Bonus episode: Building Innovation Teams - Getting Agriculture Research Out into the World

07/13/23 • 45 min

How do we better get new research to farmers, to start-ups for commercialisation, or to Ag industry bodies to build on, distribute and use?
Should we be incorporating a diversity of skills and building teams from the beginning of research?
How can universities and industry better share knowledge and skills?
How do we focus on the trial and error of innovation in science or tech, without IP getting in the way?

Hosted by: Kirsten Diprose, Innovation Ag podcast host and Vic Hub Knowledge Broker.

Panellists:

Natalie Collard – Chief Executive, Food and Fibre Great South Coast
Simon Falkiner - Farmer and Director at Falkiner Ag
Prof. Colin Barrow – lead at Deakin University's Bio Factory and Director for the Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology.
Sam Brown - Chief Executive, Agricultural Innovation Australia

This podcast has been created by the Victoria Drought Resilience Innovation and Adoption Hub and is funded through the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.

Hosted by: Kirsten Diprose, Innovation Ag podcast host and Vic Hub Knowledge Broker.

Panellists:

Natalie Collard – Chief Executive, Food and Fibre Great South Coast
Simon Falkiner - Farmer and Director at Falkiner Ag
Prof. Colin Barrow – lead at Deakin University's Bio Factory and Director for the Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology.
Sam Brown - Chief Executive, Agricultural Innovation Australia

This podcast has been created by the Victoria Drought Resilience Innovation and Adoption Hub and is funded through the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.

Previous Episode

Episode 10: Has your innovation actually been successful?

So, you’ve implemented change, well done! How do you know it was all worth it?

This episode is the final from our current series on 'how to innovate' - and it's time to take stock. But really, that all comes down how you measure your success.

In the first episode, "What is innovation?", we looked at three key motivators:
1) for growth and profit
2) for climate resilience or consumer future-proofing
3) for community building.
And it turns out these key motivators are also quite useful as metrics of success.

So, in this episode hear how social and cultural innovations have helped to forge bush tucker markets and create employment pathways at Worn Gundidj, an Aboriginal Cooperative in south-west Victoria; we discover how regional collaborations have created fit-for-purpose research and innovation across the Mallee region of Victoria and; we learn some of the key numbers and strategic questions you should be asking when measuring the success of an innovation.

GUESTS:

Dylan Kelly & Peter Lyles, Horticulture, Worn Gundidj (based in Tower Hill and Warrnambool)

Rebecca Wells, Chief Executive of the Mallee Regional Innovation Centre (MRIC)

Matt Dalgleish – Agricultural market analyst at Episode 3

This podcast has been created by the Victoria Drought Resilience Innovation and Adoption Hub and is funded through the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.