Oliver Frith

Business Development Manager, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland - thoughts and opinions are my own.

[Oliver Frith @ollyfrith]

@Godwin_UQ @MillyG_UQ Nah - nowhere near

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@Godwin_UQ @MillyG_UQ Come on Ian - no European landscape or cultural wonder can compare to the majesty of the Hartley teakle building!

[Oliver Frith @ollyfrith]

David Mckinna shared lessons from meat industry in lifting farm gate prices and potential lessons for horticulture. “Service market - Restaurants account for about 40% of value, but often completely overlooked in Hort, which focuses solely on retail/wholesale market” #HORTCON22

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Marie Piccone, Manbulloo, highlights the importance of sustainability and addressing climate change and biodiversity threats for her business. Looking after the environment “must be front and centre of our priorities” as an industry. #hortcon22

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Alistair McArthur, EY Australia - #Climate Change & #governance (modern slavery) are main challenges for Hort sector to meet #ESG expectations of investors & requirements of regulators. #biodiversity & new payment for ecosystem services scheme huge Hort opportunity. #hortcon22

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@MurrayWatt top 3 short-term priorities for agriculture/Hort sector are to address labour shortages, bio-security, & cost of inputs. For the longer-term, #Australia needs to improve value addition (500 million from reconstruction fund for Ag) & address climate change. #hortcon22

[David Jordan @SorgGuy]

Still time to apply for this fully funded scholarship. https://t.co/e54lzNu1hJ
Applications close May 2

[Oliver Frith @ollyfrith]

Great meeting yesterday with @DOSTphl delegation led by Usec Guevara & #UQ VC Prof. Terry. Many exciting areas to build R&D & education ties, spanning the nexus between coral restoration, environment, mining & agriculture. Thanks @ACIARAustralia for facilitating visit. @UQ_News

[IRRI 🌾 @irri]

The IRRI Genebank🧬 is the world’s biggest collection of rice 🌾genetic diversity in the world.

Read more about the importance of seed banks here @BBC_Future: https://t.co/EJCxCiPo7R

[Future Food Systems CRC @FutureFoodCRC]

And thank you, @ollyfrith, for sharing! Our partners in the project - @CDUni's @RIELresearch, NT DITT, @QUT, Pudakul, Olive Vale & @MyeraGroup - are doing a terrific job & #IndigenousPeoples across Northern #Australia & beyond stand to benefit👩‍🔬🌾😋🌏💚

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Did you know @FutureFoodCRC is supporting NT in #Australia to commercialise native rice as a high value, gourmet health food? This would be a great experience to share with the global Ag research 4 development community. Thanks @afsnsw for sharing. @irri @ACIARAustralia @CGIAR

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@afsnsw address @CoopResearchAus Collaborate Innovate Conference on the need to strengthen Australia’s food processing industry. Australia leads in ag commodity exports, but can also be a leader in food processing. Federal Govt. Needs to provide framework for this & support SMEs!

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@Melissa4Durack addresses @CoopResearchAus Collaborate Innovate Conference on the critical role of the CRC programme as a vehicle for commercialisation of world leading Australian research.

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⁦@VickiTreadell⁩ addresses the collaborate innovate conference delegates at Old Parliament House on the need to strengthen science & innovation base & diversify our partnerships. Britain will invest £22 Bln in research by 2025. Britain & Aus FTA includes innovation chapter

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@Melissa4Durack opens the Collaborate Innovate - Part 2 Conference in #Canberra. Australia excels in research, but needs to do more to translate and commercialise research outcomes - AUD 2 billion is allocated in the new budget to address this gap. @CoopResearchAus

[Alison Bentley @AlisonRBentley]

Want to see the scale of our @CIMMYT global wheat improvement activities in Cd. Obregón? Check out this view of the sea of green at Campo Experimental Norman E. Borlaug captured by our partners @PIEAES and created by @silviarico

[Oliver Frith @ollyfrith]

The consequences of War in Ukraine will have many knock on effects. Since 2008, @FAO & UN member countries have worked together to share market info & coordinate trade policies to avert price hikes. Now this war threatens a new global food security crisis https://t.co/h4nfOtBr70

[The Crawford Fund @CrawfordFund]

Do you have experience working in international ag for development, or in areas relating to climate change, #FLW, genebanks, nutrition, #GenderInAg & more?

Our #NextGenAg4D project wants to hear from you!

👉 https://t.co/i6k3QFT6Ng

@irri @AlisonRBentley @CIMMYT @IWMI_ @ICARDA

[Oliver Frith @ollyfrith]

Attended panel session @QldBrainInst for #InternationalWomensDay today. Great to hear colleagues @QAAFI, @QldBrainInst, @AIBNatUQ & Sustainable Minerals Institute share their experiences on tackling and breaking bias in the workplace.

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Please check out our new piece (@BOleSander & Reiner Wassmann) on how asia’s rice producers can help limit global warming and deliver a just climate transition for 144 million smallholder farmers @Diplomat_APAC https://t.co/gTFm4o5W7e