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The Central Highlands Development Corporation (CHDC) hosted the AgFrontier AgTech21: Build it, Use it, Profit, a major biennial innovation and technology event for the Australian agricultural community. The event brought together the smartest minds at the intersection of agriculture, machinery and technology to explore the future of agribusiness and showcase the latest innovations to improve farm and business profitability. There was more than 40 exhibitors and nearly 300 attendees. The AgFrontier AgTech event series is arguably the most significant regional innovation and technology event in the nation for Australia’s agricultural community.
The JCU Agriculture Technology and Adoption Centre (AgTAC) and the TNQ Drought Hub were Ruby Partners for AgTech21 and the team traveled to Emerald in western Queensland to participate. AgTAC provides the framework that feeds into the TNQ Drought Hub’s Transformational Agricultural Systems and Innovation and Commercialisation activities that aim to transform and create impact from technology.
AgTAC takes a multi-disciplinary approach to industry relevant problems working closely with local and global partners to ensure that digital technologies are fit-for-purpose and more accessible to primary industries. The centre places a strong emphasis on technology adoption and green finance mechanisms and leverages knowledge, creativity and innovation to make adoption of new sustainability measures attractive and accessible.
AgTAC’s intent is to lead innovation and adoption of technologies in the Northern Australia Ag sector to tackle industry relevant issues and remain globally competitive. Build human capacity in AgTech in our region and support and mentor early career researchers to contribute true solutions that transform the food-fibre-climate-water-energy nexus using digital technologies to drive job creation and economic growth.
We value sustainable farming systems that are profitable, eco-friendly and give farmers a social license to operate. We achieve our values through stakeholder driven research and activities using knowledge about climate resistant systems, our environmental assets creating inclusive multicultural, gender diverse co-designed solutions, for large and small scale farmers.
