PCA Conference
The annual gathering of Australia’s protected cropping industry in Coffs Harbour will feature presentations highlighting a slate of CRC projects in this space.
The annual gathering of Australia’s protected cropping industry in Coffs Harbour will feature presentations highlighting a slate of CRC projects in this space.
Three new doctoral candidates will contribute valuable research to CRC projects, investigating cooling strategies for protected cropping, analysing herbal weight loss supplements and creating detailed molecular profiles of WA foods to form the foundation of strategies around precision nutrition.
Research leads, PhDs and project collaborators from government and industry are among the CRC-affiliated presenters at this year’s PCA Conference.
Hear about a cross-section of Future Food Systems CRC projects around agrifood clusters and smart trade, high-tech indoor cropping solutions, and value-adding product innovations, presented by our industry partners and researchers.
Highlights this month include a new four-year project to optimise wheat grain drying and a cross-national collaboration to develop cost-effective, sustainable fertigation regimes for greenhouse vegetables. We also profile Charles Darwin University’s Dr Sean Bellairs, and Gareema Pandey, CRC Industry PhD. Sanitarium teams with UNSW scientists to optimise its wheat-grain […]
Highlights this month include the CRC’s first major functional food project with WA DPIRD and Bruker, a robotics collaboration with commercial grower P’Petual, and a project to map protecting cropping facilities nationally led by Hort Innovation. We introduce a new international partner, Qatar University, and update you on partner news, […]
A committee led by WSU Vice-Chancellor Barney Glover has helped get NSW Government support for a pilot program that will bring 500 international students to the state’s universities by early December.
Creating low-cost sensor labels to record food freshness, finding new ‘circular’ solutions via micro-recycling, and extending the lifespan of next-gen solar cell materials are among 10 UNSW projects nominated for the 2021 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
From the CEO It’s an exciting time for our food cluster participants as governments across Australia back innovation in food manufacturing and supply chain infrastructure. The $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative has prioritised the food sector. CRC industry and government partners are engaging with the program to channel grant funds […]
Dist. Prof. David Tissue, CRC Program 2 Lead has been appointed to the role of Research Grant Stream Lead within the new James Martin Institute for Public Policy, which brings policymakers and interdisciplinary academic teams together to address complex societal issues.