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| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Jul 24 2006 |
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ESTIMATES COMMITTEE G PRE-HEARING QUESTION ON NOTICE
ASKED ON 3 JULY 2006 GOVERNMENT No. 2
QUESTION:
I refer to page 1-3 of the Ministerial Portfolio Statement. How is the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries' research and development investment aligned to Government research and development priorities?
ANSWER:
The Queensland Government Research & Development priorities have been formed as part of the Smart State agenda for Queensland. These Queensland Government R&D priorities are consistent with the Australian Government's national research priorities and are designed to foster the national and international development of strategic partnerships and collaborative development projects. The Queensland Government R&D priorities include:
o Enabling Technologies
o Environmentally Sustainable Queensland
o Foods for the Future
o Safeguarding Queensland
o Sustainable Health
o Tropical Futures
The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) has directly aligned these priorities and the DPI&F Research and Development Strategy launched in March 2005. This document recognises the departmental vision - "Profitable primary industries for Queensland" and specifically identifies a DPI&F strategy for each of these government priorities, which will contribute to outcomes for Queensland's primary industries. The priorities are: -
- Enabling Technologies: The DPI&F research effort is focused on molecular sciences, climate-based predictive systems technologies and emerging investment in advanced biomaterials.
- Environmentally Sustainable Queensland: The DPI&F research effort is focused on low-impact land and water production systems that are environmentally sustainable, novel bio-pesticides, new cultivars adapted to low rainfall, renewable bio-energy products, tools and systems for farm monitoring and ecologically sustainable fishing practices.
- Foods for the Future: The DPI&F research effort is focused on increasing profitability of agriculture-based food industries by improving supply-chain efficiencies, improving product quality and developing new value-adding options.
- Safeguarding Queensland: The DPI&F research effort is focused on developing control strategies and effective technologies for new and key exotic pest and disease incursions. DPI&F is exploring world-wide solutions to tropical biosecurity and food safety risks and implementing principles of animal welfare for production and transport systems that meet consumer expectations and standards.
- Sustainable Health: The DPI&F research effort is focused on exploring opportunities for developing nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals and bioactive products with beneficial health properties.
- Tropical Futures: The DPI&F research effort is focused on developing new innovative tropical and subtropical food and fibre products. The four highest value investments in these priorities by DPI&F are "Tropical futures", "Environmentally sustainable Queensland", "Enabling technologies", and "Foods for the future". The Research and Development Strategy also outlines a redesign of DPI&F's governance of R&D investment. This new business model separates R&D investment management from R&D delivery management. This ensures R&D is strategically driven and greater emphasis is placed on maximizing economic return on investment. The model provides a framework to develop program specifications through analysis of strategic priorities and negotiation with deliverers. The investment in Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) is organised into 17 programs. Each program has a clear set of outcomes for Queensland's primary industries that are aligned to the R&D strategy and hence the Queensland R&D Priorities. The three largest, government funded investments in RD&E programs include: Beef; Intensive animals, which includes poultry, dairy and pigs; and Grains and Pulses, which includes wheat, malting barley and pulses. The performance of each program is monitored on a quarterly basis against outcome and financial performance, to ensure resources can be re-directed as necessary in the face of emerging priorities, seasonal delays, or new opportunities. Last changed: [PUBLISHED_DATE] at 12:28 PM
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