Agriculture

2012

We want your rainfall data

The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources is seeking on-farm rainfall data to develop a new type of very local seasonal climate predictor.

01:34 minutes
Download video (mp4, 11.40 Mb)

2011

Farrer Memorial Oration 2011

The Stripe Rust Race: From State, to Nation, to World

Presenting his Farrer Memorial Medal Oration at the Food Security and Biosecurity Symposium at the University of Sydney on 16 November, Associate Professor Wellings will speak about the situation of stripe rust and its control, setting both an Australian and international perspective in his talk 'The Stripe Rust Race: from state to nation to world'.

Colin Wellings
Dept Primary Industries NSW
Seconded to Plant Breeding Institute
The University of Sydney

44:50 minutes Download video (mp4, 126.62 Mb)

Symposium: Resilience – can our environment keep bouncing back?

Friday the 8th of July 2011 marked a discussion of one of the greatest issues facing our generation - can our environment keep bouncing back?

The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Annual Research Symposium 2011 was hailed a resounding success. Individuals from the areas of agricultural science, resource economics, environmental policy, primary industries and students were presented with the views of nine leading academics and challenged to think wider about the resilience of economic and environmental systems.

The video below captures the event and asks "Can our environment keep bouncing back?"

03:54 minutes Download video (mp4, 10.08 Mb)

For more information about the event, please see the news story; Faculty Symposium 2011 - a resounding success

TED x Dubbo

Prof. John Crawford

"The Complexity Imperative For A Sustainable Food System"

TEDxDubbo - Prof. John Crawford

Prof Crawford discusses the complexity imperative for a sustainable food system.

19:56 minutes

John Crawford was awarded the prestigious Judith and David Coffey Chair in Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Sydney in 2008. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Natural Philosophy from the University and Glasgow and a PhD in Theoretical Astrophysics from the University of London.

He switched fields to theoretical biology about 20 years ago and studies the factors that regulate the structure and function of ecological communities and particularly the soil-plant-microbe system.

John has published more than 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journal articles with over 1700 citations. In the UK John chaired the main funding committee responsible for supporting research in sustainable agriculture, diet and health.

TEDx website: Prof. John Crawford

Ichsani Wheeler

"The Good Carbon Story"

TEDxDubbo - Ichsani Wheeler

Watch Ichsani Wheeler TEDxDubbo talk The Good Carbon Story.

19:54 minutes

Originally from Far North Queensland, Ichsani Wheeler is a young scientist as well as a mad keen gardener, lover of worms, fungi, and all lowly compostable things. With a succinct soft spot for home made aquaponics systems and soil that smells good enough to eat she has a long standing passion for agriculture, the environment and pragmatic approaches to the challenges of sustainability.

After graduating from a Bachelor of Land and Water Science she worked as an environmental consultant to the design and development industries. Her project experience primarily focused on designing natural storm water treatment systems, waterway rehabilitation and urban design. Returning to take-up a PhD in 2009 examining soil carbon sequestration on farms she is committed to highlighting the importance of healthy, functioning soil as vital to a healthy, functioning society.

TEDx website: Ichsani Wheeler