Ag Tech Innovation Studio

Project details

Status: Current

Our goal

The goal of the TIA AgTech Innovation Studio is to bridge the gap between theoretical research and real-world agricultural practices, ensuring that advancements in agricultural science can be commercialised to directly benefit the industry through improved decision making, management techniques and cultivation techniques, crop management, and environmental stewardship.

How we operate

We work closely with growers, industry bodies, researchers, technology providers, government agencies, and the TAS Farm Innovation Hub. This collaborative approach ensures the co-design of technologies that are aligned with industry needs and tailored for practical use by growers.

Our unique strength lies in our integrated approach to partnering, rather than competing, with industry and leveraging established relationships.

We integrate scientific discoveries with cutting-edge engineering to enhance farming efficiency, sustainability, and productivity. This work ensures research outputs can move effectively from prototype to market, helping growers achieve enhanced decision-making, reduced input costs, and improved environmental management.

Our experience

Our multidisciplinary team has significant industry experience and includes research engineers, agricultural scientists, mathematicians and data engineers, supported by our lab, workshop, and prototyping facilities at the University of Tasmania. We also have use of TIA's dedicated research facilities, including the TIA Vegetable Research Facility at Forthside and the TIA Dairy Research Facility at Elliott.

By combining TIA’s agricultural research strengths with specialised engineering and commercial expertise, the Studio ensures research outputs can move effectively from prototype to market, helping growers achieve enhanced decision-making, reduced input costs, and improved environmental management.