commercialisation
Outcome
Commercialisation and utilisation.
Goal
Realisation by stakeholders of the benefits of the CRCNPB, as the result of adoption of improved knowledge-based systems by government, universities and plant industry organisations, and commercialisation of new technologies through the private sector.
Indicators of success
Collaboration:
Engagement with end-users through advisory groups.
High reputation and recognition of the CRCNPB with scientific and government biosecurity community.
Capacity:
Awareness of capacity of the CRCNPB to deliver benefits to industry and as a preferred supplier of biosecurity research in Australia.
Uptake:
End-user utilisation of CRCNPB outputs captured by measurable and definable indicators including, but not limited to the number of:
- PDAs deployed
- remote microscope nodes established
- hits on the Plant Biosecurity Toolbox
- new diagnostic protocols submitted to SPHDS
- on-farm insect management workshops conducted, and
- schools teaching the Plant Pest Investigators unit.
Practice Change:
Identifiable change in practice as a consequence of CRCNPB outputs including, but not limited to:
- new risk analysis tools utilised by the horticultural industry to prioritise biosecurity threats
- new diagnostic protocols being utilised as diagnostic standards
- new insect and pathogen eradication strategies utilised to reduce the financial and community impact of incursions
- new stored grain fumigation techniques implemented by bulk handlers
- new grain grower change management and knowledge transfer strategies deployed, and
- new fruit fly surveillance techniques implemented by state agencies.
Delivery And Adoption Research Projects
| Title | Leader |
| CRC70036: National Communication Strategy Framework | Mr Jim McGrath |
New and emerging industries have a unique opportunity to establish good biosecurity at an integral stage of the development of an industry. This would allow best practices to be established more | |
| CRC70085: Personal Digital Assistants (phase two) | Assoc Prof Giles Hardy |
This project was an extension of an earlier scoping project CRC30014 that developed software to collect more | |
| CRC70096: Grain Knowledge Networks | Dr Sharyn Taylor |
This project aimed to develop an effective knowledge exchange strategy for the grains industry to improve its phosphine insect resistance management outcomes through identification of the methods more | |
| CRC70100: Optimal Investment in R&D for Plant Biosecurity | A/Prof Ben White |
The operation of export supply chains for agricultural and horticultural produce depends on compliance with the biosecurity standards set for export markets. This project used a systems based more | |
| CRC70138: An Indigenous community and local knowledge-based model to manage harmful plant pests and diseases | Dr David Eagling |
This project seeked to proactively manage incursion threats through the development of new Indigenous and local knowledge-based approaches to biosecurity management. This requires drawing together more | |
| CRC70186: Understanding myrtle rust epidemiology and host specificity to determine disease impact in Australia | |
Myrtle rust (eucalyptus/guava rust) caused by the fungus Puccinia psidii affects plants in the Myrtaceae family, which includes many Australian natives such as eucalypts, paperbark, more | |
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE
To facilitate the delivery, commercialisation and utilisation of all program outputs to appropriate end-users in a manner that will ensure maximum adoption of new plant biosecurity technologies and skills.
