Advances in Agriculture and Food Production

ATSE Agriculture Forum and Qld Division webinar presents: Advances in Agriculture and Food Production

1 September 2021 4:30pm
Join us at this exciting webinar moderated by QAAFI's Professor Neena Mitter, where we will hear from Mirjana Prica and John Harvey who will explore what’s on the plate for the Australian food and agribusiness sectors by taking a deep dive into technologies improving agricultural productivity, and discuss the current and emerging risks.
Honours at QAAFI - Q&A Session

Honours at QAAFI - Q&A Session

1 September 2021 12:30pm
Interested in completing your Honours with the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation? Join our Q&A session!
Webinar: Joint session Research institutes

Joint session: Research institutes

31 August 2021 10:00am
Join this combined online information session and find out what research opportunities are available at the participating research organisations.

EMCR ARC Grant Writing Seminar

27 August 2021 12:00pm1:00pm
A training session hosted by Prof Mike Gidley and A/Prof Patrick Blackall, dedicated to assisting QAAFI’s Early to Mid-Career Researchers in grant writing and applications for Australian Research Council (ARC) funding.
Dr Jack Christopher

Increasing wheat yield resilience to late season drought by targeting stay-green traits and root architecture

24 August 2021 12:00pm
Dr Jack Christopher from QAAFI's Centre for Crop Science will present a QAAFI Science Seminar.
Associate Professor Elizabeth Dann

Investigating threats to Our Green Gold: blight and dieback of avocado

17 August 2021 12:00pm
Three members of the avocado pathology team from QAAFI's Centre for Horticultural Science​ will present a QAAFI Science Seminar.
Professor Ala Tabor

Omics TICKnologies and vaccines

10 August 2021 12:00pm
Professor Ala Tabor from QAAFI's Centre for Animal Science will present a QAAFI Science Seminar.
Associate Professor Jim Hanan

Fractals, plants, insects and orchards: Reflections on life with L-systems

27 July 2021 12:00pm
Associate Professor Jim Hanan from QAAFI's Centre for Horticultural Science will present a QAAFI Science Seminar.
Maximiliano Müller

Dietary amino acids, gut sensing, and feed intake regulation in pigs

20 July 2021 12:00pm
Dr Maximiliano Müller from QAAFI's Centre for Food & Nutrition Sciences will present a QAAFI Science Seminar.

QAAFI 3MT final

14 July 2021 10:30am11:30am
The QAAFI 3MT final is on Wednesday 14 July 2021 online via zoom.
Professor Matthew Morell

Reflections from Rubisco to Rubicons

13 July 2021 12:00pm
Professor Matthew Morell, Institute Director of QAAFI will present a QAAFI Science Seminar titled 'Reflections from Rubisco to Rubicons'.
Araz Solman

A Tale of Two Crop Diseases

29 June 2021 12:00pm
Araz Solman a plant pathologist at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries based at the Hermitage Research Facility will present a QAAFI Science Seminar.

Guidelines for Advanced Queensland Fellowship application

28 June 2021 2:00pm3:00pm
Dr Alice Hayward, Dr Anne Swayer, and Dr Karishma Mody have successfully awarded with Advanced Queensland Fellowship. They come from diverse background covering animal science, tissue culture and plant pathology. In this first QAAFI EMCR Committee webinar, Dr Alice, Dr Anne and Dr Karishma will share their experiences in preparing an Advance Queensland Fellowship application. This webinar will help EMCR aspirant to prepare their application and address the issues they might be facing.

Crop design for adaptation to variable production environments – the role of crop modelling and simulation

22 June 2021 2:00pm3:00pm
Professor Graeme Hammer will present a seminar (in-person and online) for Food Agility titled 'Crop design for adaptation to variable production environments – the role of crop modelling and simulation'.

Untangling genotype by management interactions in multi-environment on-farm agronomic experimentation

22 June 2021 12:00pm
Professor Daniel Rodriguez from QAAFI's Centre for Crop Science will present a QAAFI Science Seminar.
Dr Alice Hayward is a Plant Molecular Physiologist in the Mitter Lab

From lab to orchard and beyond

15 June 2021 12:00pm
Dr Alice Hayward from QAAFI's Centre for Horticultural Science will present a QAAFI Science Seminar.
Gayathri Rajagopal, UQ PhD candidate

UQ-IITD-ICAR AgTech Workshop

15 June 2021 10:00am16 June 2021 1:15pm
The University of Queensland (UQ) in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will jointly host a workshop on Agricultural Technology, bringing together researchers to share knowledge and expertise in the areas of “Agricultural Produce Processing”, “Sensors and Automation”, “Agriculture Informatics”, and “Climate and weather forecasting and effects on crops”.
Improving cow fertility and reducing cow and calf losses in the north

Improving cow fertility and reducing cow and calf losses in the north

15 June 2021 8:30am18 June 2021 2:00pm
Improving cow fertility and reducing cow and calf losses in the North. Join Dr Geoffry Fordyce, as he discusses common breeding herd problems and effective solutions.

Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021

12 June 2021 8:00am15 June 2021 5:00am
The Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021 (SRI2021) is the world’s first transdisciplinary gathering in sustainability – it will be a space of fierce advocacy for sustainability scholarship, innovation, collaboration and action.
Dr Marta Navarro

Juicy, succulent and tasteful pork made in Australia

8 June 2021 12:00pm
Dr Marta Navarro from QAAFI's Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences will present a QAAFI Science Seminar.
Dr Madeleine Gleeson

Avocado Tissue Culture: Industry update

7 June 2021 8:30am12:30pm
Learn how the world's first system of tissue culturing avocado can boost your business, with a potential 21% return on investment to growers. QAAFI and UQ, in partnership with the USQ and CQU, would like to invite the avocado community to an industry stakeholder’s information day.
Associate Prodessor Luis Prada e Silva

BeefUp Forum at Charters Towers

4 June 2021 2:00pm5 June 2021 3:00pm
BeefUp Forums are hosted by MLA and provide an opportunity for northern Australian beef producers to learn something new, stay up-to-date with the latest on-farm research and technologies and meet others working in the red meat industry.
Dr Katie O’Connor

Breeding for better horticultural varieties, quicker

1 June 2021 12:00pm
Dr Katie O’Connor, strawberry breeder at the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries will present a QAAFI Science Seminar.
Mr Apurba Ray

Novel purple sweetcorn development for better health

25 May 2021 12:00pm
Apurba Ray from QAAFI's Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences will present a QAAFI Science Seminar.
Professor Ben Hayes

BeefUp Forum at Esk

25 May 2021 9:00am5:00pm
BeefUp Forums are hosted by MLA and provide an opportunity for northern Australian beef producers to learn something new, stay up-to-date with the latest on-farm research and technologies and meet others working in the red meat industry.

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