POSITIONS VACANT: Young scientists wanted for Australia's food production

摘要

Starting from small beginnings, the National Primary Industry Centre for Science Education (PICSE) has been addressing the issue of human capacity in the area of Food Security since 1998. Australia's capacity to achieve future food security will be seriously compromised without a stream of young tertiary trained people dedicated to agricultural science, science and research. PICSE's goal is to foster and support young people's interest in science, and their subsequent participation in tertiary studyleading to research or careers relating to the Food Security sector. The Federal Government, national agribusinesses, research organisations and universities financially invest in PICSE because of its demonstrated ability to generate a positive and sustained attitudinal change in science students, leading them into careers in primary industries.