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1 THE CRAWFORD FUND For a Food Secure World THE BUSINESS OF FOOD SECURITY: Profitability, sustainability and risk 2015 Annual Parliamentary Conference Parliament House, Canberra August 2015 Editor: Janet Lawrence

2 CONFERENCE DELEGATES AND CRAWFORD SCHOLARS 2015 Delegates to the 2015 conference are listed below. and its supporters also sponsored 45 young Australian agricultural scientists (asterisked) to attend. This initiative supports the Fund s aim of increasing young Australian agricultural scientists involvement in international agricultural development. *Abdelsayed, Ms Mary Abetz, Eric Alders, Associate Professor Robyn Allami, Monica Anderson AO, The Hon John Andrews-Marney, Mr Sean *Ang, Mr Gurion Angus, Dr John Anthony, Dr Vivienne Armstrong, Dr Tristan *Athiyannan, Mr. Naveenkumar Austin, Dr Nick Bajada, Ms Jaelle Baker, Dr Jeanine Barclay, Laura Barnes, Mr Paul Bateman Vargas, Ms Natalia Battaglia, Dr Michael Bhariok, Mr Sameer Blight, Dr Denis *Bond, Dr. Jennifer Borevitz, Prof Justin *Borowski, Mr Thomas Botes, Mr Charl Brett, Mr Chris Brown, Dr Nicholas Holstein Australia Senator for Tasmania Crawford Fund NSW Committee Agriculture University of Queensland Agriculture Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture DFAT CropLife Australia Department of Agriculture National Australia Bank ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis Elanco, Asia Mallee Sustainable Farming ANU NAB Olam International ANU 164

3 Browne, Miss April *Brunton, Mr David Burdon, Dr Jeremy Burns, Mr Craig Bush, Associate Professor Russell Chalet, Mr Andrew Chartres, Dr Colin Chester, Lisa *Chowdhary, Miss Ritika Clark, Mr Richard Claydon MP, Sharon Cleland, Robyn Clements, Dr Robert Cobb MP, The Hon John Coggins, Mr Sam Corner, Miss Sarrah Cornish, Lisa *Cowley, Mr James Craswell, Dr Eric Curnow, Jayne *Dahl, Miss Brittany Olivia Daly, Dr Joanne *De Antoni Migliorati, Dr Massimiliano De Meyer, Mr Julien Dealtry, Miss Michaela Delforce, Dr Julie Dickman, Mr Richard Dinh, Miss Helen Djikeng, Dr Appolinaire Doepel, David Dolahenty, Mr Adrian *Donoghoe, Mr Manannan *Dumbrell, Miss Nikki *Eather, Ms Jenny SARDI GRDC Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Russell Kennedy Lawyers Member for Bendigo Agriculture Flagship, Canberra, Australia GRDC Federal Member for Newcastle Office of Gene Technology Regulation Self-Employed Member for Calare Devex The University of Adelaide Crawford Fund Queensland University of Technology Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade Bayer Crop Science BecA-ILRI Hub Murdoch Universtiy Bayer Australia The University of Western Australia ABARES/ANU 165

4 Eckard, A/Professor Richard Edgar, Mr Robert Enright, Mr Terry Eskesen, Ms Alison Etherington, Mr Richard Etherington, Dr Dan Ferroni, Dr Marco Field, Mr Matthew Fienberg, Mr David Fischer AC, The Hon Tim Fischer, DR Tony Fitzgibbon, Joel *Foerster, Mr Martin Foscariani, Melissa *Foster, Mr Brodie Fotia, Mrs Marijke Fowler, Dr Cary Gendall, Dr Tony Gibberd, Mark Gillespie, Dr Gillespie, Ms Melina Gready, Professor Jill Gregson AM FTSE, Dr Tony Grusche, Dr Peytee Gupta, Jayanti Gyles, Ms Mandy Harkin, Miss Ashley Harriss Olson, Ms Molly Harsdorf, Mr Justin Hart, Annabel Hartley FTSE, Dr Margaret Harvey, Mr John Hastings, Dr Andrew Hauxwell, Dr Caroline Hayes, Mr Edward Heaney, Mr Andrew PICCC, University of Melbourne Phillips Agribusiness Grow Asia Kokonut Pacific Pty Ltd Kokonut Pacific Pty Ltd Syngenta Foundation Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre Agriculture Shadow Minister for Agriculture Monash University Agriculture The University of Queensland Scope Global La Trobe Univeristy Curtin University The Nationals Russell Kennedy Agriculture Mandy Gyles and Co Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand Agriculture World Vision Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering GRDC Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering QUT 166

