HIGH-profile Culcairn cattle identity Lucinda Corrigan has been appointed to the board of the prestigious Commission for International Agricultural Research.
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The commission provides expert, strategic advice on priorities for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
It plays a critical role in the Australian government’s new aid policy by encouraging Australian agricultural scientists to use their skills for the benefit of developing countries as well as Australia.
The announcement of the five appointments to the board — Don Heatley OAM (chairman), John Cook, Mrs Corrigan, Dr Tony Gregson AM and Catherine Marriott was made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop on Monday.
Ms Bishop described the members of the new board as highly qualified commissioners who have made substantial contributions to Australia’s agriculture and food sectors.
Mrs Corrigan said she was excited and delighted at her appointment.
“The appointment is quite an honour and at this stage of my life I am keen to put back in, in various ways,” she said.
“Ours is a very global industry.”
Mrs Corrigan said she was familiar with the ACIAR, having worked on projects funded by it, including a program involved in improving cattle herds in Botswana six to eight years ago and through some projects in Indonesia.
“The new government is focusing on new policy and obviously the emphasis will be on the Asia and the Pacific regions, with 65 per cent of the organisation’s investments based around the Pacific and east Asia. I’m looking forward to applying the skills and thought processes I have developed over time to a new area of work.”
Mrs Corrigan and her husband Bryan own the angus cattle stud Rennylea, which supplies genetic products to commercial producers across Australia and worldwide.
Ms Marriott is a former student of The Scots School Albury.
She is now based at Tocumwal.