What was it all about?

This project provided funding to support three Nuffield Scholarships in 2016, which were awarded to Emily Rigby, Ross Pirrone and Mitchell McNab. Nuffield Scholarships are a chance for Australians in agriculture to grow their practice knowledge and a broad variety of skills, while heading overseas to study a topic related to their industry.

The three scholars and their topics of study are below:

• Emily Rigby investigated greenhouse production systems, specifically for subtropical climates, with a focus on low and high-technology protected cropping.
• Ross Pirrone studied advanced and cost-effective horticultural growing systems, with an emphasis on tropical and sub-tropical protected cropping technology.
• Mitchell McNab investigated innovative robotics technology for the horticultural sector, with a focus on implementation in fruit growing and packing operations.

For more information on Nuffield, visit www.nuffield.com.au.

ACT NOW

• Watch the scholars present the findings of their studies at the Nuffield Australia National Conference:
  • Emily Rigby
  • Ross Pirrone
  • Mitch McNab
    
    
• Access their final written reports:
  • Emily Rigby
  • Ross Pirrone

At the time of writing, the final report for Mitch McNab was still to be published by Nuffield. You can check in on this at www.nuffield.com.au.