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Does Australia have 'food security?'[15 March 2017]
Agricultural growth surged by an extraordinary 27.6 per cent in 2016, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics national accounts have revealed, following a record harvest in every state. More
Indigenous Land and Food Knowledge: Where Cultures Combine, Collaborate and Create [21 February 2017]
Enrolments are now open for students to participate in a thoroughly engaging, thought provoking and immersive learning experience that is the unit of study in Indigenous Land and Food Knowledge. The unit is open to senior undergraduate students in the Faculties of Science, Arts and Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, and the University of Sydney Business School, as well as postgraduate students in the Masters of Agriculture and Environment. More
United States of Agronomy [2 February 2017]
Winners of the individual first and second places at the 2016 Australian Universities Crops Competition have accepted the challenge to compete in a similar competition in the USA. More
What's that weed in my rice field?[25 January 2017]
A new smartphone application has been developed by University of Sydney researchers that will help the plight of Cambodian farmers to manage weeds in their rice fields. More
Digital Agriculture for Food and Soil Security[20 January 2017]
To address the global demand for digital soil and crop health information for food security and global environmental management in India and Australia, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment staff was awarded the Australia Awards Fellowships (AAF) from Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), to conduct a two-week workshop from 6 - 18 November 2016. More
University of Sydney soil science student, Rebecca McGirr, is the Australasian Soil Judging Champion[16 December 2016]
University of Sydney soil science student, Rebecca McGirr, is the Australasian Soil Judging Champion More
Four PhD students secure jobs as part of Westpac STEM program[15 December 2016]
PhD students from the University of Sydney have secured four out of eight employment positions with the Westpac Group as part of their new STEM PhD program. More
Agriculture and Environment students stepping out with fresh ideas[7 December 2016]
The 2016 cohort of Honours and fourth year students studying Science in Agriculture and Environmental Systems, and our Master of Agriculture and Environment students have presented their findings at a fantastic mini-conference 'Stepping out with Fresh Ideas'. More
It's all in the data - Sydney leads digital agriculture hackathon[7 December 2016]
A team of eight PhD students led and mentored by Agriculture and Environment's Associate Professor Tom Bishop have taken out second prize for the AgData Challenge, awarded today at the CSIRO's premier agriculture and food event, AgCatalyst. More
Celeb cooking shows an answer to obesity?[6 December 2016]
Ms Reetica Rekhy undertook an online survey of 506 NSW respondents to examine the impact of a celebrity cooking show video-clip on consumer intentions and behaviour regarding vegetable consumption. More
VIPs (Very Important Pre-schoolers) Visit Narrabri[6 December 2016]
A group of 25 VIPs (Very Important Pre-schoolers) and their carers from Nurruby Child Care Centre visited the University of Sydney's Plant Breeding Institute at Narrabri. More
Meet the New Guy on Campus[29 November 2016]
Meet the New Guy on Campus - Guy Roth More