As part of their ACIAR-supported NextGen project in their suite of NextGen activities, The Crawford Fund is bringing you a series on career pathways to ag for development. Working in ag for development has amazing global, national, professional and very personal impacts. You don’t necessarily have to have an ag background to find yourself working […]
As part of their new Career Pathways Campaign, The Crawford Fund is creating blogs, videos and podcasts to highlight the tremendous range and diversity of career pathways to work in agriculture for development. In this blog, Kayla Lochner explains how her interest in people took her from anthropology to ag development. She finishes her blog […]
As part of their new Career Pathways Campaign, The Crawford Fund is creating blogs, videos and podcasts to highlight the tremendous range and diversity of career pathways to work in agriculture for development. In their first blog, Dr Liz Ota, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Tropical Forests and People Research Centre at University of the […]
Generation Ag Australia’s Podcast, ‘Generation Ag’, is the podcast for anyone interested in life working in primary industries. From beef to berries, agvocacy to Australian politics, if it affects the next generation, they’re going to talk about it! Guests have included Fiona Simson from the National Farmers Federation on International Women’s Day; Matt Champness, Crawford […]
We’ve heard it all before. “Farming is stuck in the dark ages! Farmers don’t use technology!” “You can’t make money farming! It’s an unskilled workforce!” “Farming is a boys club!” The reality to most commonly held beliefs about farmers and agriculture is that they’re simply not true. Farmers use more technology than most other professionals […]
If you’re despairing at the prospect of not being able to attend a careers expo this year, fear not! RuralBiz Training is holding their annual Online Agricultural Careers Expo on June 23 from 11am to 1pm ACST. The Online Agricultural Careers Expo has been designed for agriculture teachers, primary industries teachers, careers advisors and others […]
Rural Skills Australia Limited (RSAL) is pleased to announce the release of its new rural and related industry online learning platform, ClickBuyLearn. Designed and developed to provide 24/7 access to industry, individual employers and employees to assist in acquiring knowledge and skills across broad range of rural industry subject areas. This new on-demand training platform […]
Nikki Dumbrell, a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide’s Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR), recently spoke at the Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia’s (PIEFA) Food, Fibre and Foliage Education Roadshow at the Adelaide Showgrounds. Nikki spoke about the opportunities the next generation of scientists have to fight poverty and malnutrition around the […]
This opinion piece is part of the Crawford Fund’s ‘NextGen’ program to encourage the next generation in their studies, careers and volunteering in agriculture for development. Jane Alver, ACIAR’s Associate Research Program Manager for Gender, has not had a conventional ‘ag researcher’ path to ag research, but she has some pearls of wisdom for those […]
As part of the Crawford Fund’s ‘NextGen’ program to encourage the next generation in their studies, careers and volunteering in agriculture for development, this ‘how to’ guide has been penned by Jack Hetherington, President of the RAID Network and Tamaya Peressini, RAID member and Graduate Research Officer at Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. Hunger, […]
Are you 25-35 years old and working in agriculture, focusing on the wool industry? Breeding Leadership is a five day program open to employees or owners of an agriculture-focused business with a wool enterprise or supporting wool enterprises and offers the opportunity to network and learn from leadership and strategic thinking experts. The program will […]
The Annual National Ag Day Careers Competition is back again for 2019 and is open for entries from students in years 5 through to 12. The competition encourages students to create a career pathway in agriculture using LEGO characters and asks students to identify pathways for this career and to envision what a day in […]
AgriFutures Australia has unearthed four fresh and exciting opportunities for agrifood tech startups to make their mark at their Melbourne-based event, evokeAG. on 18-19 February 2020. Startups will be able to showcase their ideas to an international audience, build their customer base and help solve today’s global agricultural challenges. There are four unique opportunities for […]
Are you a young Aussie or New Zealander with an informed opinion on how we need to shape our agriculture sector? Do you have what it takes to share your views, on stage, to an international audience? You could be an evokeAG. 2020 Future Young Leader. Agrifutures‘ Future Young Leaders Program will identify eight emerging […]
Calling all Victorians and Queenslanders! If you’re interested in studying agriculture or horticulture at TAFE in your home state, we have some good news – it may be free! For January 1, 2019, certain TAFE courses will be free for everyone in VIC. These TAFE courses include certificates in agriculture, horticulture, construction and more. To […]
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the achievements of women in every area of human endeavour. At PIEFA and Career Harvest we celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women leading the development of food and fibre industries in Australia. More women are taking up the challenge of making a difference […]
ifarmwell is an online tool kit to help farmers cope effectively with life’s challenges and get the most out of every day. It has modules that may be useful to anyone considering a career in farming. ifarmwell has been designed based on what Australian farmers have said they want and what research shows will help. […]
Climate change is a big issue that affects us all on so many levels and is an issue students learn about from a very young age. This early grounding means they remain passionate about climate change issues right through their education and many want to do something in their careers to help solve some of […]