Plant breeders can now make predictions about the crops they are growing using computer modelling based on images from space. It sounds futuristic, but this is a reality for some canola breeders in Australia and Mexico following work done by researchers at The Australian National University.

As 2024 comes to a close, it gives me great pride to reflect on the past 12 months and what the Agrifood Innovation Institute and wider Australian National University community have achieved.

Research has arguably reached peak co. Collaborate, cooperate, codesign, coproduce, cocreate. But what do the terms mean in practice? How do we embed them, rather than just attach them as labels onto standard ways of doing business?