#Agriculture and Food

Our research is helping to improve productivity, profitability and sustainability in cropping, livestock production, aquaculture, horticulture and the food industry.

John Ingram Pitt

On 1st March, 1954, just before his 17th birthday, Dr Pitt joined CSIRO as a Technical Assistant Grade 1 (Junior). Over the years, he slowly moved up through all research grades, reaching Chief Research Scientist in 1992, at the age of 55. He appears to be the only CSIRO employee to have ever achieved the feat of moving up from TA to CRS. In early years he worked on the preservation of dried fruit, which led into his life long interest in mycological aspects of food spoilage.

Primary Industry Research – C.S.I.R. (1949)

An abridged version of parts 1-3 of Research Facilities of C.S.I.R.