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The ban on importing apples from New Zealand was lifted earlier this month, bringing to an end a restriction established in 1921. With this long history of protection from imports, it is not unexpected…
Healthy ecosystems are the basis for sustainable water resources and stable food security for people around the world, including…
Just as medical researchers work to unlock the role our human genes play in disease, CSIRO investigates how plant genes can be used to boost the health benefits of food, increase crop yields and prevent…
Researchers have discovered that soil nitrite is released into the air in the form of nitrous acid (HONO). The atmosphere…
Research shows that feeding pea silage to ewes increased the likelihood of male lambs being born by 15%. The study took 300…
Australian scientists believe they may be a step closer to finding a cattle tick vaccine that could save the national cattle…
Food security and energy security are paramount to the survival and growth of Australia. Food security so that we may feed ourselves (and a hungry world), and energy security for transport, heating, lighting…
Under the Conservation Research Program (CRP), the United States government is encouraging landowners to be convert land…
Researchers have developed a reliable method of measuring an individual grazing animal’s intake of dietary supplements. When…
Some plants may use less water under global warming, says a major study published in the journal Nature. Higher levels of…
Reports that barley powdery disease and fungicide resistance are running rampant through Western Australia have been given…
Early yesterday morning Greenpeace Activists broke into a CSIRO research farm and destroyed a field trial of genetically-modified wheat. I was appalled. “But it was only a field trial,” I can hear some…
The Australian government’s plan for a Clean Energy Future contains a number of measures aimed at supporting farmers and land managers to provide emissions offsets. The plan consists of a mix of market-based…
Food security is on the agenda for Australia. I wrote on this recently, pointing out that while we currently grow enough to feed 60m people, we are not immune to food security pressures. Wealthier nations…
The continued growth of cropland and loss of natural habitat have increasingly simplified agricultural landscapes. This simplification…
Custom designing plant roots could point the way to greater drought resistant crops. Root systems are critical to water capture…
Scientists have unlocked the complex genetic code of the potato, paving the way for new techniques to breed a tougher, more disease-resistant tuber. Potatoes are crucial to global food security but are…
Agriculture in Australia is at the crossroads. Not only must smallholder farmers contend with the adverse impacts of global climate change, a strong Australian dollar and greater deregulation in the market…
Plant biologists have identified a hormone that plays a key role in determining the size and shape of plants. The discovery…
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Managing Director, Triple Helix Consulting; Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Professorial Fellow, ANU Fenner School for the Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Soil Scientist, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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