Australiaâs agriculture must seek out the right skills to boom
Farming has much more potential, but it needs a better-trained and rewarded workforce than it often relies on now.
John Azarias
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From $60 billion today to $100 billion in 2030. It is a rousing production goal for Australian agriculture but hard to achieve without a rethink of the skills appropriate for agriculture in 2030.
That rethink was the task of the National Agricultural Labour Advisory Committee (NALAC), established by the government in December 2019.
More rural skills are urgently needed if Australia is to achieve its 2030 agricultural production goal. Â
Australian farming faces future disruptions from many sources, including climate, disease and geopolitics; new consumer trends replacing âfarm to forkâ with âfork to farmâ; rapid technological developments needing new skills; and recent biosecurity issues that require new competencies.