5 Hely, Dr Sara Henderson, Ms Robyn Hetherington, Mr Jack Higgins, Dr TJ *Holman, Miss Sharna Hounslow, Miss Megan Hughes, Mr Steve *Hunter, Mr Lachlan Hurditch, Dr Bill Huttner, Dr Eric Inall, Mr. Neil Inall, Mrs Annie *Innes, Mr David Jackson, Mr Phil Jenkin, Ms Susan Jolly, Mr Evan Jones, Mr Isaac Kalisch Gordon, Dr Cheryl Kamath, Ms Gita Kannappan, Dr Babu Keating, Dr Brian Keeley, Mr James Keese, Dr Paul Kelly, Dr Gareth Kelly, Ms Jennifer Kelson, Mr Grant Kennedy, Mr Jackson Kropff, Professor Martin *Lal, Mr. Monal Lawn, Miss Catherine Lawn, Professor Bob Lawrence, Mrs Janet Leddin, Mr Anthony Lee, Dr Lim Jung Lemerle, Deirdre *Lenehan, Mr Benjamen Victorian Department of Economic Development SARDI The University of Western Australia Visy NSW Crawford Committee Guest University of Queensland Ironbark Citrus / Ironbark Lao GrainGrowers Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) University of New England Agriculture National Australia Bank CIMMYT James Cook University The University of Queensland Queensland Crawford Fund Committee Queensland Crawford Fund Committee Plant Breeders Without Borders PT Syngenta Indonesia 167

6 Leopold, Dr Matthias Lopez-Reeves, Mrs Patricia Lovett, Professor John Lynch, Miss Laura MacDonald, Senator Ian Mackay, Dr Michael MacKinnon, Mr Ian Maghraby, Dr. Wahida *Malfroy, Mr Sam Mani George, Ms Aleu Marino MP, Nola Markham, Mr Scott Marriott, Ms Catherine *Martin Avila, Dr Elena Martinez, Miss Jane Martino, Miss Natasha *McCormack, Ms Miriam McGillion, Miss Therese McGowan, Cathy McKenzie, Ms Tara McKenzie McLean, Lee Mellink, Mrs Lilian Mendham, Dr Neville Mendham, Mrs Robyn Metcalfe, Mr Andrew *Miller-Cooper, Miss Anika Miraghazadeh, Dr Bahar *Molesworth, Miss Anika Monjardino, Dr Marta Mugera, Dr. Amin *Mulder, Miss Katie Mundree, Professor Sagadevan Musry, Mr Bernie *Nantawan, Miss Usana University of Western Australia Timothy G. Reeves and Associates P/L Plant Biosecurity CRC Senator for Queenland Queensland Alliance of Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) Global Food Studies Plant Health Australia Federal Minister for Forrest UNSW Australia CoE Translational Photosynthesis (ANU) University of Tasmania Member for Indi Agiculture The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Crawford Fund NJ RL Mendham EY QAAFI Charles Sturt University University of Western Australia University of Tasmania QUT Griffith University 168

7 Nicholls, Dr Trevor Nicol, Dr Julie *Nielsen, Miss Johanna Ninnes, Dr Peter Norton, Dr Sally *Osborn, Ms Hannah Patterson, Adam Patrick, Dr Ian Pengelly, Dr Bruce Pengelly, Mrs Carolyn Persley, Dr Gabrielle *Pilbeam, Ms. Victoria Poire, Dr Richard Pope, Erin Pratt, Mr Anthony Purcell, Mr Marc Rabbi, Mr Barkat Radcliffe AM FTSE, Dr John Ralph, Dr Cameron Ramsden, Ms. Jessica Reade, Cathy Redden, Dr Robert Reeves, Professor Tim Reid AO, The Hon Margaret Reid, MR Rowan Ridgway, Ashlyn Ridsdill-Smith, Dr James Riley, Dr Malcolm Rinaldi, Ms Sian Ritman, Dr Kim *Rivers, Mr John Robinson, Craig *Rochford, Mr Tom Rogers, Michael *Roxburgh, Mr Caspar Russell French, Ms Sarah CABI Dr Julie M Nicol & Associates P/L University of Southern Queensland Integrated Breeding Platform Vic Dept of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources ANU DFAT Institute for Rural Futures Curtin University Visy Industries ACFID SARDI Elanco Animal Health (Australia and New Zealand) RJR Agriculture Consultants Timothy G. Reeves and Associates P/L Australian Agroforestry Foundation Curtin University AgriFood Skills Australia Department of Agriculture Research School of Biology, ANU DFAT World Youth Ag Summit Australian Food and Grocery Council QAAFI - University of Queensland Dow AgroSciences 169

