3727 research projects
Research project
Joint RDC Community Trust Program Phase 2
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
1. Three annual national surveys with corresponding analysis 2. Data proviison via a custom interactive dashboard designed from the ground up to empower AgriFutures Australia and its project partners to extract maximum value from the data, and 3. A set number of briefings and traditional reports to extract maximum value...
1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2025
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Community Trust in Cotton (Cotton Specific Trust Monitoring Project)
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
Following the joint Community Trust in Rural Industries (CTRI) phase one project, and the deep dive it contained into trust in Australia's cotton industry, CRDC and Cotton Australia have come together with CTRI project provider Voconiq for a cotton specific project, Community Trust in Cotton. This project will measure cotton’s...
31 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2024
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
PhD: Quantifying the temporary climate mitigation impacts of biogenic carbon
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
To quantify the global consumer ownership of cotton apparel and home textile stocks and to evaluate the temporary climate mitigation benefits associated with this biogenic carbon in apparel, home textiles, and standing carbon stocks in the form of cotton bales using a dynamic life cycle assessment (LCA) model. Additionally, any...
10 Aug 2022 - 9 Aug 2024
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
PhD: Integrating deep learning AI software with hardware for next generation acoustic biodiversity monitoring
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
Monitoring of biodiversity using acoustics has huge potential but is held back by a lack of access to technology and cutting-edge analytical techniques such as deep learning. Several companies provide hardware and software that allows recordings to be analyzed following collection from the field. However, hardware and software are poorly...
1 Jul 2022 - 30 Nov 2025
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
How to attract and retain young people on cotton farms
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
The ‘How to attract and retain young people on cotton farms’ project will develop evidenced based tools and strategies to attract and retain young people on cotton farms and the service industry through a series of high-quality research activities. This will include a desktop review, extensive interviews and focus groups...
1 Oct 2022 - 30 Sep 2024
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Opportunities for greater diversity in the cotton workforce
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
Australia’s diverse human capital is one of our greatest strengths. Research has found that gender, cultural and ethnic diversity strengthen a workforce’s capacity to develop knowledge and innovations, however there is limited research on workforce participation from under-represented groups in the cotton industry. The ‘Opportunities for greater diversity in the...
1 Sep 2022 - 30 Jun 2023
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Exploring a cotton and grains agricultural
traineeship model
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
There is a significant current labour shortage across the Australian agricultural industry. While enrolments in agriculture university degrees have increased recently, this trend has not occurred in vocational education & training courses. The ‘Exploring a cotton & grains agricultural apprenticeship/traineeships model’ project will investigate how Vocational Educational Training (VET) &...
1 Jul 2022 - 30 Sep 2023
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
CottonInfo irrigation technical lead
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
Irrigation Decision Making can be complex see Ap1 and involves both agronomic and operational aspects trading off cost, efficiencies and yield outcomes. As CottonInfo Irrigation technical lead the proposal would be to conduct a team .To ensure the extension team understands the influences of irrigation decision making.Consider the regional influences...
1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2025
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Scientific and CottonInfo Weed Technical lead
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
The project has 5 components: 1. Undertake a risk assessment of weeds and weed management systems in cotton in Northern Australia, with base-line and ongoing surveys. 2. The continuation of Eric Koetz as the CottonInfo Tech lead extension of research and technology to support adoption of best practice for integrated...
1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2025
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
CottonInfo field demonstration trial: Optimisation of Application in Tailwater backup system
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
The project CSD2201, optimised application in a tailwater backup system trial run during the 2021-22 season demonstrated that irrigation performance could be optimised in the first half of the field where the tailwater was not backing up. The water use efficiency was also measured with a Gross Production Water Use...
1 Oct 2022 - 31 Jul 2023
New South Wales, Australia