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The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation is a research institute of The University of Queensland, established with and supported by The Department of Primary Industries. Crops, horticulture, animal and food science. qaafi.uq.edu.

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · 7d

Peptides to prime plant defence against viruses in vegetables. A 5-year project to develop a chemical-free and cost-effective way to tackle viruses in Australia’s multi-billion-dollar vegetable industry led by #UQ and funded by Hort Innovation and DPI.

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · 9d

Bridging continents with yams. A collaboration between #UQ and the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Indigenous community of Far North Qld has turned to Nigerian expertise to renew interest in Australian yams and build First Nation enterprise.

https://bit.ly/42Xky2u

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · 15d

An integrated vision for predicting crop success. Learn about CropVision, an #ARC funded system developed at #UQ by A/Prof Andries Potgieter.
https://bit.ly/47mm7s9

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · 20d

Yesterday, QAAFI celebrated UQ Giving Day with a vibrant presence at the Gatton Agtech Showcase and a warm morning tea gathering at St Lucia 💜🌿All in support of QAAFI’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Agribusiness Research Fund: bit.ly/4qbZE9N

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · 22d

A global leader in plant biotechnology, QAAFI’s Prof Ian Godwin brings more than 30 years of research expertise to advancing gene-edited crops. This week, he shares his insights in Canada, exploring how gene-edited crops and animals are transforming ag. https://bit.ly/3KTaBNf

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · 27d

Future protein foods: plant versus animal sources, nutrient release rates, and gateway products.

#UQ's Professor Mike Gidley shares his views. Read the article in Frontiers in Science.

https://bit.ly/4odUNDs

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · 28d

UQ Giving Day is nearly here! Join us in celebrating across two events on the 15 Oct:

🌱 Level 7, Queensland Bioscience Precinct (St Lucia) - Join us for a special morning tea. bit.ly/4nHOnwo

🚜 Gatton AgTech Showcase – Visit our QAAFI stall. bit.ly/4q1tEVP

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · 29d

🍽️ Webinar happening today: Waste to Taste
Join Dr Jiahua Shi from QAAFI’s Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences as she showcases innovative ways to transform surplus produce and industry by-products into premium food ingredients.

📍uqz.zoom.us/j/85219171771
🕒 12:00pm AEST

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · 29d

A Pacific perspective on food security. Insights from TropAg 2025 plenary speaker Dr Seeseei Molimau-Samasoni, Head of International Development for the Plant & Food Research Group at the Bioeconomy Science Institute of New Zealand.

https://bit.ly/42o4eaU

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Oct 2

A breakthrough in cattle genetics 🐮
Prof Ben Hayes is leading research to give northern beef producers a new tool to breed cattle with lower methane emissions — without losing productivity. 📖 Read more: https://ow.ly/p3b650X5osj

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 29

Seminar next week: Waste to Taste🍽️
How can surplus produce and food by-products become premium ingredients?

📅 7 October | 📍bit.ly/4nPsXgh

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 29

Could the best housemate you’ve ever had be a houseplant? Dr Alice Hayward gives some suggestions to #UQ's Contact.

https://bit.ly/3Il0tfB

Close up view of bottle brush (Callistemon) flower which is native to Australia
By popovj2 on Adobe images

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 25

Calf Alive delivers flexibility for northern cattle producers. Find out more about this project on reproductive efficiency and attend the conference in Longreach in November.

https://bit.ly/3VxoaUT

Cattle standing in a field with sunset behind them in colours of blue and pink

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 24

Co-designing biology and technology to unlock automated plant breeding. Some thinking about ways to reshape the future in crop breeding from Dr Yasmine Lam and Professor Lee Hickey.

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 23

Reimagining agriculture by unlocking genetic potential is the key to addressing the problems in agriculture caused by climate change, says TropAg speaker and University of Florida Prof Charlie Messina.

FInd out more about his plans for change:

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 22

🌍 Don’t miss it — today’s seminar with Prof Catherine Propper dives into how pollution impacts everything from cells to ecosystems.

🕑 12:00pm AEST | 📍http://uqz.zoom.us/j/81069386984

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 16

The climate-resilient crop breadfruit is the focus of a collaboration between The University of Queensland and the University of the South Pacific looking into its health benefits. It could be the start of a bigger collaboration.

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 15

A new project from Hort Innovation led by QAAFI's Dr Mobashwer Alam will create trees that can withstand climate change, produce bigger and better-quality nuts earlier, and reduce the production cost burden for Australian growers.

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Macadamia nuts still within green-coloured husk handing from a branch in a field of macadamia trees. Image: Megan Pope, UQ.

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 12

Congrats to Prof Lee Hickey for winning the UQ Award for Excellence in Promoting Industry Engagement in Graduate Research. bit.ly/4nsXUa7

His ARC Training Centre in Predictive Breeding bridges academia & industry and helps PhD grads to land top roles. 👏

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 10

Building confidence in food from farm to fork.
@Cargill's Global Vice President of Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Affairs Sean Leighton is a plenary speaker at
TropAg 2025 in November.
Find out more about what he sees as a chance to lead:

bit.ly/4phWvF1

A spread of food including fish, fruit, grains, vegetables, eggs all bunched up together in a colourful array

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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 8

As we kick off Research and Innovation Week at #UQ, have you thought about pigeonpea as an alternative legume? Here's a story about 5 Australian varieties developed in association with Woods Group. Listen to ABC's Qld Country Hour. Listen from 47:44.

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Two men standing in a field of pigeon pea, waste deep in the crop, which has yellow flowers

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 4

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🍌 Did you know a single disease wiped out the world’s main banana variety in the 1950s? 4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin spoke with Prof Andrew Geering from QAAFI about how protecting bananas from threats could save Australia over $52 million.🎙️ Listen here: bit.ly/47Z3e0g

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 3

🌱 QAAFI Science Seminar: Curation of Multi-Source Genotypic and Phenotypic Data for Global Genomic Prediction in Tree Crops with QAAFI's Dr Shashi Goonetilleke.

📅 9 September, 12:00pm AEST
🔗 uqz.zoom.us/j/87149886323

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation @qaafi.bsky.social · Sep 2

QAAFI's Professor Ala Tabor has been named a finalist for the 2025 GENE – QIMR Woman of Influence Award! This recognition highlights her significant impact and leadership within Queensland’s life sciences sector.

Reposted by Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success @coeplantsuccess.bsky.social · Aug 31

Prof Christine Beveridge has been announced as the winner of the Women in Technology Award for Excellence in Research!

The annual WiT awards showcase and recognise the impact of women in STEM and the important contributions they make🌱🧪
More: wit.org.au/awards/2025-...

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