List of the committee recommendations
Recommendation 1
2.53 The committee recommends an audit be undertaken to
establish the extent of foreign ownership of commercial agricultural and
pastoral land, and ownership of water, in Australia, with particular emphasis
on ownership by sovereign and part-sovereign-owned companies.
Recommendation 2
4.51 The committee recommends that the Rural Industries
Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) report to the Senate on the
current level of agricultural research in OECD countries as a percentage of GDP
and the trend for investment over the last ten years.
Recommendation 3
4.53 The committee recommends that IP Australia advise
the Senate what patents, if any, have been granted over biological discoveries
as opposed to inventions, with reasons for them being granted.
Recommendation 4
5.35 The committee recommends that the Senate
re-establish the Select Committee on Agriculture and Related Industries in the
new parliament to further examine issues relating to food production, including
the implications of any proposed emissions trading scheme for affordable,
sustainable food production and viable farmers.
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