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 must find ways to halve emissions by 2050 yet increase food calorie production by 60% in the same period. Measurement is a challenge the industry needs to address, and MIRA are working with CSIRO to develop an emissions efficiency calculation tool called FarmPrint to benchmark farm emissions and environmental profiles such as water usage and soil health.

Click or copy/paste link below for Roundtable slide decks and speech transcripts

farminstitute.org.au/news-and-events/ART_2019/Roundtable-2019-speakers

Download the Spring 2019 Farm Policy Journal edition on “Managing agriculture’s ecosystem services”

http://farminstitute.org.au/publications/journal/farm-policy-journal-spring-2019

Podcast produced by www.growloveproject.com