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CPD case studies inform sustainable food summit

Public policy think tank Global Access Partners holds its annual growth summit each September in the Parliament House of a hosting state for a select audience of senior executives from academia, the public and private sectors. This year’s Summit, to be held in at NSW Parliament House, will focus on food sustainability, international food markets and agriculture.

The Summit will discuss the economic contribution of Australian agriculture to domestic and international markets; the scope for further growth while ensuring sustainability; trade policy; infrastructure and the impact of long-distance food transportation; the commercialisation of Australian produce, investment in long-term agricultural R&D; and policies to support sustainable farming and improvements in soil condition and irrigation schemes.

New CPD researcher Richard Northcott has interviewed numerous agricultural practitioners from several states about their choice of farming methodologies, and how these have impacted their properties’ performance and profitability. The case studies will be distributed to summit participants, and supplied to specialist media outlets.

This report follows Laura Eadie’s recent Developing the North fact sheet, which analyses this populist policy idea in the context of evidence.

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