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Seven Sydney recipients of the Horizon Scholarship announced[17 April 2014]
Seven undergraduate students from the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment at the University of Sydney have been awarded a coveted Horizon Scholarship. More
Wasting food comes at a future cost[10 April 2014]
Feeding 23 million people in Australia every day, or 7 billion-plus worldwide is an almost unimaginably complex undertaking. More
Agriculture Economics and Resource Economics to join the School of Economics[9 April 2014]
To equip Australia to better respond to challenges in agriculture, resources, energy and commodity pricing, the University of Sydney's disciplines of Agriculture Economics and Resource Economics (ARE) will join the School of Economics. More
Food waste: Turning waste into profits[4 April 2014]
Australia's next generation of food technology and manufacturing experts will be educated at a new training centre led by University of Sydney chemical engineers: The ARC Biotechnology and Food Processing Training Centre More
Sydney scientists work on Plan Bee in Southeast Asia[31 March 2014]
A University of Sydney project to encourage the spread of beekeeping in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos is providing benefits for both local growers and the native bee population. More
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