It has been called 'Australia's greatest responsibility and opportunity in the 21st century' - Asia's future demand for food. But to capitalise on this estimated $2bn export opportunity, a fresh approach to research and development will be essential.The phrase 'mining to dining' looks set to become one of the food sector's most quoted of 2013, following its popularisation earlier this year by Anthony Pratt, head of packaging and recycling business Visy.1And with good reason. By virtue of time and location, Australia has the potential to take advantage of the dining boom, thanks to the rapid rise in Asian economies, populations, socio-economic classes and incomes - encapsulated under another increasingly ubiquitous phrase -'the Asian Century'.
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