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Western Sydney University

September 4, 2019
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WSU relaunches Centre for Western Sydney

December 10, 2020

In response to the economic and social challenges impacting Sydney’s west, the region’s largest university has re-launched its Centre for Western Sydney.

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Alliance of four universities to deliver game-changer in education for Western Sydney

November 25, 2020

Newcastle and Wollongong universities, UNSW Sydney and now Western Sydney University – collectively the ‘NUW Alliance’ – will collaborate to deliver a new STEM-focused ‘Multiversity’ for Western Sydney’s Aerotropolis precinct.

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Data-mapping Western Sydney

July 3, 2020   /   News, Projects   /   Tags: Analytics, Data-mapping, Future foods, Industry clusters, Western Sydney

The Western Sydney Agrifood Mapping and Analytics project will contribute to the evidence base for specialised food industry clusters in the region.

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Smart regional specialisation: building a Western Sydney food plan

October 28, 2019   /   News, Workshops   /   Tags: Liverpool City Council, Western Sydney Airport

On Friday 18 October, Liverpool City Council hosted a meeting of interested stakeholders to discuss Future Food Systems CRC research priorities for the proposed food and agribusiness hub in Western Sydney. Held at the site of the new Western Sydney […]

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Ripe for donation: 58-plus tonnes of trial fruit and veg nets NVPCC research team AIH award

February 17, 2021   /   COVID-19, News, Participants   /   Tags: Awards, Food loss, Food security, Nutrition, Protected cropping, Sustainability

Researchers from the National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre at Western Sydney University have netted an Award of Merit from the Australian Institute for Horticulture for donating their glasshouse-grown produce to those in need.

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Meet Priti Krishna: sustainable cropping expert

October 27, 2020   /   News, Participants, Profiles   /   Tags: Crop science, Nutrition, Protected cropping, Sustainability

For Priti Krishna, Foundation Chair of Sustainable Agriculture at Western Sydney University and lead researcher on the CRC’s Blueberry nutritional optimisation project, it’s not just about growing better crops; it’s about growing crops better.

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Glasshouse trials with native pollinators prove fruitful

January 14, 2020

Hort Innovation-Western Sydney University glasshouse trials at the university’s National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre using native stingless bee species

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Meet Wen Hu: IoT expert

March 14, 2021   /   COVID-19, Featured, News, Participants, Profiles, Projects   /   Tags: Automation, Future food systems, IoT, Protected cropping, Sensors, Technology, Vertical farming, Wireless sensors

For UNSW Associate Professor and networked embedded sensor expert Wen Hu, automated farms supplying ‘smart cities’ with premium fresh food are the way of the future. And IoT systems are paving the way to this new, networked reality.

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Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here’s why

February 25, 2021

The world’s most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power – the most abundant and clean source of energy we have.

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