Imagination is the key to solving problems in agriculture caused by climate change, according to predictive breeding expert Professor Carlos (Charlie) Messina.
In a world shaped by changing consumer expectations and shifting trade policies, food company Cargill sees science and technology as central to strengthening food systems.
Science, skills and collaboration are essential to transforming Africa’s livestock systems for the future, according to scientist, advisor, and farmer Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda.
Courage and creativity are needed to ensure climate smart farming across Australia and the Asia Pacific, according to Agricultural and Environmental scientist, farmer and author, Dr Anika Molesworth.
Transforming leadership to adapt how food is grown, managed and distributed is vital to ensure global food security, according to agricultural and food policy specialist Professor Glenn Denning.
Reducing the consumption of sugary drinks in remote Indigenous communities and creating business opportunities are the twin aims of University of Queensland PhD candidate Jessica Cartwright’s research.
The collectivist practices of Aboriginal communities over tens of thousands of years could help solve the problems facing global food production systems, according to author, farmer and educator, Bruce Pascoe.
More than half of the world’s current banana crop originates from a single seed that emerged from natural hybridisation hundreds or thousands year ago.
Australia’s increasingly diverse food culture is benefitting from the wider recognition of Indigenous bush foods, which University of Queensland Professor Henrietta Marrie AM said must be brought to the mainstream in ways that combine traditional knowledge systems with science.
