3728 research projects
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Economic Analysis of Regulation in the Livestock Export Industry
LiveCorp
Livestock exporters must adhere to substantial regulatory requirements set by the Australian government, and the cost of compliance impacts the industry’s commercial competitiveness in overseas markets. This project will map, identify and explore opportunities where the business costs incurred by livestock exporters could be better aligned, to address risks and...
31 Aug 2021 - 30 Jun 2022
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Animal welfare indicators pilot for the live export industry
LiveCorp
In recognition of the need for the livestock export industry to move beyond mortality as a measure of performance, this project was established to identify and test animal welfare indicators through the supply chain. The indicators that were developed cover resource-, animal- and management-based measures.
31 Jul 2017 - 1 May 2021
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Moth Borers - how are we going to manage them when they arrive?
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Moth borers represent one of Australia’s most significant biosecurity threats, being common throughout Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. In these areas moth borers are not successfully controlled and they represent a significant productivity constraint (up to 20% yield reduction). An incursion of moth borers is considered a...
1 Jul 2018 - 1 Aug 2021
Queensland, Australia
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Research project
Environmental risk assessment and life cycle assessment of raw sugar manufacturing
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Life cycle assessment (LCA) measures the environmental impacts in all stages of a product's life, from raw material through processing, manufacture, distribution and use, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This project has two stages - to assess the environmental risks in the whole sugarcane supply chain, review past sugar LCAs...
16 Nov 2020 - 1 Dec 2022
Queensland, Australia
Research project
Engineering bacterial enzyme secretion for cellulose utilisation
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
The opportunity exists to produce valuable biochemicals from waste sugarcane biomass however it is inhibited by cost of pre-treatments needed to release fermentable sugars to create the process. This PhD project will develop technology to reduce the cost of extracting fermentable sugars by engineering a new strain of bacteria (Pseudomonas...
1 Feb 2021 - 1 Feb 2023
Queensland, Australia
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Research project
Burdekin irrigation project
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Australia's most productive sugarcane region, the Burdekin, has been identified as a priority catchment for nitrogen (N) and pesticides entering the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, as a result of excess run-off from low-efficiency furrow irrigation systems. This project aims to reduce nitrogen losses without impacting yield by using a nine-step...
18 Dec 2020 - 30 Jun 2024
Queensland, Australia
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Research project
Beyond imidacloprid - chemical and biorational alternatives for managing canegrubs
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Canegrubs cause significant economic losses to sugarcane growers and if not managed more than 50 per cent of the growing area is potentially at risk, threatening the industry’s future via lost production. Currently industry relies on a single active ingredient (imidacloprid) to control canegrubs and loss of this product for...
1 Feb 2021 - 1 Feb 2024
Queensland, Australia
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Research project
New approaches to quantifying nitrogen fluxes in enhanced efficiency fertilisers in Australian sugarcane
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Enhanced efficiency fertilisers (EEFs) are forms of fertiliser, including nitrogen fertilisers, designed to reduce nutrient losses to the environment and increase nutrient availability to crops. These fertilisers can either slow the release of nutrients for uptake or alter the conversion of nutrients to other forms that may be less susceptible...
1 Jul 2018 - 31 Dec 2021
Queensland, Australia
Research project
Sugar industry diversification opportunities investigation
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
The increasing momentum of the global bio-based economy represents an opportunity for the Australian sugar industry to break away from the current dependence on the world sugar price. Following an on-going market and technology watch exercise, the production of hydrogen from sugarcane bagasse and the production of compostable bioplastics (such...
28 Jun 2021 - 1 Nov 2021
Queensland, Australia
Research project
Biorefineries for profit - phase 2
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
The Biorefineries for Profit project is developing technologies to convert crop and crop-processing residues into high value animal feed supplements and industrial chemicals. The project seeks to develop and demonstrate biorefinery technologies that add value to primary products, by-products, and wastes, reduce input costs for primary production, and identify and...
26 Jul 2019 - 1 Jun 2022
Queensland, Australia