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Published 12 Oct 2022

Advocacy Diversity ESG Global Precision Agriculture Sustainability Water Water markets

Vol. 19 | No. 3 | October 2022

Shaping Australia’s future water policy

FEATURE: Shaping Australia’s future water policy

Published 21 Sep 2022

Australia is the driest inhabited continent on Earth and has some of its most highly variable rainfall and runoff. Successfully managing our waters and catchments is critical for human flourishing, agricultural productivity, environmental sustainability, regional development, successful industry, reconciliation with First Peoples and adapting to a changing climate. It is…

Environmental stewardship Water Water markets

IN MY VIEW: Managing Australia’s water account

Published 27 Sep 2022

Malcolm Holm, NFF Water Committee, and Prof Mike Stewardson, One Basin CRC, on managing Australia’s water account. “Supporting regional innovation in water systems can deliver multiple benefits alongside water policy reforms.” “In short, focus on outcomes. The knockdown, drag out brawl about achieving a number distracts from the gains that…

Certification Social Licence Sustainability Water Water markets

ANNOUNCEMENT: Global Farm Policy group launched

Published 12 Oct 2022

The Australian Farm Institute has joined with other leading independent agricultural organisations to form a collaborative initiative known as the Global Forum on Farm Policy and Innovation (GFFPI), to increase the sustainability of agriculture across the world.

Diversity Global Natural Capital Sustainability

AFI – OUT AND ABOUT

Published 12 Oct 2022

The AFI has been represented at many events in the past few months, with a focus primarily on discussing sustainability and carbon farming opportunities. As interest in and demand for ESG (environmental, social, governance) credentials increases throughout the economy, people working in agricultural supply chains from farm to fork are…

Diversity Natural Capital Sustainability

DISCOVERIES: Hands-free farming goes to heart of sustainability

Published 12 Oct 2022

‘Hands-free farming’ is a bit of a loaded term. To some it may sound like a dream come true; to others, a nightmare. In an era of chronic workforce constraints, augmented technology solutions to relieve the manual or intensive labour burden in agriculture are welcome, provided they improve (not impair)…

Automation Precision Agriculture Sustainability

THE WATCH LIST: AFI staff’s current obsessions

Published 12 Oct 2022

Nuffield Australia Conference; Macadamia plant protection guide; Nourishing Matters; Humans of Agriculture; Light: Works from Tate’s Collection; Olafur Eliasson’s The Kitchen; the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, Idris Murphy and Cressida Campbell exhibitions

Innovation Regional

October 2022 Insights

Published 12 Oct 2022

Vol. 19 | No. 3 | October 2022

Shaping Australia’s future water policy

FEATURE: Shaping Australia’s future water policy

IN MY VIEW: Managing Australia’s water account

ANNOUNCEMENT: Global Farm Policy group launched

AFI – OUT AND ABOUT

DISCOVERIES: Hands-free farming goes to heart of sustainability

THE WATCH LIST: AFI staff’s current obsessions

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