AgriFutures Australia is a proud sponsor of the Northern Australia Food Futures Conference 2021, which offers a unique opportunity to showcase industry partnerships in the north – including native foods, pomegranate, jackfruit, hemp, dates and camel, just to name a few.
Established to promote agricultural development across northern Australia and to raise the profile of the northern region at a national level, the conference will focus on engaging investors and industry to successfully profit from agricultural development while protecting the north’s rich environmental resources.
Northern Australia offers big potential for agriculture; the region makes up 43% of Australia’s land mass, 60% of Australia’s available irrigation water and has 1.4 million hectares of arable soils.
Opportunities for producers in the north are in abundance and the AgriFutures Emerging Industries Program will continue to play a lead role supporting future development through robust RD&E investment.
Supporting northern development through RD&E
AgriFutures Australia Manager, Emerging Industries, Laura Skipworth is looking forward to sharing a vision for the future of production in northern Australia and AgriFutures Australia’s role in supporting industry development through RD&E.
“We are proud to showcase the large number of industries we support in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland and the work we’re doing to help them gain momentum,” said Ms Skipworth.
“As part of the event we want to foster a north-south conversation between public and private agencies, and explore the common issues facing northern agricultural development.
“Emerging industries have a strong role to play in supporting the national economy and meeting changing global food demands, opportunities in the north are ripe for the picking and we want to encourage further investment in the region.”
