Useful links and resources

This list of useful resources has been created to help address frequently asked questions. Please note it is not intended to be exhaustive. For further guidance contact us.

Useful data sets, reports & media

Useful data sets

• Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
• Austrade National Investor Map
• Australia’s Land Use: An overview of how Australia’s land resources are used.
• Australian Government Free Trade Agreement Portal
• Bureau of Meteorology: Australia's national weather, climate and water agency
• Geoscience Australia

Useful reports & media

• Australia: Shaping the future of food and agriculture
• Australian capability in better-for-you foods
• Accelerating Precision Agriculture to Decision Agriculture Research Papers (Cotton Research Development Corporation & Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources)
• Australian Disruptive Technologies: Austrade report on Australia’s capabilities in disruptive technologies
• AgriFutures: Accelerating the development of agtech solutions worth adopting (report)
• AgriStart
• AgThentic: Helping innovators build the food system of the future
• KPMG Talking 2030: Growing agriculture into a $100 billion industry
• KPMG Powering Growth: Realising the potential of AgTech for Australia (2016)
• The United States Studies Centre; University of Sydney, Australian Agtech: Opportunities and Challenges as seen from a US Venture Capital Perspective (2018)
• Ag Innovators
• ABC Landline
• Food & Beverage News
• Bushtech Agtech - So What? By Sarah Nolet (podcast)
• RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness Australia/New Zealand (podcast)
• Australian Farm Institute 'smoko' (video blog)
• CSIRO Food and Agribusiness Roadmap: unlocking value-adding growth opportunities for Australia
• Finding an Australian partner for innovation, science and research

Ecosystem links

• Australian AgriTech Association
• AgTech Finder

Industry meetups

• AgTech MeetUps in Australia
• Adelaide AgTech MeetUp
• AgTech Innovation & catch up Brisbane
• Brisbane AgTech MeetUp
• Canberra Region AgTech MeetUp
• Melbourne AgTech MeetUp
• Melbourne FoodTech MeetUp
• Perth AgTech MeetUp
• Sydney AgTech MeetUp
• Tasmania AgTech MeetUp

Accelerators and incubators

• AgriStart Harvest
• Amatil XCelerate
• Bridge Hub
• Chobani Incubator Australia
• Cicada GrowLab
• Cotton Research and Development Corporation: Cotton-X
• CSIRO: ON Accelerator
• Deep Green Biotech Hub
• Fisheries Research and Development Corporation: Fish-X
• MLA Donor Company: Producer Innovation Fast Track Program
• NSW DPI: The GATE
• Rocket Seeder
• SparkLabs Cultiv8
• SproutX
• UNE SMART Region Incubator

Cooperative research centres

• CRC for developing Northern Australia
• CRC for High Performance Soils
• CRC for Honey Bee products
• CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation
• Fight Food Waste Limited
• Food Agility CRC
• High Integrity Pork CRC
• Innovative Manufacturing CRC

R&D organisations and universities

• ANU / CSIRO / ACT Government - Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-Technology
• Australian National University (ANU) - Australian Plant Phenomics Facility
• Charles Sturt University - Agrisciences Research and Business Park (AgriPark)
• Charles Sturt University - Functional Grains Centre
• CSIRO - Agriculture & Food
• CSIRO - Nutrition & Health
• CSIRO - Land & Water
• Deakin University - Centre for Advanced Sensory Research
• Flinders University - Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development
• James Cook University - Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture
• James Cook University - Centre for Macroalgal Resources and Biotechnology
• La Trobe Univerity - AgriBio
• Monash University - Monash Food Innovation Centre
• Monash University - Bioresource Processing Institute of Australia
• Murdoch University - WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre
• Queensland University of Technology - Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities
• Queensland University of Technology - Robotics and Autonomous Systems
• RMIT University - Food Research and Innovation Centre
• University of Adelaide - Waite Research Institute
• University of Melbourne - Food Value Chain Centre
• University of New England - Smart Farms
• University of Queensland - Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
• University of Southern Queensland - Agriculture and Agribusiness
• University of Sydney - Australian Centre for Field Robotics
• University of Sydney - Institute of Agriculture
• University of Tasmania - Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture
• University of Tasmania - Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
• University of Technology Sydney - Climate Change Cluster (C3)
• University of Western Australia - The UWA Institute of Agriculture
• University of Western Sydney - Greenhouse Research Education Training Facility
• Victoria University - Advanced Food Systems Research Unit
• Australian Research Council - Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology
• Australian Research Counil - Centre of Exellence for Translational Phyotsynthesis
• Australian Research Council - Dairy Innovation Hub and Future Food program
• Australian Research Council - Research Hub for Advanced Prawn Breeding
• Australian Research Council - Research Hub for Medicinal Agriculture
• New South Wales Research Services - Department of Primary Industries
• Queensland Research Services - Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
• South Australia Research Services - South Australian Research and Development Institute
• Victoria Research Services - Agriculture Victoria

Rural development corporations

• Council of Rural R&D Corporations
• AgriFutures Australia
• Australian Eggs
• Australian Meat Processor Corporation
• Australian Pork
• Australian Wool Innovation
• Cotton Research and Development Corporation
• Dairy Australia
• Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
• Forest and Wood Products Australia Limited
• Grains Research and Development Corporation
• Hort Innovation
• LiveCorp
• Meat & Livestock Australia
• Sugar Research Australia
• Wine Australia

Industry bodies & ecosystem supports

• Australian Farm Institute
• Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
• Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited
• Food Innovation Australia Ltd
• National Farmers' Federation
• Society of Precision Agriculture Australia

Government agencies

Australian Government agencies

• Austrade: Agribusiness and Food Investment Opportunities
• Australian Government Grants and Assistance Programs
• Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
• Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - Agriculture and Water Policy & Regulatory Frameworks
• Department of Industry, Innovation and Science - Food Industry Policy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Food Standards Australia New Zealand
• Support for Venture Capital

State & territory agencies

• Australian Capital Territory - Innovate Canberra
• New South Wales - Department of Primary Industries
• Northern Territory - Department of Primary Industry and Resources
• Queensland - Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
• South Australia - Primary Industries and Regions SA
• Tasmania - AgriGrowth Tasmania
• Victoria - Agriculture Victoria
• Western Australia - Department of Agriculture and Food
• Western Australia - Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development