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CSIRO Agriculture and Food

National Agricultural Research Institutes

CSIRO Agriculture and Food is the agricultural and food research unit of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia's national science agency. It applies multidisciplinary science to increase productivity and efficiency at the farm level, improve the quality and yield of Australian crops, develop food processing technologies, and grow the nation's livestock, aquaculture and fishery industries, working through partnerships spanning Australia and 25 other countries.

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Biological Pest Control, Practices

CSIRO's predecessor agency's 1926 release of the Cactoblastis moth against invasive prickly pear cactus in Queensland and New South Wales is one of history's most cited examples of successful biological pest control.

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