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Author Archives: Maarten Stapper
Soils part of Ecosystems
Agricultural systems have become addicted to the soluble acidic-based NPK fertilisers and this addiction, supported with the then required pesticides and herbicides, leads to soil degradation: loss of structure, compaction, poor infiltration, wind and water erosion, acidity and salinity. Production … Continue reading
Managing improvement of degraded soils
Agricultural systems have become addicted to the soluble acidic-based NPK fertilisers and this addiction, supported with the then required pesticides and herbicides, leads to soil degradation: loss of structure, compaction, poor infiltration, wind and water erosion, acidity and salinity. Production … Continue reading
Eight Tonne Wheat Club rule challenge
The Eight Tonne Club was started in 2002 and a feature about management factors has since been published in Primefact 197 (2006, Lacy and Giblin ) of the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries . Many of the factors … Continue reading
Change Ag Science focus
Maarten Stapper was interviewed in a private capacity for a Channel 9 story about salinity to help dismantle the doctrine that rising watertables are the sole cause of dryland salinity.
Complex Systems Science in food production
In: CSIRO Sustainability Network Update – No.15: p.10-13, June 2002, ed. Elizabeth Heij http://www.bml.csiro.au/susnetnl/netwl11E.pdf The following essay on the future of agricultural research is provided by CSIRO's Dr Maarten Stapper. Maarten's training in Holland gave him an early understanding of … Continue reading
Sydney Morning Herald December 2007: GM: Saviour or Satan?
Maarten Stapper was interviewed in a private capacity for a Channel 9 story about salinity to help dismantle the doctrine that rising watertables are the sole cause of dryland salinity.
Sunday Program May 2006: Australia’s Salinity Crisis: What Crisis?
Maarten Stapper was interviewed in a private capacity for a Channel 9 story about salinity to help dismantle the doctrine that rising watertables are the sole cause of dryland salinity.
ABC 7.30 Report 28 Nov: Mixed reaction to GM crop ban
From transcript below: GREG HOY: Former CSIRO agronomist Dr Maarten Stapper says his protests direct to Dr Jim Peacock were silenced. MAARTEN STAPPER: First I was told that I was not allowed to talk in public about it because I … Continue reading
Where’s the science in GM debate?
The GM debate continued during July 2007 in the Country magazines. The pro-GM lobby was repeating the same non-quantified statements of how good the GM solutions will be in production of food crops by Australian farmers. However, where is the science? Therefore, … Continue reading
Agricultural science directions
Specialists know more and more about less and less. Current specialisation in agricultural science has resulted in research within very narrow boundaries. This has induced linear, mechanistic thinking, which doesn’t allow room for synergies, and results in confusion between cause … Continue reading