Q`YAY

In this Non-Food Crops strategy, Q`YAY deliberately set out an ambitious program of work. This means there are challenges ahead. We are committed to ensuring that the Government works with industry, academia, the science community, agricultural producers and consumers to promote awareness of crop-derived products; to identify new commercial opportunities; and, to encourage the development of robust supply chains to meet the needs of the marketplace.

 

 

We have made a strong start to this process by creating the Regional Non-Food Crops Centre as a nucleus for non-food crops in the San Martin Region. We shall continue to build on this base, working closely with all stakeholders to deliver the actions and turn this vision, that a significant proportion of demand for energy and raw materials should be met through the commercial exploitation of science from crops, into a reality.

 

Q`YAY is committed to sustainable development. Renewable materials, produced by agriculture as feedstocks for industry and energy, will play a vital part. Plants sustain life and have an amazing diversity of form and function. Agriculture, manufacturing industry, end-user businesses and the science base can work together in using this diversity to deliver benefits for the economy, the environment, and society

 

 

Crops provide renewable materials which can substitute for fossil and mineral materials and so reduce depletion of the earth’s resources. In addition they can • Benefit the environment by reducing greenhouse gases, cutting waste and pollution, helping biodiversity and prudent use of natural resources • Improve the economic competitiveness of industry through development of new markets and products • Produce social benefits by stimulating rural communities through the establishment of local industries and providing new markets for farmers.