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AGRICULTURE & FOOD PRODUCTION
Home > Latest News > Agriculture & Food Production A fresh educational approach to botany 16 Apr 2009
Did you know a potato is classified as a stem, a cucumber is a fruit and that a strawberry is actually covered in hundreds of little fruits?These facts and many more are revealed in a new educational resource at CSU called Supermarket Botany. Living a vision for inland Australia 11 Mar 2009
Dr David Asimus' passion for agriculture and commitment to CSU has led to the establishment of the Asimus Endowment for Agriculture in honour of the former Chancellor of CSU. Agricultural productivity and research investment decline 25 Feb 2009
Re-emerging concerns about food security is just one symptom of the declining trend in Australian agricultural productivity and in investment in agricultural research, according to Dr John Mullen, adjunct professor at the CSU Faculty of Business. 11 Feb 2009
The horrendous fires that have razed many parts of Victoria have highlighted issues surrounding bushfires in Australia, especially in the increasing threats posed by climate change. As Australia's national inland university, CSU has a number of researchers and commentators regarding various issues surrounding bushfire. Farmers more optimistic than 'lifestyle' landholders 09 Dec 2008
A CSU study looking at how rural landholders are responding to climate change or variability has found landholders who are traditional farmers are more optimistic about their ability to respond to future market and climatic conditions than 'lifestyle' landholders. Australia fails to deliver on international convention: CSU scientist 23 Oct 2008
Australia has failed to deliver on its obligation under the international Ramsar Convention to protect its wetlands, according to a senior wetland ecologist and environmental scientist at CSU. For services to agricultural education 23 Oct 2008
Two men whose connections with and commitment to CSU date back almost 60 years will be remembered in ceremonies at CSU in Wagga Wagga this week. Pact needed for the people of the Murray Darling Basin 22 Oct 2008
New research by CSU suggests that social and economic conditions are so difficult in the Murray Darling Basin that researchers are calling for a treaty between government and the people and communities of the region. CSU environment, education research wins national funding 22 Oct 2008
Research projects focussed on the environment and education have attracted funding in the latest round of projects announced in the federal Government's National Competitive Grants Program. Restoring endangered woodlands 13 Oct 2008
Practical solutions to restore one of Australia’s most threatened ecosystems – the endangered white box grassy woodlands of south eastern Australia – is the aim of researchers from CSIRO and Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Institute for Land, Water and Society (ILWS) |
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