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Improving market access

Optical scanning for pest detection in fruit

Pests and disease are a major barrier for domestic and international trade. We are developing optical scanning technologies to help protect Australia’s agriculture industry and boost trade related economic prosperity.

Food credentialing

We are bringing together isotopic data from across Australia into a national digital platform that can be used to verify Australian agriculture’s environmental credentials.

Boosting food safety with a digital ecosystem

Data digitisation across supply chains is enhancing Australia’s strong reputation for food quality and safety.

Menu of measures

Science-based tools, like our interactive 'menu of measures', can help improve the way trade-related plant pest risks are managed – protecting biosecurity and enabling market access.

Customer trust

We’re addressing gaps in understanding what underpins trust in food export markets, as well as how this trust delivers price premiums and market access for Australia’s agrifood sector.

Validating food provenance

Soils can be used as a tool to verify the provenance of food, improving trust throughout the food supply chain.

Informing a national approach to traceability

Our role in the Australian Agricultural Traceability Alliance and Strategy

We are contributing scientific and technical expertise to the Australian Agricultural Traceability Alliance and Strategy. The alliance comprises industry, government and the research community and has been set up to help industry enhance traceability systems in order to accelerate and grow Australia’s farmgate revenue by 2030 and beyond. The alliance aims to ensure industry-wide engagement and provide the right foundations for traceability initiatives to be successful. This is driven by a governance structure that includes three working groups: research and development, assuring sustainability claims and data standards. We are contributing to each group. 

Latest news

These outcomes and impact were enabled by our Trusted Agrifood Exports Mission.

Buzz off! Sensors to sort out fruit flies

A new, world-first imaging technology could reduce reliance on fumigation to prevent the spread of a major pest in cherries and other fruits.

A new digital ecosystem to boost food safety

Food safety is going digital to increase efficiencies for producers and regulators, while also further enhancing Australia's reputable food brand.

Backing food product claims with evidence

A new isotopic data platform will support the verification of Australian agricultural and food product claims and environmental credentials by telling us where our food comes from, and how it was grown.

Greenhouse credentials of Australia’s canola industry recognised by the European Commission

Canola is now Australia’s second most valuable crop after wheat.

CSIRO launches free program targeting SME innovation in agrifood​

Start-ups and SMEs eager to shape the future of innovation in the agrifood sector are invited to register for a new online learning program, ‘Innovate to Grow: Agrifood’, led by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.

Growing an international appetite for Aussie apples

We’re on a mission to take more of our apples to the world by proving they are pest-free and safe for trade using new science-backed tools.

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