CSIRO is working to breed better sugarcane varieties, produce better and more diverse products and improve mill and post mill processing to help support a sustainable and profitable future for the Australian sugar industry.
CSIRO mathematical modelling is providing efficient scheduling and logistics for the Australian sugar industry’s complex harvesting and transport sector, delivering significant cost savings and contributing toward the sugar industry’s long-term viability.
CSIRO Plant Industry conducts research to promote profitable and sustainable agrifood, fibre and horticultural industries, develop new plant products and improve natural resource management.
A project to improve women’s participation in decision making in the sugar industry has discovered that the role and status of women in the industry is changing.
The tropics are home to most of the world's rainforests and coral reefs, plus around half of the world’s population, but tropical nations produce only 20% of Gross World Product. This makes sustainable management of tropical landscapes a pressing research challenge.
CSIRO’s plant breeding capabilities benefit a range of agribusiness industries from horticulture and pastoral through to broadacre crops such as wheat.
The Davies Laboratory is located in Townsville, North Queensland, serves as base for researchers from CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, CSIRO Land and Water and CSIRO Plant Industry.
Research partnerships such as those at the Queensland Bioscience Precinct will provide solutions to the major problems facing the nation and the world.
Farming Ahead magazine regularly features CSIRO's research for the agricultural sector. This is a list of CSIRO articles published in the magazine throughout 2008.
Farming Ahead magazine regularly features CSIRO and related research for the agricultural sector. This is a list of articles published in the magazine throughout 2007.
