Australian Farm Institute Podcast

Jan 31 2022 13 ep. 19 mins 1.1k
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The Australian Farm Institute is an independent institute leading farm policy discussions for agriculture. Series 1 features recordings of the AFI's Roundtable held in October 2019 discussing how Australia values agriculture's natural capital. Click the link below for Roundtable slide decks and speech transcripts farminstitute.org.au/news-and-events/ART_2019/Roundtable-2019-speakers Series 2 presents discussions on topical policy issues from AFI’s research and publications agenda. Podcast produced by www.growloveproject.com

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Mick Keogh, ACCC

Jan 31 2022 28 mins  
Australian Farm Institute 2019 Roundtable Session: History and future of ecosystem services Facilitator: AFI Executive Director Richard Heath Guest speaker: Mick Keogh, Deputy Chair of Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Presentation summary: Mick Keogh told the AFI Roundtable that Government attempts to establish markets that pay farmers to protect the environment fall

Soil carbon farming: where are the benefits?

Aug 19 2021 47 mins  
A landholder’s guide to participate in soil carbon farming in Australia In this episode we interview the authors of our latest occasional paper which looks at the benefits and costs to landholders of participating in soil carbon farming. AFI Executive Director, Richard Heath chats with guests Professors Robert White, Brian Davidson and Richard Eckard. Download the paper here, or

Opportunity costs in the Australian water market

Feb 23 2021 32 mins  
In this podcast, AFI’s Richard Heath is joined by the authors of a discussion paper the AFI has published on the rising opportunity cost of water for a chat on how this issue impacts the southern Murray-Darling Basin. Host: Richard Heath, Executive Director, AFI Guests: Dr Leigh Vial - Primary producer, Director of SunRice, Adjunct Fellow at the University of Queensland, and a fo

Dr. Annette Cowie, IPCC report co-author

Nov 06 2019 26 mins  
Australian Farm Institute 2019 Roundtable Session: After Hours Forum Facilitator: Gabrielle Chan, The Guardian Newspaper Guest speaker: Dr. Annette Cowie, Principal research scientist, Climate, NSW DPI and co-author IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land Presentation summary: Dr Cowie is co-leader of the International Energy Agency Bioenergy research network ‘Climate and

Dr. Francisco Ascui, Soil CRC/UTAS

Nov 06 2019 12 mins  
Australian Farm Institute 2019 Roundtable Session: Opportunities to build natural capital Facilitator: AFI General Manager, Katie McRobert Guest speaker: Dr. Francisco Ascui, Soil CRC and Adjunct Professor at University of Tasmania Presentation summary: Dr Ascui is an internationally recognised expert in environmental accounting and finance who has pioneered a new approach to evalu

Dr. Stuart Whitten, CSIRO

Nov 06 2019 11 mins  
Australian Farm Institute 2019 Roundtable Session: Opportunities to build natural capital Facilitator: AFI General Manager, Katie McRobert Guest speaker: Dr. Stuart Whitten, Economist at CSIRO Land & Water Presentation summary: Dr Whitten discussed natural capital market design at the AFI Roundtable, noting that reasons we are interested in markets are: · Placing positive ince

Tim Beshara, Wilderness Society

Nov 06 2019 9 mins  
Australian Farm Institute 2019 Roundtable Session: Opportunities to build natural capital Facilitator: AFI General Manager, Katie McRobert Guest speaker: Tim Beshara, Federal Policy Director of The Wilderness Society Presentation summary: Tim’s role with The Wilderness Society is to engage with parliament and industry around biodiversity law reform. Tim has a background in enviro

Dr. Manu Saunders, UNE

Nov 06 2019 9 mins  
Australian Farm Institute 2019 Roundtable Session: Opportunities to build natural capital Facilitator: AFI General Manager, Katie McRobert Guest speaker: Dr. Manu Saunders, Ecologist at University of New England Presentation summary: Ecosystem services already play an invisible role in Australian agriculture, Dr Saunders told the AFI Roundtable. Production on many farms benefits fr

Jock Whittle, MIRA & Paraway

Nov 06 2019 16 mins  
Australian Farm Institute 2019 Roundtable Session: What support is needed to progress implementation of ecosystem services? Facilitator: AFI Chair, Andrew Spencer Guest speaker: Jock Whittle, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) & CEO Paraway Pastoral Company Presentation summary: Ag has a role to play in a low carbon future, Jock Whittle told the AFI Roundtable, and

Prof. Richard Eckard, Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre

Nov 06 2019 12 mins  
Australian Farm Institute 2019 Roundtable Session: What support is needed to progress implementation of ecosystem services? Facilitator: AFI Chair, Andrew Spencer Guest speaker: Prof. Richard Eckard, Director of Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre Presentation summary: Prof. Eckard noted that funding and pricing ecosystem services is not a new discussion, and the supply ch