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Surge in agriculture studies at University of Sydney [10 March 2014]
This year, for the first time in a decade, the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment at the University of Sydney will enrol more than 200 new students in its undergraduate degree programs. More
Call for Nominations: 2014 Faculty Alumni Awards[5 March 2014]
Alumni and friends are encouraged to submit nominations for the 2014 Faculty Alumni Awards in the areas of Community, International, Professional and Young Alumni. More
Tackling food security together[27 February 2014]
The University of Sydney met with the Chinese Vice-Minister of Agriculture Dr Li Jiayang and members of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to work on ways to help solve food security challenges. More
National Biochar Workshop (Recent advances and futures research directions)[12 December 2013]
This workshop, on 16 December, is intended to present significant research findings from the recent work and formulate future research directions for biochar research in Australia. More
Postgraduate Scholarship in Plant Molecular Genetics [9 December 2013]
A full-time postgraduate scholarship is available for a suitably qualified candidate to undertake research studies leading to a PhD in molecular genetics. More
3 World-leading positions in the International Union of Soil Sciences [4 December 2013]
Budiman Minasny, Balwant Singh and Damien Field have been elected for 4 years as Chairs of 3 different Commissions in the IUSS More
A set of practical methods for use in Digital Soil Mapping[4 December 2013]
Dr Brendan Malone has been awarded the CG Stephens PhD Award in Soil Science by the Australian Society of Soil Science for his 2012 thesis 'Practicable methodologies for delivering comprehensive spatial soils information' More
More foodies but fewer people to produce Australia's food [28 November 2013]
There is an ever-increasing shortfall of young people interested in producing Australia's food, including food for export markets More
ARC Discovery grant success[21 November 2013]
The recent ARC Discovery grant received by Prof Alex McBratney and his colleagues, A/Prof. Budiman Minasny and Dr. Brendan Malone, will derive a general spatial scaling theory, enabling those concerned with sustainable land management to estimate the likely behaviour of soil properties at all spatial scales. More
Our Postgraduate students awarded[19 November 2013]
Two of our Postgraduate students, Sabina Yeasmin and Waqar Ahmad, have recently received awards. One from the Clay Minerals Society and one from the ASA-CSSA-SSA. More
2013 Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium[12 November 2013]
The fourth Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium was recently held at the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment's new Centre for Carbon, Water & Food, Camden between the 26-27th September. More
Australia-Kenya partnerships work towards a food secure Kenya [7 November 2013]
A Kenya-Australia partnerships forum on agriculture was held in Nairobi on 29 October as part of the Australia Awards Africa Fellowships in Post-harvest. The Australian High Commissioner to Kenya, HE Mr Geoff Tooth spoke at the event, along with a representative of the Cabinet Secretary of the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture. More