Food business and food security, and Digital Agriculture

The Australian agri-food system faces significant challenges due to a growing dependency on export markets, changing consumer behaviour and the impacts of climate change. There is an increasing need to integrate technology along the agri-food supply chain to address economic resilience and productivity, food security and consumer welfare issues. Key enabling techniques to help agri-food businesses are AI and machine learning, IoT, sensors, and data frameworks.

How is our research addressing this challenge?

Our mission is to better prepare Australia’s workforce, policymakers and domestic food producers to face the challenges of the future through a multidisciplinary approach by:

-  Supporting public policy with frameworks, incentive scheme options, and assessments of impact
-  Developing cutting-edge AI, machine learning, IoT and sensors solutions to advancing digital agriculture by enabling precision farming, supply chain optimization, crop management, and environmental sustainability, ultimately increasing efficiency, productivity, and sustainability.
-  Building integrations of data analysis and modelling with stakeholders’ perceptions and aspirations
-  Providing consumer and market behaviour analysis and forecasts
-  Developing innovative options for production and conservation, including digital twins and satellite imagery tools
-  Creation and dissemination of innovative solutions to pressing technical and policy issues

SmartSat CRC

The SmartSat CRC is a consortium of universities and other research organisations, partnered with industry that has been funded by the Australian Government to develop know-how and technologies in advanced telecommunications and IoT connectivity, intelligent satellite systems and Earth observation next generation data services.