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2 August 2004
US-based Professor Gary Jolliff is one of several new crop experts from the US, South Africa and several other countries, as well as many Australian new crop experts participating in the conference, under the banner of "Innovation and change for agriculture and horticulture."
Professor Jolliff will be addressing the Second Australian New Crops Conference on the topic "Innovation and New Crop Enterprise Development" on Wednesday 22 September 2004. He will be on the campus from the evening of Tuesday 22 September till noon on Friday 24 September 2004 and will also be participating in a number of pre-conference workshops on 20 and 21 September 2004.
Conference Organising Committee chairman Dr Rob Fletcher said this is a wonderful opportunity for Australian primary producers, rural entrepreneurs and all those interested in new crops to hear about the latest developments in new crops and also to discuss their own specific new crops difficulties with experts from Australia and overseas.
Professor Jolliff has spent the last 26 years working in new crop commercialisation in the US but he has also been recognised throughout the world as the foremost expert on new crop policy and history.
He recently said, "If we don't learn from past mistakes with new crop development, we miss out on the significant benefits and opportunities from a more diversified agricultural base."
Prof. Jolliff has appeared as an expert witness at several US Senate hearings in the past and has been particularly critical of the manner in which so many obstacles are placed in the path of new crop developers by governments and other well-meaning institutions. One of his greatest concerns at present is the manner in which "free-loaders" can come in late to the process of new crop commercialisation and hijack the payoffs that new crop pioneers and risk-takers expect to reap from their years of struggle.
"New crop commercialisation is about people, the way in which they cooperate and their approach to risk," he said.
Further information about the Second Australian New Crops Conference can be obtained from the Conference Organiser, Sally Brown, 07 3201 2808, sally.brown@uq.net.au or from the Conference Website: www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/nc2004/
Major sponsors of the conference
include the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation and the
Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries.
ENDS
Media inquiries
Sally Brown sally.brown@uq.net.au
07 3201 2808
Rob Fletcher r.fletcher@uq.edu.au
0401 715 717
RIRDC Martin Field (02)
6272 4735 or 0418 430 760
Please note: a photograph
of Professor Gary Jolliff can be downloaded from http://extranet.rirdc.gov.au/images/garyjolliff.jpg
(300dpi 715k file)
 
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