TY - BOOK
T1 - The Future of Agricultural Technologies
AU - Lockie, Stewart
AU - Fairley-Grenot, Kate
AU - Ankeny, Rachel
AU - Botterill, Linda
AU - Howlett, Barbara
AU - McBratney, Alex
AU - Probyn, Elspeth
AU - Sorrell, Tania
AU - Sukkarieh, Salah
AU - Woodhead, Ian
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - Australian agriculture is world-renowned for leadership in harvesting practices, water-efficient agronomy, crop and livestock breeding, conservation tillage and development of fit-for-purpose farm machinery. While Australia exports two-thirds of its produce, it is a relatively small exporter when compared to countries like the United States and the Netherlands (Howden & Zammit, 2019). Nonetheless, our primary producers (or farmers) are among the most efficient in the world, with a long history of productivity improvement and adaptation to external challenges, including environmental extremes, price fluctuations, variations in international trade conditions and changes in government policy. Farmers have embraced innovation and shown willingness to adopt technologies that lead to improvements in farm practices. Governments, research providers and a range of other stakeholders have been critical to ensuring that the appropriate resources, policies and institutional arrangements are in place to support research, development and extension.
AB - Australian agriculture is world-renowned for leadership in harvesting practices, water-efficient agronomy, crop and livestock breeding, conservation tillage and development of fit-for-purpose farm machinery. While Australia exports two-thirds of its produce, it is a relatively small exporter when compared to countries like the United States and the Netherlands (Howden & Zammit, 2019). Nonetheless, our primary producers (or farmers) are among the most efficient in the world, with a long history of productivity improvement and adaptation to external challenges, including environmental extremes, price fluctuations, variations in international trade conditions and changes in government policy. Farmers have embraced innovation and shown willingness to adopt technologies that lead to improvements in farm practices. Governments, research providers and a range of other stakeholders have been critical to ensuring that the appropriate resources, policies and institutional arrangements are in place to support research, development and extension.
UR - https://acola.org/hs6-future-agricultural-technologies/
M3 - Commissioned report
SN - 9780648330349
T3 - Horizon Scanning Series
BT - The Future of Agricultural Technologies
PB - Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA)
CY - Melbourne
ER -