Australian government issues $200m fund to develop food of the future
With an additional $160 million committed by 54 partners in private business and universities — including the University of Technology Sydney, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, and Curtin University in Perth — the whole fund is $210 million over 10 years.
As consumer preferences change rapidly, the CRC aims to help producers adapt and develop food that will have good safety records, high quality, and ensure production is environmentally and socially sustainable.
"First of all we're trying to help the agriculture and food sector be agile to what the consumer globally and nationally are looking for in their food," she said.
"Secondly we're going to connect industry to researchers in an agile method, where industry will be leading the project and industry expects us to deliver quick and fast," Bronwyn Harch, executive director of the Institute for Future Environments (IFE) and professor of applied statistical science at QUT, said.
source: abc.net.au
