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Published 21 Dec 2022

Circular economy (CE) and bioeconomy are overlapping concepts that are receiving attention across various levels of government, industry, and academia. Interest is driven in pursuit of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and an understanding that we cannot feed the growing global population and protect the planet with the current,…

Published 21 Dec 2022

Minimising wastage and maximising efficient use of resources is not a new concept to the Australian agricultural sector. It is in the pursuit of these concepts that many innovations have arisen. However, Australia generates 74 million tonnes of waste each year, including 7.6 million tonnes of food and 227,000 tonnes…

Published 21 Dec 2022

Agriculture, fisheries and forestry produce a significant amount and diversity of on farm waste, with waste disposal often involving environmentally harmful practices (such as burning, on-farm burying and dumping), landfill and inefficient use of resources. Primary producers want to improve waste management on their farms and in their industries and…

Published 21 Dec 2022

This year’s John Ralph Essay Competition posed the question: is value-adding a pipe dream for Australian agriculture? The relevance of this question was elevated by the unexpected and unwelcome combination of a global pandemic with geopolitical disruption which focused the attention of policy-makers on supply chain security across the economy, and…

Published 20 Dec 2022

Competition to deliver sustainability outputs in agrifood supply chains is intense. Companies – whether they be retailers, food manufacturers, processors, or traders – are increasingly setting targets to improve sustainability in the supply chains they operate in. Delivering on those targets and reporting on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria…

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