Global partnership to improve Australian agricultural productivity

CSIRO, Bayer CropScience and Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) form research partnership for increasing yield in wheat.

Study reveals good news about the GI of rice

Research analysing 235 types of rice from around the world has found its glycemic index (GI) varies from one type of rice to another with most varieties scoring a low to medium GI.

Resistant starch may offer potential to help protect against bowel cancer

Consumption of resistant starch leads to positive changes in the bowel and could protect against genetic damage implicated in bowel cancer.

ACPFG and CSIRO join forces with Vilmorin & Cie to commercialise Nitrogen Use Efficiency wheat in Australia

Australian growers are set to benefit from an international collaboration to commercialise Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) wheat in Australia

Australian scientific collaboration set to break world’s reliance on fish for long chain omega-3

A pioneering research alliance is on the way to breaking the world's reliance on fish stocks for supply of long chain omega-3.

Animal reproduction research to transform industry

New biotechnologies are boosting the productivity and sustainability of Australia's cattle and aquaculture industries.

Research collaboration to deliver ‘healthier’ grains

Four of Australia’s leading research institutions will collaborate closely over the next three years to fast-track development of new ‘healthier’ varieties of three of the world’s most widely cultivated cereal grains.

Is this the perfect prawn?

After 10 years of careful breeding and research, scientists have developed what could be the world’s most perfect prawn.

High Fibre Grains Collaboration Cluster

The High Fibre Grains Collaboration Cluster is developing new grain varieties and tailoring fibre content to optimise health benefits to consumers and value to industry.

Partnership for new healthy wheats

Arista Cereal Technologies is a new joint venture formed to accelerate the development of new healthy wheat varieties.

Australian scientific collaboration set to break world’s reliance on fish for long chain omega-3

A pioneering research alliance is on the way to breaking the world's reliance on fish stocks for supply of long chain omega-3.

Partnering for premium abalone

A partnership that combines research and commercial expertise is developing a premium line of Australian abalone.

Centre for Grain Food Innovation: increasing the understanding of grains processing

CSIRO, Curtin University of Technology and the Department of Agriculture and Food in Western Australia are working together to improve and increase the use of Australian grains in export markets.

Animal reproduction research to transform industry

New biotechnologies are boosting the productivity and sustainability of Australia's cattle and aquaculture industries.

New high-fibre barley licensed to grow

Food manufacturers will soon have access to a new CSIRO-bred barley variety which has significant human health benefits.

Improving tiger prawn farming

Captive breeding techniques could grow better quality tiger prawns and achieve higher income for Australian farmers.

A MAGIC approach to improved wheat quality

CSIRO Food Futures Flagship scientists are using MAGIC, an innovative technique to increase the speed and efficiency of wheat breeding.

New BARLEYmax™: high fibre wholegrain with resistant starch

BARLEYmax™ is a natural wholegrain with enhanced nutritional benefits.

Creating omega-3 in grains

The Food Futures Flagship is working to create commercial oilseed varieties that produce healthy omega-3 oils.

Improving tiger prawn farming

Captive breeding techniques could grow better quality tiger prawns and achieve higher income for Australian farmers.

A vaccine for gill disease in Atlantic salmon

Scientists are working with Atlantic salmon growers to develop a vaccine against amoebic gill disease, a major health problem for the Tasmanian industry.

Is this the perfect prawn?

After 10 years of careful breeding and research, scientists have developed what could be the world’s most perfect prawn.

High fibre dished up with BARLEYmax

The world's highest fibre wholegrain, developed by CSIRO, has been used in a food product for the first time. (5:49)

Advances in cattle breeding

The Food Futures Flagship has demonstrated successful transfer of testis germ cells in ruminants.

Improving prawn feeding efficiency

CSIRO is developing automated sensors and software to assist the prawn aquaculture industry.

CSIRO deal to commercialise ‘artificial gut’

CSIRO Food Futures Flagship and Stadvis Pty Ltd have developed an automated instrument that accurately predicts glycemic index (GI) and resistant starch (RS) in food products.

Sniffing a better future with Cybernose

Our aim is to co-opt the olfactory receptors of insects and worms to engineer a robust cybernose that can reproducibly fingerprint olfactory patterns.

Dr Nigel Preston: advancing beef and aquaculture production

Dr Nigel Preston is enhancing beef and aquaculture breeding practices to produce better cattle, prawns, salmon and abalone.

Dr Stephen Trowell: developing biosensor technology

Dr Stephen Trowell leads a team developing biosensor technologies with applications across food, health and biosecurity.

Dr Matthew Morell: developing high value grains and oilseeds

Dr Morell is an expert in starch synthesis and leads the Food Futures Flagship's Future Grains, Grain Based Foods and Feed research program.

Dr Sigrid Lehnert: genomics research for beef cattle reproduction

Dr Sigrid Lehnert leads research which uses the study of genomes (genomics) and the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins (proteomics) to improve beef cattle reproductive performance.

Dr Crispin Howitt: improving the quality of cereals

Dr Crispin Howitt leads a research group that is exploring the genetic basis of cereal quality.

Dr Brett Glencross: delivering sustainable feeds and aquaculture production

Dr Brett Glencross is a world authority in the field of aquaculture nutrition and has contributed to the sustainable growth of aquaculture industries in Australia and overseas.

Dr Nick Elliott: improving aquaculture productivity

Dr Nick Elliott leads a multi-disciplinary team involved in the research, development and application of new technologies for improving aquaculture production in Australia.

Dr Surinder Singh: modifying plant oils

Dr Surinder Singh is Group Leader of the Oilseeds Group of CSIRO Plant Industry's Metabolic Engineering of New Plant Products program and is developing new plant oils for edible and industrial uses.