The ARC Training Centre for Future Crops Development is building new R&D capabilities in the Agri-food sector by training a new generation of researchers and leaders. This will drive growth, productivity and competitiveness for the benefit of agriculture and global food security.

The ARC Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity is training a new generation of researchers and leaders to enhance Australia’s plant biosecurity capability and protect natural and productive ecosystems.

The Australian Mountain Environmental Research Facility is a collaboration across universities and land management agencies that brings together leading institutions and researchers to produce world-leading ecosystem, evolutionary and biophysical science, to guide adaptive management of High Mountains across Australia.

The Centre for Biodiversity Analysis (CBA) is a collaboration between ANU, CSIRO and the University of Canberra (UC) to exploit new and emerging capabilities in the discovery, understanding and conservation of Australia’s unique biodiversity.

Konzo is a neurological disease that causes irreversible paralysis of the legs. It is caused by malnutrition and consumption of high levels of a cyanide compound in cassava. Thanks to the research of Dr Howard Bradbury, there is now a simple, inexpensive method to remove the poisonous compound and prevent Konzo.