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Protected Cropping Australia Conference: wet but well attended

April 7, 2022   /   Featured, Home, Meetings, News, Participants, Projects

Relentless rain did little to dampen the spirits of the estimated 450 delegates, 40 virtual attendees, 60 exhibitors and large CRC-cohort contingent at this year’s PCA conference in Coffs Harbour.

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Setting the course for protected cropping

February 4, 2022   /   Featured, News, Participants

A strategy to provide direction and support for crops grown under shelter in Australia has been launched. Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia David Littleproud said the Australian Protected Cropping Strategy 2021-2030 was a pathway for the industry to develop. […]

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CRC report: Scoping the protected cropping sector

May 26, 2021   /   Featured, News, Projects

The first in a series of CRC-commissioned reports on this fast-growing horticultural sector investigates target crops and technologies for commercial protected cropping in Australian conditions.

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Meet Wen Hu: IoT expert

March 14, 2021   /   COVID-19, Featured, News, Participants, Profiles, Projects

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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Hort Innovation set to bring high-tech horticulture to Australia’s cities

January 29, 2021   /   News, Participants

Australia’s peak industry body for fruit and vegetable growers has teamed with Sydney-based researchers and agricultural experts to explore the potential social, environmental and economic benefits of intensive indoor urban cropping systems.

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2020 CRC Research Showcase round-up

December 15, 2020   /   Forums, News, Participants, Projects

On 2 December 2020, the CRC hosted its first online Research Showcase, highlighting projects approved, in progress and completed under our three Research Programs (RPs) over the CRC’s first full year of operation.

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UNSW Professor Sami Kara: agrifood supply chains and the ‘bullwhip effect’

May 19, 2020   /   COVID-19, News, Participants, Projects

Inefficiencies in supply chains are exacerbated by disruptions to demand, such as the recent panic buying at supermarkets worldwide following COVID-19-related shutdown announcements. UNSW’s Professor Sami Kara explains how the ‘bullwhip effect’ typically resulting from sudden changes in demand impacts […]

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Safety, streamlining and scaling up: Sprout Stack pivots to a new normal

April 27, 2020   /   COVID-19, News, Participants

It’s business not-quite-as-usual under COVID-19 restrictions, but Sydney-based start-up Sprout Stack is adapting to the new normal with increased hygiene and safety protocols and forward-looking ‘remote’ research.

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