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.
A new, stakeholder-set R&D strategy aims to address industry challenges and support smart, sustainable growth in Australia’s protected cropping sector.
Hort Innovation and Protected Cropping Australia held a Summit on 17 March to develop a fresh R&D plan for the sector.
The 2022-23 NSW Budget contains a number of measures designed to harness the potential of regional NSW.
WA producers of honey, olive oil, free-range pork and seafood were among the latest recipients of DPIRD’s International Competitiveness Co-Investment Fund grants.
Federal Labor has promised to fund one-third of WSU’s $50m Agri Tech Hub, which is set to become the nation’s first high-tech commercial, teaching and research greenhouse complex.
Woolworths’ venture capital and growth fund W23 has made a multi-million-dollar capital injection into alt-protein and precision-fermentation start-up All G Foods.
Australian food and beverage manufacturers: apply by 18 February 2022 for grants of up to $25,000 to boost energy-efficiency and adopt new energy technologies under the latest round of the federal government’s Energy Efficient Communities program.
Grants of up to $25,000 are available to assist food and beverage manufacturing SMEs in improving their energy-efficiency under the latest round of the Australian Government’s Energy Efficient Communities program.
Recent ABS stats show that Australian industry’s R&D spend as a proportion of GDP is half the OECD average and the lowest it’s been since 2003, but CSIRO analyses reveal that investing in innovation pays off, and is crucial for the nation’s future resilience and prosperity.
The federal-government-backed $4m Research Institute for Northern Agriculture and Drought Resilience will boost CDU’s research capability in aquaculture, livestock, pastoral production. and cropping and horticulture systems.