Increasing involvement of the entire agricultural value chain in reducing GHG emissions

About the theme

Theme five of the Carbon Initiative Program aims to increase producer engagement and alignment of activities across the agricultural value-chain in relation to efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, for example linking producer activities to those in processing, transport and retail.

Projects explore the business case for increased engagement for producers in the value chain as it relates to activities to reduce GHGE and identify practical opportunities to increase producer engagement with the value chain.

Projects include:

  • Accounting for Carbon
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national challenges and opportunities

Project summary: Capturing the value of carbon projects in rural landscapes

Working with key stakeholders in the carbon farming supply chain, the project’s core objective was to improve knowledge and practice in the carbon farming valuation sector.

Publication

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2025 AgriFutures Gary Sansom scholar Shay Sadr is pictured in a University of Sydney shirt
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Aussie-grown legumes in chicken meat diets could boost industry resilience and food security

the 2025 AgriFutures Gary Sansom scholar, Shay Sadr’s research into Australian-grown legumes for use in broiler (meat) chicken diets is paving the way for a more sustainable chicken meat industry – cutting reliance on imported soybean meal without reducing productivity or bird health.

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ico NATIONAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES / 10.02.26

Systems Thinking: how agriculture can drive national resilience

As Australia looks to the future and seeks to build national resilience and prosperity, we know the challenges we face can’t be solved sector-by-sector.

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ico INSECTS / 10.02.26

Turning waste into protein: Australia’s emerging insect industry

A five-star hotel is not where most people expect to find maggots. Yet beneath the polished marble lobby of the Hyatt Regency near Sydney’s Darling Harbour, hundreds of thousands of black soldier fly larvae are hard at work, consuming around half a tonne of food waste every day.

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A large group of young broiler chickens in a commercial poultry shed, standing and resting on a bed of litter. Feeding and drinking lines run through the shed, with chicks gathered around the automated feeders and drinkers.
ico CHICKEN MEAT / 09.02.26

Stronger control, lower costs — bringing commercial biopesticide for lesser mealworm within reach

Lesser mealworm – also known as darkling or litterbeetle – is one of the most persistent and damaging pests in Australian chicken-meat production. Increasing insecticide resistance and limited control options has made lesser mealworm difficult and expensive to control, prompting the search for new solutions.

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