Agribusiness

Take 5: Our researchers make sense of the world 5 questions at a time

uqccla15 — Mon, 20 May 2024 01:40:48 +0000

20 May 2024Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa is striving to answer the question: how can we produce, process, preserve and protect our food in the most natural way possible?

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Social understanding

From the outback to the Olympics: how native food is changing how we eat and buy

uqccla15 — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 03:15:32 +0000

26 April 2024Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa has a vision: native food telling the story of Australia's Indigenous culture at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

Environment

Impact

Leading healthy lives

Transforming societies

Heavy rain, flash flooding are possible later this year. Here’s why

uqccla15 — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 23:49:35 +0000

25 March 2024Another La Niña is being predicted for later this year – a situation that researchers are calling “unusual”. This is what it would mean for our already rain-soaked nation.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Environment

Social understanding

Groundbreaking report details how Australia can make net zero happen

uqccla15 — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 01:46:32 +0000

21 July 2023Australia will need to speed up and broaden its decarbonisation efforts to achieve net zero by 2050, according to the final report of the Net Zero Australia project.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Business transformation

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Transforming societies

Unpacking the 2023 federal budget

uqccla15 — Fri, 12 May 2023 04:45:26 +0000

12 May 2023Our experts explain what the federal budget means for you.

Agribusiness

Business transformation

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Social understanding

Is coffee going extinct? Here’s how it could impact you.

uqccla15 — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 02:15:22 +0000

28 September 2022By 2050, experts predict that climate change could kill off the 2 main coffee varieties we drink daily while also jeopardising 60 per cent of the planet’s 124 wild coffee plants.

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Environment

��̽�� research to revolutionise pest control around the world

uqccla15 — Mon, 16 May 2022 21:44:56 +0000

17 May 2022Our scientists have developed an environmentally friendly spray which could prove to be a game-changer for the agricultural industry.

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Predictive agriculture: The art of understanding uncertainty

uqccla15 — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 21:26:50 +0000

3 November 2021“What we try to do as scientists is provide a whole series of tools that help plant breeders make better predictions about how to design a new variety that will work on that farm or work in that particular environment."

Agribusiness

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Energy, water and resources

Social understanding

The ‘glass half full’ approach

uqccla15 — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 03:36:55 +0000

5 August 2021How to make environmental offsets appealing to rural winegrowers.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

The world’s favourite fruit needs a genetic boost

uqccla15 — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 02:54:07 +0000

23 July 2021The Cavendish variety of banana is under threat from a range of fungal diseases, writes ��̽��'s Professor André Drenth.

Agribusiness

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Tasting success with probiotics

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 05:48:57 +0000

15 March 2019��̽�� research is enabling ‘good-for-gut’ bacteria to be cheaply and easily added to lactose-free food and drinks, allowing more people to experience the benefits of probiotics.

Agribusiness

Impact

Supporting sustainable fisheries

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 05:42:44 +0000

13 March 2019The expertise of a specialist group of ��̽�� researchers is helping influence policies that are protecting Queensland’s fisheries – a vital natural resource that contributes nearly $600 million each year to Queensland’s economy.

Agribusiness

Energy, water and resources

Impact

Breeding sorghum for growth

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 05:28:49 +0000

6 March 2019��̽�� researchers are using genetics to revolutionise the Australian sorghum industry, increasing both yields and profits for growers.

Agribusiness

Impact

Safeguarding our future food supply

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 02:07:54 +0000

10 September 2018To celebrate Research Week 2018, ��̽�� is proud to share how ��̽�� research is creating change, right across the world, every day. Find out how our researchers are collaborating with research partners both in Australia and abroad to protect our future food supply.

Agribusiness

Energy, water and resources

Impact

Spray-on protection

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 01:56:42 +0000

5 January 2018��̽�� scientists have joined forces to develop a breakthrough that has the potential to bolster global food security.

Agribusiness

Environment

Impact

Growing ideas for a better future

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:49:12 +0000

5 January 2018��̽�� is leading a vital agricultural partnership between research institutions and industry to increase efficiency in crop plant breeding, ultimately helping to overcome global food shortages.

Agribusiness

Impact

Beefing up against cattle disease

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:43:06 +0000

28 August 2019��̽�� researchers have developed a vaccine that could slash the devastating impact of Bovine Respiratory Disease on cattle and the beef industry.

Agribusiness

Impact

Producing uniquely Australian foods

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:41:36 +0000

12 September 2019Thanks to a new collaboration involving researchers from across ��̽��, Australian bush tucker could soon be found in kitchens around the world.

Agribusiness

Impact

Surviving the dry spell

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:30:03 +0000

5 November 2019A ��̽��-led pilot study is underway to discover the best ways to structure family businesses in Queensland’s drought-affected regions to ensure they not only survive but thrive.

Agribusiness

Impact

A research partnership meant to bee

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:17:22 +0000

7 February 2020How a ��̽�� molecular bioscientist and an Australian agricultural firm found each other and began a quiet insecticide revolution.

Agribusiness

Impact

The tree of shelf-life

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:17:17 +0000

5 January 2018A food scientist from ��̽�� is working with Indigenous communities to unlock a lucrative industry – using Kakadu plum to extend the storage life of food.

Agribusiness

Environment

Impact

Microbiome, macro result

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:13:41 +0000

1 October 2019Exploring the power of the soil and nature's littlest helpers, ��̽�� researchers are relying on science – not hype – to help farmers produce high-yielding crops with minimal environmental impact.

Agribusiness

Environment

Impact

Queensland Science making a difference

uqsoutra — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 04:25:07 +0000

13 October 2020WATCH: Discover how ��̽�� researchers are contributing to some of the biggest challenges the world faces – the health of our communities, and environments; the quality and quantity of food available; abundant clean energy; and sustainable economies.

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Biomedical and clinical sciences

Digital technology

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Public and allied health

Agribusiness

Take 5: Our researchers make sense of the world 5 questions at a time

From the outback to the Olympics: how native food is changing how we eat and buy

Heavy rain, flash flooding are possible later this year. Here’s why

Groundbreaking report details how Australia can make net zero happen

Unpacking the 2023 federal budget

Is coffee going extinct? Here’s how it could impact you.

����̽�� research to revolutionise pest control around the world

Predictive agriculture: The art of understanding uncertainty

The ‘glass half full’ approach

The world’s favourite fruit needs a genetic boost

Tasting success with probiotics

Supporting sustainable fisheries

Breeding sorghum for growth

Safeguarding our future food supply

Spray-on protection

Growing ideas for a better future

Beefing up against cattle disease

Producing uniquely Australian foods

Surviving the dry spell

A research partnership meant to bee

The tree of shelf-life

Microbiome, macro result

Queensland Science making a difference

��̽�� research to revolutionise pest control around the world