AgriFutures Australia
Statutory authority overview | |
Formed | July 1990 |
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Jurisdiction | Australia |
Headquarters | Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 35°03′40″S 147°21′13″E / 35.061095°S 147.353637°E |
Website | agrifutures |
Agrifutures Australia, formerly the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC), is an Australian statutory corporation set up by the Australian Government in 1990 to help fund research and development in Australian rural industries.
Origin
The Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation was originally formed as a statutory corporation in July 1990 under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989 (later renamed the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989
RDCs
The organisation is one of 15 Rural Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) in Australia, and one of the five that is a
Function
Agrifuture's focus is
The organisation also hosts the AgriFutures Rural Women's Award to support the role women play in rural and regional businesses, industries and communities.[5][6]
Funding
Apart from the annual appropriation from the government, funding comes from industry levies and voluntary industry contributions, and government-specific programs, private companies, rural RDCs, state and territory governments and other research providers.[4]
Past research
RIRDC was involved in early work on developing
AgriFutures provided a grant of $405,000 in 2019 to Essential Oil Producers Association of Australia for the development of Australian essential oils.[8]
In December 2021, AgriFutures Australia created an Australian Emerging Tropical Fruits Strategic RD&E Plan to identify and promote five tropical fruits with market growth potential; the five fruits were
References
- ^ "About". RuralRD Corporations. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989". Federal Register of Legislation (in Kinyarwanda). Australian Government. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Rural Research and Development Corporations". Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Australian Government. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ a b "About". AgriFutures Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ Newsome, Lucie (14 January 2022). "The myth of the manly farmer: why do we still assume women don't work on the land?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
- ABC News Australia. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "RRDIC Annual Operational Plan 2005-2006". RIRDIC. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007.
- ^ Cooper, Amy (28 November 2019). "Adding Aussie source to the wellness boom". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- PEDESTRIAN.TV. Retrieved 21 October 2022.