CSIRO Plant Industry conducts research to promote profitable and sustainable agrifood, fibre and horticultural industries, develop new plant products and improve natural resource management.

CSIRO is improving Australia’s food production and farming systems to ensure food and fibre are delivered to Australians on a sustainable basis.

A project to improve women’s participation in decision making in the sugar industry has discovered that the role and status of women in the industry is changing.

A new CSIRO report, 'Future Use of the Rocky Point Cane Landscapes, Gold Coast', paves the way for a region facing many challenges.

CSIRO helps produce better sugarcane varieties to increase the quantity of sugar produced in Australia.

CSIRO's Precision Agriculture research is helping farmers understand and benefit from landscape variation.

 

The tropics are home to most of the world's rainforests and coral reefs, plus around half of the world’s population, but tropical nations produce only 20% of Gross World Product. This makes sustainable management of tropical landscapes a pressing research challenge.

CSIRO’s plant breeding capabilities benefit a range of agribusiness industries from horticulture and pastoral through to broadacre crops such as wheat.

With an increasing world population, a new 21st century 'agricultural revolution' will be needed to meet demand for food and fibre in the face of significant land, water, energy and climate constraints. (5:49)

With climate change complicating the agriculture and food production picture there will be winners and losers across the globe. (4:37)

Dr Graham Bonnett is researching sugarcane to help breed better sugarcane varieties with increased sucrose.

Dr Rosanne Casu researches sugarcane genomics to investigate genes involved in sugar production and storage.

Farming Ahead magazine regularly features CSIRO's research for the agricultural sector. This is a list of CSIRO articles published in the magazine throughout 2010.

Farming Ahead magazine regularly features CSIRO's research for the agricultural sector. This is a list of CSIRO articles published in the magazine throughout 2009.