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The OECD report "Strengthening Agricultural Resilience in the Face of Multiple Risks" makes the point that managing risk is intrinsic to agriculture – risks that include weather, market volatility, financial instability, biosecurity, and policy changes or distortions. However, it contends that moving into the future we need new risk management
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Story by Pia Cunningham. Pia is in her second year at ANU pursuing a Bachelor of Science. She is majoring in Resource and Environmental Management with a minor in Sustainable development. By travelling Australia on road trips or hiking, she sparked an interest in the agricultural landscape and how it
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As readers may know, CEAT established its Agri-Innovation Fellow Program in late 2020. One of the main reasons for starting the Program was to ensure that CEAT is as well connected as possible to external agri-sector agencies. The Program is also designed to help CEAT identify the major industry challenges
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In late 2020 CEAT established its Agri-Innovation Fellow Program. The Program helps ensure that CEAT is well connected to external agri-sector agencies and enables CEAT to identify the major industry challenges where researchers from the ANU-CSIRO Precinct could help develop innovative, transformative solutions. CEAT Fellows also act as ambassadors to
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Story by Rebecca Craine and Vivienne Wells -- What is the Circular Economy? As the global population increases and becomes more developed and urbanised, demand for food, energy and water are rising [1]. However, the Earth’s resources are finite and have a limited capacity to meet this growing demand. The
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Story by Vivienne Wells -- Climate variability will pose significant challenges to Australian farmers in the coming decades, with temperature rises since 2000 estimated to have reduced average farm profits by approximately 22% across the broadacre industry. Broadacre cropping is affected most, with an average profit loss of $70,900
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Last month, Canadian biopharmaceutical company Medicago R&D Inc. and ANU successfully completed the first phase of a five-year research collaboration to monitor the growth and performance of plants used in the production of Virus-Like Particles (VLPs). The second phase of the collaboration will support $1.5M of research to enable Medicago
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In October, the Australian Government released the most recent edition of the National Agricultural Innovation Policy Statement. The Statement provides an up-to-date overview of the Agricultural Innovation Agenda and how a range of investments are being deployed to help greatly increase Australia’s annual agricultural productivity growth. In this Director’s Message,
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Agriculture of the future will be digitally integrated at all stages of the value-chain, from understanding genetics and real-time monitoring of on-farm conditions, through to transport logistics and traceability. CSIRO and ANU have partnered to offer exciting opportunities for PhD students to work with scientists and engineers at the cutting