8 Ryan, Dr Jim Ryan, Mr Mike Scott MP, Bruce Scott, Ms Grace Scott-Orr, Assoc Prof Helen *Shafiullah, Mr Sahibzada Shearer, Mr David Sikman, Natasha Sinn, Mrs Michelle Smith, Jack Soem, Mr Thomas *Stanger, Miss Kelly Stangoulis, Dr James Stanilewicz, Mrs Cheryl Stapper, Dr Maarten *Stead, Ms Sally Stevens, Ms Tara Stone, Dr Sharmon Stur, Dr Werner Sudmalis, Mrs Ann *Sukee, Miss Tanapan *Tan, Miss Jessica Taylor AO, Mr Mike *Tessema, Miss Bezaye *Tilbrook, Dr Kimberley Tony, Paul Tucker, Dr Will *Tufail, Mr Muhammad Shoaib Vamvakinou, MP Maria Van Oostende, Mrs Marchien Vandermark, Dr Sarah VanderMark, Miss Elaina Vassiieva, Dr Tatiana Vella, Mr Chris Retired Department of Agriculture Member for Maranoa CSU Advisor to Shadow Minister for Agriculture Qld Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries Mackinnon Project Flinders University Austrade BioLogic AgFood University of Melbourne Member for Murray Member for Gilmore University of Melbourne South Australian Research and Development Institute University of New England Agricultural Flagship WWF Office of the Gene Technology Regulator Charles Sturt University Member for Calwell Southern Farming Systems 170

9 Verburg, Ms Gerda Voutier, Mr Paul Walker, Dr Daniel Wang, Senator Zhenya Wensley AC, The Hon Penelope West, Elsbeth *White, Ms Hannah Whittle, Mr Justin Wickes, Mr Roger Willemse, Mr Jarrod Williams, Dr Meryl *Williams, Miss Megan Wilson, Dr Ryan Wilson, Mr Matt Winter, Mr Simon Windsor, Peter Wood, Ms Mellissa Woodhill, Dr Jim *Wright, Ms Josephine *Zhou, Dr Shuangxi Zinkovsky, Ms Eva World Economic Forum's Global Agrnda Council B4MD Senator for WA Australian Institute of Marine Science Agriculture La Trobe University Crawford Fund The University of Melbourne Department of Agriculture World Wildlife Fund Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation DFAT Sydney University Plant Industry 171

10 MEDIA COVERAGE 2015 Media releases 7 August The business of food security: profitability, sustainability and risk 11 August Livestock part of the food security solution: trade and predictable science policy for innovation required Mr Sameer Bhariok 11 August Working together towards a step-change in Asian agriculture Ms Alison Eskesen 11 August Focusing private-public cooperation on farmers needs Dr Marco Ferroni 11 August Facing the uncomfortable challenge of food security Dr Cary Fowler 11 August Collaboration essential for productivity and sustainable food security Dr Martin Kropff 11 August Opportunities, challenges and stamina: working for famers in Indonesia Dr Lim Jung Lee 11 August Pushing agriculture into the stratosphere of innovation Her Excellency Gerda Verburg Media coverage 10 August ABC 666 Alex Sloan interview Cary Fowler 11 August The Australian story Anthony Pratt 11 August Radio National Breakfast interview Martin Kropff 11 August ABC Current Affairs PM interview Gerda Verburg 11 August Radio Australia Pacific Beat interview Gerda Verburg 11 August ABC News Online interview Gerda Verburg 11 August Devex Overview of conference 11 August National Rural News (Macquarie Network broadcast to rural stations across the country) interview Martin Kropff and Matt Willson 11 August National Community Radio Current Affairs The Wire interview with Martin Kropff and Matt Willson 12 August ABC TV News 24 The World interview with Gerda Verburg 12 August Article highlighting the future of GM crops with opinions drawn from Gerda Verburg and John Anderson appeared in The Land, Farmer Weekly WA, Nth Queensland Register, Stock and Land Victoria, Stock Journal SA 172

11 13 August Genetic Literacy article: Australian senators support GMOs as environmentally friendly, scientifically sound opinions of Gerda Verburg and John Anderson 14 August Opinion piece Anthony Pratt Safe food an asset appeared in The Land, Farmer Weekly WA, Nth Queensland Register, Stock and Land Victoria, Stock Journal SA 19 August Wimmera Times Cary Fowler interview 21 August ABC TV One Plus One Cary Fowler interview 173

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