Food security Archives

Broccoli: better latte than never

You’ve seen the turmeric latte and the latte served in an avocado but could the broccoli latte be the next coffee trend?

How green is your bread?

Have you ever stopped to consider the environmental impact of everyday items like a loaf of bread?

Environment

Devourer of worlds: two of the worst pests have hybridised into a global ‘mega-pest’

The remarkably flexible cotton bollworm has overcome most insecticides and devoured global crop staples, and has now landed on the previously untarnished New World, there, with hybridisation now possible—it's a race against time for researchers to map its genome and find the genetic flaws to put a halt on its calamitous appetite.

Farming
Tech

Farmers grab technology by the horns

We have a long history of farming in Australia but we’re looking at how the digital revolution is starting to change farming for the future.

Farming

Long-term rural research partnerships still delivering value

Innovation means something real in agriculture. It means feeding the world in the face of climate change, water shortages, pests, natural disasters, and more. Here are just some examples of what we have achieved through our partnerships with Rural RDCs.

Precision maps give direction on ending child malnutrition in Africa

A study has found that while nearly all nations in Africa have at least one region where children’s health is improving, not a single country is expected to end childhood malnutrition by 2030.

Farming

The holes in Santa’s stocking: Mapping food loss from the farm and beyond

With the season of fun and excess upon us, we use science to find out where along the food (supply) chain the biggest waste occurs.

Braithwaite, there’s MORE: celebrating our lifetime achievers

Daryl Braithwaite might be riding his horse into the ARIA Hall of Fame, but we're busy singing the praises of two of our own lifetime achieving scientists.

Farming
Tech

Changing face of agribusiness creates new opportunities

This is the second in a new series of thought leadership essays from our Agriculture and Food team, discussing agribusiness commercialisation.

About Us

Interronauts | Episode 10: Caterpillars brainwashed into cannibals, Sampling the Abyss, Croque-MonScience, and transforming uggo fruit into stars

Join Jesse and Sophie as they talk about cannibalistic caterpillars, ugly fruit and veg turned into snacks, Croque MonScience, and Sampling the Abyss.

Beefing up our prawns

Most farmed prawns are fed wild-harvest fishmeal, contributing to strain on global fish stocks. Our scientists have created a plant-based solution that also makes the prawns healthier and grow on average 20–30 per cent faster.

About Us

Interronauts | Pilot Episode: Whale Menopause, Panda Thumbs, Frisky Wrens, and Antarctic Voyages

In the pilot episode of Interronauts, the CSIRO podcast, Jesse, Sophie, and Adrian talk about menopausal whales, panda thumbs, Tasmanian tiger brains, and frisky wrens. They also have a chat with Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith about the launch of the new ASKAP radio telescope, and discuss research around CSIRO: mouse plagues and trips to Antarctica.

Food security