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Research and Development - AGRONOMISTAustralia's farming future: doing more with less water Primary Middle SecondaryAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability Priority
1. In an article from The Conversation in July 2013, John Passioura, an Honorary Research Fellow at the CSIRO, explored the agronomists' role in increasing the yield production of wheat within Australia. Read and analyse this article: 2. List the three agronomic research findings. Put in order of importance and justify to a partner. 3. Read the following article from the Conversation 23 December 2016 What are some of the findings or thoughts in this article that interested, intrigued or alarmed you? Why? Discuss with a partner. 4. Mentioned in the above article, is the tomato solar-powered greenhouse using salt water to supply water. Read and watch, in more detail, about this greenhouse: ABC Landline 2012
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5. Create an iMovie about your vision for the Australian future in agronomy. 6. Write a poem about this innovation and the growing of tomato crops.
A Native Bush Food Agronomist: what's the potential? Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability Priority
1. As an agronomist, you are to recommend different crops or potential crops to farmers. In Western Australia, there has been a limited trial to grow bush food commercially. It has a lot of potential and the food products could be in demand in restaurants around Australia. Using the websites below, examine the potential for farmers in the other Australian States and Territories to develop new native crops to commercial standard.
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