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Women in Agricultural Research
Emma Mace discusses creating careers in agriculture
QAAFI’s Professor Emma Mace discusses the exciting STEM careers available in agriculture, and the challenge of attracting a diverse range of students from different science disciplines to meet the challenge of producing more food from less resources to feed and nourish the world. Professor Mace’s work at the Hermitage Research Centre at Warwick is being underwritten by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which also has a very clear focus on the role of women in agriculture – having recently described poverty and access to food as issues that disproportionately hit women hardest.
QAAFI Diversity and Inclusion news
- A shared vision to boost Australia’s Indigenous-led bushfood industry is the key to the partnership between The University of Queensland and Roogenic, which makes products with Australian plants that have nutritional and health properties.
- University of Queensland research has confirmed antioxidant properties in an Australian bushfood used by Indigenous people for generations.
- A chemical-free method of controlling flystrike in sheep is a step closer, according to University of Queensland research.
- Future-proofing the burgeoning macadamia industry is the focus of a long-term breeding program led by researchers at The University of Queensland.
- A University of Queensland project is closing in on ways to increase the grain size in sorghum hybrids to boost yield and profits for farmers.
- 31 May 2024Cooperative Research Centre Food Agility has launched a new project to develop digital stonefruit orchards to help growers adopt new farming practices and adapt to a changing climate.
- 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.
- It's a simple concept – Indigenous communities use their knowledge of the land to harvest, process and commercialisenative foods each year. Yet, despite this, only about 13 of the 6500 native fruits in Australia have made their way into food regulation.
- A native bushfood has proven to be a promising natural alternative to synthetic chemicals used to preserve meat, according to University of Queensland research.