Innovation is not a buzzword or a box to check on a business plan; it is a vital component for sustainable economic development. The Australian agriculture sector faces a serious and present threat in climate change, which cannot be addressed by incremental adaptation; innovative responses to this challenge are a necessity, not a luxury. This edition of Farm Institute Insights looks at the innovation agenda for Australian agriculture and asks: is our system fit-for-purpose and do we have the right strategies in place to foster the innovation the sector needs?
Published 24 Feb 2021
‘Australian farmers … have a strong history of embracing innovation and adopting technologies, leading to improved farming practices.’ So opens the 2020 Future of Agricultural Technologies Report. Yet in the same month, the Government released the National Agricultural Innovation Agenda as a response to multiple investigations into perceived issues with…
