Sugar Multiple technology areas Crop protection Data and AI Input management Plant science Research project Scoping studies for an integrative digital platform for sustainable sugarcane crop management (CaneMAPPS) This project will assess what is required to develop the interactive digital platform, CaneMAPPS - Cane Mapping and Analysis for Productivity, Profitability and Sustainability - as a central point for sugarcane farm data collection, processing and reporting. Funded by Sugar Research Australia (SRA) Project date 1 Jan 2022 - 14 Apr 2022 Research organisation University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Cotton Automation Research project CottonInfo field demonstration trial: Optimisation of application in tailwater backup systems This trial will provide robust water measurements and indicators of irrigation performance and water productivity to growers to help them make informed decisions around implementing a siphon-less system. Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Oct 2021 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisation Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD)
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Multiple technology areas Aquaculture technology Fisheries technology Research project A review of fisheries enhancement methods to promote profitability and sustainability in Australian fisheries This project aims to increase the uptake of fisheries enhancement, the release of fish bred in aquaculture into the ocean to enhance Australian marine fisheries, by consolidating clear comparative data on the costs and benefits of each approach and how they can be most effectively applied in different scenarios. A decision support tool will be developed to enable managers to readily incorporate these approaches with other fishery management considerations. Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 22 Aug 2021 - 2 Jun 2022 Research organisation Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Aquaculture Research project Management and delivery of the Oysters Australia RD&E Plan 2020-2025 This project will enable Oysters Australia to continue providing national support on industry issues and to guide further industry investment … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Jul 2021 - 29 Jun 2026
Other rural industries Processing & packaging Research project Modernising Indigenous Native Grains Processing This project has two components: 1) the development of a research, development and extension plan for the native grains industry and; 2) … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 30 Mar 2021 - 29 Apr 2024 Research organisation The University of Sydney (USYD)
Cotton Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: Review of existing and planned broadacre irrigation research, development, and extension (RD&E) – desk top study This project is designed to identify and recommend such collaborations between public, industry, and private sector irrigation RD&E organisations, investors, and agtech. Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 28 Feb 2021 - 30 Jul 2021 Research organisation Water Strategies Ltd
Research project Challenge-led and Open innovation as vehicles to help drive solutions Challenge led innovation is increasingly being used to refocus research, development and extension. A variety of approaches have emerged, with … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 18 Dec 2020 - 7 May 2021 Research organisation Innovation Studios Pty Ltd
Wild catch fisheries Research project Building industry capacity to lead co-management initiatives within the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery: Training industry to conduct biomass estimate surveys This project aims to develop and support the Australian Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery's capacity to coordinate in-season biomass … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 1 Nov 2020 - 29 Jun 2023
Multiple industries Beef cattle Sheep & lamb Research project Feedbase Fact Sheets Editing The Feed base Adoption Plan (FAP) projects are designed to assist producers to better understand and manage and improve pasture … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 15 Sep 2020 - 29 Aug 2021
Multiple industries Beef cattle Sheep & lamb Crop protection Research project Development and delivery of Pasture Paramedic The successful Implementation of Pasture Paramedic tool kit (L.FAP.1903) has been developed for perennial pastures in the Southern High … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 14 Aug 2020 - 30 Jun 2022
Wild catch fisheries Harvest technology Research project Implementation of dynamic reference points and harvest strategies to account for environmentally-driven changes in productivity in Australian fisheries All fish stocks are subject to some level of environmentally driven change in productivity, primarily recruitment, but also growth. Current … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 30 Jul 2020 - 4 Dec 2022
Aquaculture Research project 2020-2025 Strategic Plan for the Australian Oyster Industry The Australian oyster industry has changed considerably since the last national strategic plan was developed in 2014 with new challenges and … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 13 Jul 2020 - 13 Dec 2020
Cotton Plant science Research project CottonInfo Field Demonstration Trial: Soil health workshops - Upper Lachlan and Upper Namoi The principal outcome of the CottonInfo program is to provide an efficient and effective pathway for the delivery of the … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 20 Feb 2020 - 31 May 2020 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD)
Wild catch fisheries Research project A better way to fish: feasibility of alternative gears to reduce bycatch in inshore net fisheries Bycatch reduction in the Queensland East Coast Inshore Finfish Fishery (ECIFF), especially of species of conservation interest (SOCI) species is … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Jan 2020 - 29 Aug 2021 Research organisation James Cook University (JCU)
Wild catch fisheries Multiple technology areas Crop protection Fisheries technology Research project Industry travel bursary to attend the Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) This project offered a travel bursary to encourage fishing industry representatives to attend CMS COP13 in India, the Conference of Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. The potential listing of school shark as a migratory species at the conference is of concern to Australia, and the Department of Environment strongly encouraged industry to attend. Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Dec 2019 - 30 Mar 2020 Research organisation Atlantis Fisheries Consulting Group (AFCG)
Research project International agriculture subsidies and the impact on Australian agriculture The project provides an understanding of the current state of play with regard to agricultural subsidies paid by major agricultural … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 30 Sep 2019 - 15 Jan 2020 Research organisation Burnside Anderson Pty Ltd trading as Kym Anderson and Associates
Pasture, fodder & feed Automation Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: Scaling irrigation management to support whole farm operations This project will develop a whole-of-farm scale gravity fed irrigation management system with the aim of increasing on farm water … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022 Research organisation Department of Jobs Precincts and Regions (DJPR) [Vic]
Other rural industries Animal technology Research project Determining pregnancy status in camels This project will develop and validate a rapid and reliable blood test suitable for field use to determine pregnancy status … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 13 Jun 2019 - 15 May 2020 Research organisation Australian Camel Products Industry Association Ltd
Cross industry Research project Grazing bytes Improving pasture production and utilisation and savings on labour costs provide significant opportunities to improve the profitability and productivity of … Funded by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Project date 31 May 2019 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisation Murdoch University
Aquaculture Aquaculture technology Research project A trivalent vaccine for sustainable Yellowtail Kingfish growout This project aims to create a trivalent vaccine to reduce photobacteriosis outbreaks in farmed Yellowtail Kingfish (reported in association with … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 29 Nov 2018 - 14 Dec 2021 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)