Abbreviations list
| ABARES |
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences |
AGT |
Australian Grain Technologies Pty Ltd |
APVMA |
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
CAC Act |
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 |
CAIGE |
CIMMYT–Australian–ICARDA Germplasm Evaluation |
CCB |
Communication & Capacity Building |
CIMMYT |
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center |
CRDC |
Cotton Research and Development Corporation |
CRM |
customer relationship management |
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
DA |
Dairy Australia |
DAFWA |
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia |
DEEDI |
Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Queensland |
DPI VIC |
Department of Primary Industries, Victoria |
EMT |
Executive Management Team |
EPBC Act |
Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
EPR |
end point royalty |
FOI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
GM |
genetically modified |
GPA |
Grain Producers Australia Limited |
GRDC |
Grains Research and Development Corporation |
ICARDA |
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas |
ICRISAT |
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics |
IPM |
integrated pest management |
IPSOS-Eureka |
IPSOS-Eureka Social Research Institute |
IR |
infrared |
IT |
information technology |
MEMS-IR |
Micro-electrical mechanical infrared |
MLA |
Meat and Livestock Australia |
NSW DPI |
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries |
NVT |
National Variety Trials |
OH&S |
occupational health and safety |
PA |
Precision agriculture |
PBA |
Pulse Breeding Australia |
PBR |
plant breeder’s rights |
PIERD Act |
Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989 |
R&D |
research and development |
RD&E |
research, development and extension |
RDCs |
rural R&D corporations |
RIRDC |
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation |
SARDI |
South Australian Research and Development Institute |
SPAA |
Southern Precision Agriculture Association |
SRDC |
Sugar Research and Development Corporation |
TFP |
total factor productivity |
VAWCRC |
Value Added Wheat Cooperative Research Centre |
VCASMO |
Video broadcast promotion |