National and local agribusiness representatives met recently with Charles Sturt University, Australia’s largest provider of agricultural education, to consider how to prepare graduates for work in agricultural industries in the 21st century.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.