The ARC Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection brings RNA-based bio-pesticides to agriculture, resulting in reduced chemical inputs, increased crop productivity, green credentials, sustainability, market access and capacity building, all of which will contribute to a more profitable and competitive food and agribusiness sector.
The CPF team is investigating existing policy and regulatory frameworks with the aim of underscoring the right policy settings and enabling environments required for RNA-based bio-pesticides to gain traction in the marketplace.
- Gunasekara, S., Fidelman, P., Fletcher, S. et al. The future of dsRNA-based biopesticides will require global regulatory cohesion. Nat. Plants (2025).
- Gunasekara, Sandya and Fidelman, Pedro (2024). Current state of knowledge and on-going developments regulating RNAi-based products for agriculture in 2024 Annual Meeting - ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection.
- Gunasekara, Sandya and Fidelman, Pedro (2024). The role of regulatory and legal frameworks in enabling RNAi-based biopesticides in 10th Annual Frontiers in Environmental Law Colloquium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 8-9 February 2024.