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TIAR receives funding from its joint venture partners (UTAS and DPIPWE) as well as agricultural organisations in Tasmania and around the world, agricultural companies and other funding bodies.<ref>For example, see the list of funding bodies in the [http://www.tiar.tas.edu.au/reports-and-plans 2009 TIAR annual report].</ref> |
TIAR receives funding from its joint venture partners (UTAS and DPIPWE) as well as agricultural organisations in Tasmania and around the world, agricultural companies and other funding bodies.<ref>For example, see the list of funding bodies in the [http://www.tiar.tas.edu.au/reports-and-plans 2009 TIAR annual report].</ref> |
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TIAR employs around 160 scientists, technicians, farm hands and administrative staff across the state. It also has a close relation with the [http://www.set.utas.edu.au/agricultural-science School of Agricultural Science] at UTAS, providing research opportunities for postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows. TIAR is divided into five Centres – Dairy, Extensive Agriculture, Food Safety, Perennial Horticulture and Vegetable – and four Themes – Climate Change, Natural Resource Management, [[Value chain|Agricultural Value Chains]], and Education and Training. |
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== Scope of research, deveopment and extension == |
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The Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research (TIAR) is a research institute in Tasmania dedicated to research and development of sustainable agricultural industries. Founded in 1996, it is a collaborative effort of the University of Tasmania (UTAS) and the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE, previously DPIW). TIAR is headquartered in Hobart with additional facilities in Launceston, Burnie, Elliot, Forth and Cressy.
Origin and purpose
Agriculture is the 7th largest employment sector in Tasmania and contributes 6% of the state's income. TIAR aims to contribute to income and employment by working closely with industry, including building a centre of excellence in cool-climate agricultural research, development and extension.
Finanzierung
TIAR receives funding from its joint venture partners (UTAS and DPIPWE) as well as agricultural organisations in Tasmania and around the world, agricultural companies and other funding bodies.[1]
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Scope of research, deveopment and extension
TIAR is actively involved in all the major agricultural industries in Tasmania. These include dairy, sheep-meat and wool, cattle, broad-acre crops such as barley and wheat, vegetable production, wine-making [see Tasmanian wine] and grape growing, fruit and nuts, pyrethrum and poppies (for the production of pharmaceutical opioids). TIAR has a close relationship with both Dairy Australia and DairyTas.[2][3] An example of TIAR's work in the livestock industry is the Red Meat Targets program. The aims of the program are: "Providing industry-wide financial benchmarking of Tasmania's beef, wool and sheep-meat industries; helping identify the key underlying profit drivers for industries in Tasmania; and providing farmers with opportunities for comparison between enterprises, and within industry comparisons of individual businesses."[4]
References
- ^ For example, see the list of funding bodies in the 2009 TIAR annual report.
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- ^ DairySmart program]
- ^ Farmpoint
External links
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