We have a problem with the food we eat. We waste too much of it — in Australia alone, food waste costs the economy $36.6 billion a year — and our diets aren’t diverse enough to always provide us with the micronutrients our bodies need.
Fast-tracking the development of chickpea varieties that are adapted to high temperatures is the focus of a new research project aimed at addressing the challenges facing growers of Australia’s biggest pulse crop.
The colourful history of plant pathology in Australia since colonisation is the subject of special edition of Historical Records of Australian Science, edited by QAAFI’s Associate Professor Andrew Geering.
A new method to deliver a quality cold brew coffee in less than three minutes solidifies Australia’s position as the innovators of modern coffee, according to researchers from The University of Queensland.
Improving nutrition a few weeks before gestation is successfully boosting health outcomes for calves and heifers in the trying weather conditions of Australia’s north.