Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences
Christine Storer is currently working with farm improvement group Southern Dirt to develop a value chain for the break crop flax so farmers have a route to market for value added food products.
She is working with Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) and consultants Farmanco to understand farmer decision making in growing high protein wheat including the impact of wheat prices and extra costs in this process.
Christine has worked with agribusiness industry in Australia and overseas to solve real problems and come up with practical solutions in 80 research projects. Research has focused on understanding end consumers and customers through the food chain as well as coordination of multiple organisations. She has supervised more than 20 post graduate students. As leader of the Resilience Evaluation Research Strategy Team responsible for the research on the Farm Business Resilience project with WA farmers, awards were won – Science Communication Initiative of the Year in 2011, the Economic Development Australia Award in 2012 and Curtin University Vice Chancellor’s Award of Excellence and Innovation in 2012.