Publication | December 2017
In this the fourteenth edition of Cultivate we focus on the growing field of Sustainable Agriculture.
With the world’s population projected to reach 9.5 billion by 2050, and climate change continuing to exert pressure on our food production capability, the pressing challenges of feeding the world will become ever more pressing with each passing year.
The key to solving this challenge lies in better utilization of science and technology, and crucially, better implementation of sustainability principles in agriculture.
A quantum shift in the way we produce, finance and distribute food is underway. In these pages we review some of the opportunities and challenges this shift presents and the innovative new approaches being implemented in the process.
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination and its potential impacts should be considered at all stages of major projects, particularly when entering into construction contracts.
The global reaction to the initial outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan City, China in December 2019 has already had devastating effects in Queensland, particularly on the tourism industry, with the Queensland Premier recently estimating that the Cairns region alone has lost $200 million in forward bookings, and Gold Coast operators were expecting to lose $400 million.
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