new jobs, increasing investment and ensuring long-term economic opportunity.

Contact
Bill Boone, Director
Agriculture Innovation Center
2356 Rainwater Road
Tifton, GA. 31793
(229) 391-6883