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With the world population predicted to hit 9 billion in 2050 and land and water resources in decline, the focus for World Food Day on Tuesday 16 October will be on how to do more with less.

12 October 2012

A Queensland strawberry-breeding program has uncovered what could become the nutritional power-berry of the strawberry industry.

18 September 2012
A Phaius orchid

University of Queensland start-up company Aussie Colours has come to the rescue of two rare and endangered Australian native Phaius orchids.

11 September 2012

TWO Õ¬Äе¼º½ scientists will lead a new project protecting Australia’s $120 million macadamia industry from a range of damaging plant diseases.

7 September 2012
Head of Õ¬Äе¼º½â€™s School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Professor Neal Menzies.

Õ¬Äе¼º½ (Õ¬Äе¼º½) has been ranked in the top group of universities in the world for agricultural science in the prestigious 2012 Academic Ranking of World Universities, which were announced this week.

16 August 2012
Dr Victor Galea is developing Australia’s first ‘home-grown’ commercial bioherbicide.

A simple one-dose pill could help end the scourge of woody weeds that are choking Australia’s waterways, smothering native vegetation and robbing our farmers of agricultural land.

14 August 2012

Queensland agriculture has received a $3 million boost to support research collaborations between Õ¬Äе¼º½ (Õ¬Äе¼º½) and agricultural industries.

5 July 2012

Students from Downlands College in Toowoomba have broken a 13-year old record to win Õ¬Äе¼º½â€™s annual Sunflower Competition.

25 May 2012

Agricultural workers are transforming their years of working on the land into solid qualifications with Õ¬Äе¼º½

10 May 2012
Ben Endicott-Davies in West Africa meeting with Ghana’s Queen Mother

International travel, working with African farmers, learning from leading scientists is all part of the job for University of Queensland Agricultural Science student Ben Endicott-Davies.

14 March 2012
The new Gatton Research Dairy is the only facility of its kind in Australia, focused on a sub-tropical feed base

Huge benefits will flow to the dairy industry from a new $7 million research centre that was officially opened at Gatton today.

5 March 2012

Õ¬Äе¼º½ will this week recognise the qualifications of 33 people working in the Production Horticulture industry in the Lockyer Valley.

16 February 2012

Õ¬Äе¼º½'s Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) has bolstered its growing reputation for high-impact science by co-developing innovative new crop technology in consort with one of the world's biggest seed companies.

7 February 2012

Scientists at Õ¬Äе¼º½â€™s Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) have discovered that one of Australia’s best known folk remedies might help to alleviate the sheep industry’s biggest headache.

7 February 2012

The first international student has taken part in Õ¬Äе¼º½'s FEAST program to discover career pathways in science and experience University life.

14 July 2011