I was delighted back in early September when our fantastic
agriculture Professor Dave Swain was awarded with a Queensland Government
Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, Science
Champion Award for his ground breaking work in precision livestock management
and his collaboration with industry.
Now in the last week two more CQUni researchers were
recognised with the same award and once again it was for agriculture related
research. Professor Phil Brown and Dr Talitha Best who are both located at the
Bundaberg campus are conducting research that looks into the relationship
between horticultural production systems and consumer psychology. They are
working directly with local agribusiness stakeholders to take a fresh look at
the horticultural value chain – from soil to supermarket – to improve yields
and understand barriers industry innovation, and grower and consumer motivations.
Once again a great example of CQUniversity and our researchers working directly
with communities and industry to develop research that is relevant to local
issues and needs.
CQUniversity is a leader in agricultural research – and now
a leader in these awards with three science champions out of the nine awarded
going to CQUni (the most for a Queensland university). Agricultural research it
is so important to the central Queensland region and I am extremely proud to be
working with true innovators in this area. Congratulations Dave, Phil and
Talitha! This recognition is well deserved.
Professor Dave Swain accepts his award from QLD MP Ian Walker
Professor Phil Brown and Dr Talitha Best accept their awards from Minister Walker this week
