<h1>Agricultural R&D drives sustained productivity growth; increased public investment expanded intellectual property protections and improved crop varieties.</h1> Agricultural R&D is the principal source of innovation to sustain long term productivity growth; increased public investment in research led to expanded intellectual property activity - including patent, copyright, trademark filings and protection under the Plant Varieties regime - and supported development and release of numerous high yielding, stress tolerant varieties across cereals, oilseeds, pulses, commercial and forage crops.