Demonstrating the safety and benefits of new insecticide products is going to get harder, but there is an opportunity for Aus producers to show leadership and stewardship in this area, says Sarina Macfadyen CSIRO #nuffieldag

Setting big goals and a national agricultural strategy important for environmental outcomes in NZ. Great thoughts from Kate Scott at Nuffield Australia meeting.

Chaired a great session at #tropag2019 on sustainable intensification for smallholders. Research from Africa, Sth Asia and SE Asia. Context is everything in ACIAR projects.

John Kirkegaard (CSIRO) speaking at #tropag2019 “What are the crops and traits we need for the future?”

The new insect farming industry in Australia has huge potential, but also some major constraints that need to be overcome. Olympia Yarger talking about insects for up-cycling waste at #tropag2019

In Nepal aciarsdip meeting: 14 projects, 3 countries, discussing how we can scale sustainable and inclusive farming systems in South Asia. Behold the wall of very important post it notes. Tamara Jackson

Watching a drone service provider demo in Cambodia for pesticide application (using red dye not chemical). The question is whether this tech can reduce risk to farmers, applicators, and communities. Hopefully Daniel Howell can answer. ACIAR Sydney Uni Life&Env

Demo illustrating the risk of spraying pesticide with backpack sprayer at camSID meeting in Cambodia. Red dye used instead of pesticide. Conclusion: the pests need not worry. A lot ended up on the applicator. ACIAR Sydney Uni Life&Env Daniel Howell

💡 Some #Friday food for thought💭There’s enough food to feed everybody on Earth🌏but around 1/3 of it never gets eaten. At the same time, nearly 1billion people go hungry! Here's 4⃣ things to know about #foodloss (& what we can do to reduce it) IDRC | CRDI aciar.gov.au/media-search/b…

I’m running an open info session at 4pm (Canberra time) if you want to know more about the ACIAR food loss ideas generation process aciar.gov.au/research-proje…

All the research tells us that growing food is hard, transporting food is hard, selling food at a fair price is hard, eating food is the easy part. That’s why consumers need to be aware of food loss & waste even if you never set foot on a farm.

What do you see as the biggest issue in this area for AU? You can leave your comments here...Overcoming a chemically limited future for weed, pest and disease control in agriculture on ECOS CSIRO. ecos.csiro.au/a-chemically-l…

New research positions opened in our Agroecology team research.csiro.au/agroecology/tw…

These modelling tools are critical for us to understand interactions between biological and chemical control that are hard replicate properly in the field. Well done Maddie and team! mdpi.com/2645188 CSIRO

We completed our steering committee meeting for our new project, Canola Allies. Big thanks to the members (online and in-person) for their advice and guidance on the research we need to prioritise for beneficial species in canola CSIRO GRDC

Great to see Shovon’s research on training the “sharks” of the beneficial arthropod world getting out there. We are pleased to have him on the Canola Allies team. abc.net.au/news/rural/202…

To find out more about the Canola Allies project: csiro.au/en/news/All/Ne…

Managing pests using beneficial insects. 🐞 Led by us and Cesar Australia, the Grains Research and Development Corporation investments are a collective investment into understanding of the impact of beneficial invertebrates like ladybeetles in canola. csiro.au/en/news/All/Ne…

How can farmers get better access to new technologies? M. Nahid Sattar, Sarina Macfadyen, Md Wakilur Rahman (PhD) & Fahana Tahi Tiza look at the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture's farmers' hubs: doi.org/10.1080/096145…

Hey! Australian canola heroes. The Canola Allies team needs your insights about beneficial insects, spiders and mites. Tell us how you want to use beneficials more: shorturl.at/h7YtM More info: shorturl.at/ViQO5 GRDC DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock CSIRO