Bringing people, ideas and investment together

A collaborative approach to agricultural innovation

Focus

AIA targets big, cross-sectoral opportunities and challenges which will drive transformational change across Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry.

Initiatives

We focus on creating and curating investible opportunities that are attractive to both public and private sector investors.

Members and partners

Our founding members are Australia’s rural Research and Development Corporations, which span the agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries.

$21m+

Invested

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Initiatives

$100m+

Potential industry benefit

AIA's Sam Brown on ABC Country Hour

Agricultural Innovation Australia CEO Sam Brown spoke with Michael Condon from ABC's NSW Country Hour last week about the AIA Environmental Accounting Platform.

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Definitive cross-sectoral carbon accounting engine available now

Australia’s first cross-sectoral carbon accounting engine is now live, giving the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors a standardised approach to carbon accounting across a wide range of commodities.

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80 million reasons to be excited about the AIA EAP

Following a successful beta-period and the completion of an independent impact assessment, Australia’s first definitive cross-sectoral carbon calculation engine for the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors is being readied for launch.

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Regenerative Agriculture

In collaboration with SAI Platform Australia, AIA is exploring regenerative agriculture and the potential opportunities for cross-sectoral investment.

Climate Atlas

Climate change poses a significant threat to Australian agricultural businesses and communities. AIA's Climate Atlas will support strategic economic, infrastructure and planning decisions and help ensure we have resilient supply chains into the future.

AIA Environmental Accounting Platform

The AIA Environmental Accounting Platform (AIA EAP) is a definitive carbon calculation engine for Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry.

Common Approach to GHG Accounting

AIA and CSIRO have developed a common framework for GHG accounting for Australian agriculture, which supports sector-level baselines, reporting and communication of a united narrative around emissions.

Circular Economy

To help the transition of the agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors to a circular economy, Agricultural Innovation Australia (AIA) has partnered with Circular Australia.

Transforming agricultural innovation

AIA's Strategic Plan outlines how it will drive cross‑sectoral collaboration and leverage public and private sector investment to target transformational innovation for Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry.

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Cross-sectoral

Our initiatives must be cross-sectoral in nature and scalable across agriculture, fisheries and forestry.

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Problem definition

We start by understanding the problem to be solved, who it is a problem for, and why?

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Catalytic

AIA initiatives must be attractive to investors. We assess ideas on their potential to catalyse additional investment from the public or private sector.

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Transformational

We aim to deliver transformational versus incremental impact, through initiatives that are of national significance for Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry.