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Prof. Oula Ghannoum
Promoted to Associate Professor in 2016, and to a full Professor in 2023, Professor Oula Ghannoum leads the Australian Research Council (ARC) Training Centre for Smart and Sustainable Horticulture (2024-29), based at Western Sydney University’s Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE) with $5 million funding from the ARC and more than $7 million cash and...
Prof. Oula Ghannoum
Hear Western Sydney University Professor Oula Ghannoum, crop scientist, key researcher on several FFSCRC projects and the project lead for the new $6.8m 'Automated Crop Monitoring for Protected Cropping Systems' project.
Varna Murali
Varna Murali is undertaking her doctoral studies as a dual PhD candidate at Western Sydney University, Australia and Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala, India. Her research specializes in socio-economic factors underpinning technology adoption with a focus on climate variability and crop monitoring technologies supervised by Professor Oula Ghannoum and co-supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dilupa Nakandala, Assoc.
FFS-backed research recognised in prestigious academic journals
Several Future Food Systems-backed PhD students and project leads have had research papers published this year,
FFS project and program leads go global
Future Food Systems Program and Project leads have been travelling in recent weeks, sharing knowledge, forging connections and promoting FFS’s collaborative research.
FFS PhD student finds cost-effective hands-free way to estimate plant height in protected cropping facilities
Namal Jayasuriya’s research at Western Sydney University using machine vision to estimate crop-height, a proxy for vegetative growth, has been published in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.
Eranda Namal Jayasuriya
Originally from Sri Lanka, Eranda Namal Jayasuriya completed Bachelor and Masters degrees in Computer Science at the University of Colombo’s School of Computing, then spent two years as a research assistant at the University’s Sustainable Computing Research Group. Jayasuriya then relocated to Singapore, taking on a Research Associate position at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). As...
FFS PhDs tour National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre
On 14 June, FFS staff and PhDs visited Western Sydney University Hawkesbury campus and the $7m National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre.
A fresh R&D agenda for crops grown under cover
A new, stakeholder-set R&D strategy aims to address industry challenges and support smart, sustainable growth in Australia’s protected cropping sector.
Harvesting stakeholder insights on protected cropping R&D
Hort Innovation and Protected Cropping Australia held a Summit on 17 March to develop a fresh R&D plan for the sector.
Future Food Systems eNews issue # 33 – March 2023
Farewell, Mike Ridout After almost four years with the Future Food Systems CRC as our Research Program 3 Deputy lead, Murdoch University’s Mike Ridout is stepping down from his role with FFSCRC at the end of this month to enjoy some well-deserved rest and relaxation. Read more Namoi land-use project seeks stakeholder feedback on new...
Automating Australia’s indoor cropping sector
A new, $6.8M FFS project links vertical farm operators, data solutions providers and seed distributors with crop, sensor and IoT experts to develop tools that monitor and manage crop performance, pests, pathogens and pollination in near-real-time, enabling automated indoor production.
Eranda Namal Jayasuriya, PhD student: Imaging analysis for IoT sensor networks
Sri-Lanka-born, Western Sydney University-based Eranda Namal Jayasuriya is one of two PhD students attached to the CRC’s 'IoT for indoor cropping' project.
CRC report makes cover of Crops journal
Western Sydney University post-doc researcher Sachin Chavan's CRC report 'Protected cropping: Current technologies and target crops' is the cover feature for the June 2022 issue of peer-reviewed journal Crops.
Future Food Systems eNews issue # 6 – September 2020
From the CEO This month, the CRC has taken its food-industry cluster and value-chain transformation activities to a new level, with major projects in discussion in both Peel, Western Australia, and the Namoi region of New South Wales. These projects will align closely with local, state and Commonwealth Government programs to boost Australian manufacturing and...
IoT for indoor cropping project forges ahead after lab lockdown lifts
The ‘IoT for indoor cropping’ project under the CRC’s Research Program 2 has commenced after a months-long delay due to COVID-19-related lab closures. Now, the first trials are underway at WSU's newly opened experimental glasshouse facility, reports project lead and UNSW Associate Professor Wen Hu. A collaboration between industry partner WBS Tech and researchers at...