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Network coordinators meet the Argentine Embassy in Australia

Area coordinators of the Network met the Ambassador and his team to strengthen ties and plan new joint activities.

Agrifood Webinar: the future of plant protein in Australia and Argentina

A new webinar in the series run by the Network and the Embassy, with Maria Saarela (SARDI), Agustín Belloso (Tomorrow Foods) and Xavier Sirault (CSIRO).

RACAus members host an agri-tech delegation from Argentina

Members of the Network helped organise a trade mission from Santa Fe's agribusiness sector to Australia, including visits to the Henty Machinery Field Days and CSIRO's experimental farm at Boorowa.

The Network celebrates International Women's Day

Nine scientists from the Network introduce themselves and describe their work in their own words: from sharks and volcanoes to artificial intelligence, urban planning and differential geometry.

Victor Sadras wins the RAICES Award 2021

Prof. Victor O. Sadras, who leads the Crop Ecophysiology team at SARDI, has been awarded Argentina's most prestigious science prize for researchers living abroad, in the field of Agricultural Sciences.

Awards for two scientists from Mendoza

Argentine scientists recognised for their publications in viticulture and oenology

The Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology recognised Marcos Bonada and Martín Moran for two studies on adapting practices to climate change, both focused on Barossa Shiraz.

AgTech Webinar — Agricultural innovations and technologies

Opportunities to advance economic, financial and environmental sustainability in Australia and Argentina

Second webinar in the AgTech series: satellite remote sensing, soil moisture from SAOCOM, and bio-inputs for crop protection, with the Argentine Embassy in Australia.

Will great power competition in the South Atlantic spill into Antarctica?

Bruno Arpi and Dr A. J. Press published an analysis with the Australian Institute of International Affairs on whether competition between the United States, China and Russia in South America could spill over into Antarctica.

Building local capacity for the sustainable management of marine wildlife in Patagonia, Argentina

A joint project between the University of Tasmania, CENPAT-CONICET and James Cook University to build local capacity for the sustainable management of aquatic wildlife in Patagonia.

Argentina, Australia and Uruguay collaborate on climate change adaptation using crop modelling and remote sensing

Two Argentine and two Australian universities, together with two research organisations, are assessing how mixed farming practices affect forage crop yields under different climate change scenarios.

Webinar: opportunities for AgTech cooperation between Argentina and Australia

A report on the webinar “Innovation in the agricultural and food sector”, coordinated by the Argentine Foreign Ministry, AAICI and Austrade, which presented both countries' AgTech ecosystems and concrete cases of joint work.

Investing in agricultural science and technology pays off

Dr Victor Sadras spoke at the 2020 Aapresid congress about the returns on agricultural R&D investment and the patterns of inefficiency that arise from substandard science.