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The objective of this research strategy is to guide the investments in climate change research for agriculture under Filling the Research Gap in order to:
Dr Beverley Henry (Chair) is a Principal Research Fellow and consultant with the Queensland University of Technology and co-convenor of the Primary Industries Adaptation Research Network.
We can expect that the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) canola would have very little, if any, impact on organic agriculture in Australia.
The direct impacts on organic canola production are likely to be negligible. Only very small amounts of organic canola and organic canola meal, if any, have been produced in recent years in Australia. The organic ivestock industry has been able to source suitable feed
other than organic canola and could continue to do so regardless of any future domestic production of GM canola.
The department has commissioned the following studies which seek to address matters of interest in agricultural biotechnology and provide balanced information.
Agricultural innovation has played an essential role in increasing yields and productivity in support of growing, prosperous civilizations.
The Commonwealth Gene Technology Act 2000 came into for
Recognizing that agricultural production needs to substantially increase to meet global food, feed, fiber and energy demands in the face of population growth,
On 18 August 2004, Australia became a party to two international agreements relating to the trade of certain hazardous chemicals. These agreements are the:
To implement these conventions, controls on import, manufacture, use and export have been introduced under the:
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (the Stockholm Convention) is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
POPs are pesticide and industrial chemicals that are persistent in the environment, bioaccumulate in organisms, are toxic to human health and the environment, and are transported long distances.
