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Our strategy is underpinned by several dedicated working groups, including Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, Gender Equity, Indigenous Engagement, and LGBTQIA+, each contributing to a more inclusive and representative research community.
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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
- 14 September 2023QAAFI PhD candidate Sukirtha Srivarathan talks about her long anticipated trip to Broome and Darwin, to view the native halophytes she studied in her PhD in their rightful habitat. It was a long overdue trip, delayed by the shutdowns caused by the global COVID 19 pandemic.
- Australian beef producers could lead the world by developing ‘flavour profiles’ for premium products similar to those used in the wine industry, according to a leading University of Queensland researcher.
- A sustainable future for the entire food supply chain is the ambition of Sudhir Yadav, The University of Queensland’s first Associate Professor of Sustainability.
- Building ties with Indonesia to benefit the grains industry is the aim of a training and capacity-building program underway at The University of Queensland.
- Two QAAFI students topped the best student presentation awards at the recent Sorghum in the 21st Century conference at Montpellier, France, heading an international field.
- A new breeding strategy to reboot Australia’s passionfruit industry is being led by researchers at The University of Queensland.
- Promoting the cultivation and use of a nutritious and tasty native plant tuber is the aim of a research project at The University of Queensland.
- The first Indigenous PhD scholar at The University of Queensland’s Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) has vowed she won’t be the last.
- It’s already Australia’s most popular animal protein. But now, a world-first research project is set to give consumers even more reasons to love chicken meat.