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PIEFA Reports
General Information
The Annual Report for the Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia (PIEFA) for the financial year 2022/23 is available via the link below. PIEFA continues to lead food and fibre education initiatives in Australia, enhancing young Australians’ understanding of food and fibre production and careers.
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Historical Reports
PIEFA Reports
- Food, Fibre and our Future Student Survey Summary Report 2020
- Food, Fibre and our Future Student Survey Data Report 2020
- Teachers and Primary Industries Teacher Survey Report 2021
- Room to Grow – Challenges for the future of food and fibre education in Australia.
Archive Documents
PIEFA Annual Reports
- PIEFA 2009 -10 Annual Report
- PIEFA 2010 – 11 Annual Report
- PIEFA 2011 – 12 Annual Report
- PIEFA 2012 – 13 Annual Report
- PIEFA 2013 – 14 Annual Report
- PIEFA 2014 – 15 Annual Report
- PIEFA 2015 – 16 Annual Report
- PIEFA 2016 – 17 Annual Report
- PIEFA 2017 – 18 Annual Report
- PIEFA 2018 – 19 Annual Report
- PIEFA 2019 – 20 Annual Report
- PIEFA 2020 – 21 Annual Report
- PIEFA 2021 – 22 Annual Report
Articles and Reports of Interest
- Community Trust in Levied Industries – Year 1 National Survey 2024 | AgriFutures Australia, November 2024
- Gen Z Industry and Study Pathways | Student Edge and Youth Insight, June 2024
- Cultivating the next generation: The role of school-based educators in promoting agricultural careers | AgriFutures, DAFF and CQU, July 2023
- Ag Knowledge in Schools, CQUniversity Australia | AgriTech Education and Innovation Team, 2022
- Australian Farm Institute | Farm Policy Journal, Winter 2022 | ARTICLE: The employer of choice or a sector without workforce?
Authors: Jim Pratley; Scott Graham; Hardy Manser; and, Joshua Gilbert. - Australian Farm Institute | Farm Policy Journal, Winter 2022 | ARTICLE: The future agricultural workforce – is the next generation aware of the abundance of opportunities?
Authors: Dr Amy Cosby; Dr Jaime Manning; Dr Kristen Lovric; and, Dr Eloise Fogarty. - Community Trust in Australia’s Rural Industries Report (Year 2), Agrifutures 2021
- Building the Agricultural Workforce of the Future, the Australian Government response to the National Agricultural Workforce Strategy, December 2021
- AgUP Grants Program announcement, Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment, 2021
- Report: National Agricultural Workforce Strategy – Discussion Paper, Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment, February 2020
- Report: National Agricultural Workforce Strategy literature review, Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment, 2020
- ‘Attracting and Retaining Young People in the Sheep Industry‘, Jamie Heinrich 2020
- Cotton with a Conscience: Australian Cotton’s Story of Social Impact, Cotton Australia
- ‘Attracting Youth into Agriculture. Developing a strategic framework to encourage young people to pursue a career in agriculture‘, Clare Peltzer 2020
- Get Australia Growing, National Farmers Federation 2020
- National Survey Report, Community Trust in Australia’s Rural Industries Program, 2020
- Best Practice Guide for Effective Engagement Between Teachers and the Agricultural Industry, Women in Agri-Tech Program 2020
- 2030 Roadmap, National Farmers Federation 2019
- ‘Is there a future for traditional agricultural colleges?‘, Neil Lyon 2019
- ‘A Decade of Agriculture Graduates’ Employability and Career Pathways’, Janelle Wilkes, Adrienne Burns 2019
- ‘Development and Application of a Distributed Leadership Framework to the Curriculum Mapping of Quantitative Skills in First-Year Undergraduate Agriculture Degrees‘, Janelle Wilkes, Jackie Reid 2019
- ‘Authentic Undergraduate Research in Plant Science: The Importance of Mentor-Student Relationships‘, Franziska C Doerflinger, Amanda J Able, Beth R Loveys 2019
- ‘Development of Technical Wine Assessment Skills in Tertiary Students‘, Amanda Able, Paul Grbin, Leigh Schmidtke, John Blackman, Sonja Needs, Ursula Kennedy, Kerry Wilkinson 2019
- ‘Opportunities and Barriers Perceived by Secondary School Agriculture Teachers in Implementing the GPS Cows Learning Module‘, Amy Cosby, Mark Trotter, Jaime Manning, Bobby Harreveld, Jessica Roberts 2019
- ‘TeacherFX – Building the Capacity of STEM, Agriculture and Digital Technologies Teachers in Western Australia‘, Amy Cosby, Jaime Manning, Mark Trotter 2019
- ‘Design and Delivery of a Masterclass in Horticultural Business‘, Tina Acuna, David Monckton, Mark Boersma, Alison Bailey, Alistair Gracie 2019
- ‘Using Learning Analytics to Evaluate Course Design and Student Behavior in an Online Wine Business Course‘, Kerry Wilkinson, Imogen McNamara, David Wilson, Karina Riggs 2019
- Food Planet Health report – Eat-Lancet Commission 2019
- Youth in STEM Research – March 2019
- Media Release: Young Australians value STEM for the future; Karen Andrews
- Media Release: Education key for future food and fibre production; Joel Fitzgibbon
- Who will help run the farm? Creating a pathway to a career on farm for the next generation of farm managers – Daniel Kahl, 2017 Nuffield Scholar
- Extended Agricultural Investigation – Claire Lowe, Tully State High School
- Victorian Government Response to the Education and Training Committee Inquiry into Agricultural Education and Training December 2018
- ‘FaceTime a Farmer this AgDay‘, Penelope Arthur, Farm Online 20 Nov, 2018
- Media Release: Teachers to Learn about Food Production and Careers
- ‘The right to farm versus the right to choose: society is having the final say‘, Deanna Lush, John Ralph Essay Competition Winner 2018
- National Press Club Address – Fiona Simson, National Farmers’ Federation President, Aug 2018
- Media Release: New Partnership links kids, agriculture and Soils For Life; Soils for Life, Aug 2018
- Independent Review into Regional, Rural and Remote Education – Dr John Halsey
- Media Release: New figures reveal Aussies’ shocking disconnect with life’s essentials; National Farmers Federation
- ‘What NSW Children Eat and Drink’ Report of the Chief Health Officer 2017
- ABARES Life in the fast lane: Australia’s $92 billion appetite deconstructed, ABARES June 2017
- ‘City kids grow in to Agriculture‘, Jackie Chowns, SMH 25/26 Feb, 2017
- 2016 DAF Hermitage Research Facility Schools Plant Science Competition, Final Report – Kerrie Rubie
- Good Practice Guide: Threshold Learning Outcomes for Agriculture – AgLTAS 2016
- Graduate supply for agriculture – Prof. Jim Pratley
- Agricultural Education and damn statistics 1: Graduate completions, J.E.Pratley, 2015
- Education for Sustainable Food and Fibre Production: Everybody’s Business, Stuart Hemmings and John Halsey, 2015
- Professional Agriculture – A Case of Supply and Demand, Prof Jim Pratley, 2012
- Agricultural Education Review, released by NSW Minister for Education 2012
- Inquiry into Agricultural Education and training in Victoria, Parliamentary Paper, 2012
- Food Growing in Schools Taskforce Report, March 2012
- Food, Fibre and the Future, ACER Student and Teacher Survey, 2011
- Student Survey Report – AgForce & The University of Queensland, March 2011
- New Blood: Attracting the best young people to agriculture, Alan Spedding on behalf of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, June 2009
- Report to the ‘Promotion of Agriculture to Schools Network’, October 2005
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