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Helping plants to fight the food war
Tropical agriculture presents humanity with its most pressing food security challenges – but it is also the world region that harbours some of the...
Northern Australia gears up for TropAg Conference
The latest trends, opportunities and critical barriers to development across some of northern Australia’s key agricultural sectors will be under the spotlight at next...
Changing the scales of food production to avert crisis
Global food production is beginning to feel the impacts of climate change with declines in crop yields. Temperature increases over land now average 1.5oC,...
Researchers from the ‘hot zone’ call for a food revolution
Agricultural scientists are setting the stage for a food revolution – a reconfiguration of the way the world farms, which they see as essential...
Australia’s livestock producers turning data into dollars
Livestock producers risk drowning in data, but digitalisation is helping industry innovators gain a strategic advantage in transforming their business and competing in key...
Climate and agriculture innovation on the menu at TropAg
From protecting beer production against climate variability, to boosting food production using gene editing and nanotechnology, the conference will investigate shaping the science of...
TropAg 2019 Abstract submission and scholarship deadline approaching
Researchers are encouraged to submit an abstract to present as a poster during the TropAg conference. Submit your proposal via the TropAg website before...