IFE Catapult Scheme 2020 Funding Announcement: A Study into Digital Inclusion and Human Factors of AgTech Adoption on Queensland farms

The Catapult research program was introduced to help support short-term, higher risk research projects that deliver real-world outcomes.  Catapult funding is aimed at supporting teams led by QUT early and mid-career researchers to be able to undertake transformative discovery research, developing ideas that have potential to create new knowledge that will lead to adopted innovation by our end-user partners in industry and government.QUT’s Institute for Future Environments (IFE) introduced the Catapult research funding program in 2016 to help support short-term, higher risk research projects that deliver real-world outcomes.

IFE Director, Research Performance, Professor Margot Brereton, said the Catapult program supports interdisciplinary teams led by QUT early and mid-career researchers.“This is about undertaking transformative discovery research and developing ideas that have potential to create new knowledge that will lead to adopted innovation by our end-user partners in industry and government,” Professor Brereton said.

DMRC Researchers Associate Professor Michael Dezuanni and Dr. Amber Marshall will be part of a study into digital inclusion and human factors of agtech adoption on Queensland farms – This research addresses a gap in knowledge between development of agricultural technologies (agtech) — including precision agriculture, Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, drones and smart farming — and the successful uptake of such technologies in practice. This project will study three Queensland farms to better understand farmers’ inclinations to take up agtech.  This research is supported by the Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy and will be led by Associate Professor Carol Richards (QUT Business School) and Dr Amber Marshall (Creative Industries Faculty) in partnership with industry collaborator Data Farming.

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