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Review of international water footprints and their assessment of Australian Agriculture logo
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Review of international water footprints and their assessment of Australian Agriculture

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Water is arguably the most significant environmental issue for cotton growers. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an internationally excepted approach to assessing the environmental impacts of products and services and the last 10 years has seen significant developments internationally in ways to assess water impacts in LCA. This project reviews...

2 Oct 2018 - 31 Jul 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Life Cycles Strategies Pty Ltd

PhD: Improving precision agriculture and climate adaptation for the Australian Cotton Industry logo
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PhD: Improving precision agriculture and climate adaptation for the Australian Cotton Industry

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This PhD project focuses on improving precision agriculture and climate adaptation by increasing the efficiency of nitrogen application in cotton. It investigates the physicochemical behaviour of commonly used nitrogen-based fertilisers, with a specific focus on the behaviour of urea in relation to temperature, salinity, soil type and crop rotation. The...

1 Feb 2016 - 31 Oct 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Australian National University (ANU), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Managing natural landscapes on Australian cotton farms to increase the provision of ecosystem services logo
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Managing natural landscapes on Australian cotton farms to increase the provision of ecosystem services

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This project will provide a comprehensive assessment of values and management strategies relevant to natural landscapes on Australian cotton farms to protect, restore and enhance the delivery of ecosystem services. The project will address two major questions: (i) what natural and human factors drive the provision of ecosystem services by...

1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Griffith University, Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Professor of soil biology logo
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Professor of soil biology

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The aim of this jointly funded Professor in Soil Systems Biology is to increase the R&D capacity and capability in soil biology with an emphasis on plant-microbe interactions and how they contribute to sustainable cotton production through influencing the physics (water use efficiency) and chemistry (nutrition) of soil.

1 Jan 2014 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), University of New England (UNE), Griffiths Agriculture

Soil System Research – physical, chemical and biological processes for plant growth and nutrient cycling down the whole soil profile logo
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Soil System Research – physical, chemical and biological processes for plant growth and nutrient cycling down the whole soil profile

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Most R&D on soils of cotton farming systems to date has focused on the near-surface (0-30cm) soil layers, but there is growing evidence that the processes and mechanisms operating in deeper soil layers are of considerable significance to crop production and sustainability. This investment will address a series of key...

1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), University of New England (UNE), New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)

Baselining Lower Namoi Groundwater and Evaluating Pilliga CSG Developments logo
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Baselining Lower Namoi Groundwater and Evaluating Pilliga CSG Developments

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Sustainable access to groundwater is an ongoing concern for irrigators throughout the Lower Namoi. Previous groundwater investigations have established that there is a hydraulic connection between the Lower Namoi Alluvium (LNA) and the underlying Great Artesian Basin (GAB). However, the extent of this connection has been poorly mapped, and the...

1 Jul 2015 - 31 Dec 2018

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)

Cotton Map logo
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Cotton Map

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This initiative provides ongoing support for an online tool that enables cotton growers to communicate the location of cotton to reduce the risk of off-target damage associated with use of Group I herbicides (synthetic auxins) across broadacre crop production systems.

1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Australia, Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Nufarm Australia Ltd

PhD: Farm-wide microgrid decision support system for the Australian cotton industry logo
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PhD: Farm-wide microgrid decision support system for the Australian cotton industry

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This PhD project develops a decision support system to evaluate available renewable energy supply and storage options, and models load demand and power systems for the best combination of distributed generation and storage. Energy system components, such as diesel, solar, wind, water PV pumps, heat pumps, biomass gasifier, and battery...

13 Aug 2018 - 30 Jun 2021

New South Wales, Australia

University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

PhD: Exploring nanofibrous coating on cotton fabric with versatile protection and dynamic comfort logo
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PhD: Exploring nanofibrous coating on cotton fabric with versatile protection and dynamic comfort

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

There is growing demand for clothing that protects against chemicals, oils, and biological and environmental hazards. Some fluoro-polymer coatings on cotton fabric are banned due to toxicity and environmental concerns, while eco-friendly coatings are underdeveloped. This investment uses surface engineering and nanotechnology techniques to develop versatile cotton clothing with integrated...

1 Feb 2017 - 31 Oct 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

High Sound Absorbing Composites from Recycled Cotton logo
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High Sound Absorbing Composites from Recycled Cotton

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This investment uses recycled fibres from waste cotton to manufacture tough, lightweight and highly sound-absorbing composite materials for vehicles and building interiors. The cotton-synthetic composites make innovative use of cotton to absorb sound and synthetics to provide lightweight structure.

1 Oct 2018 - 30 Sep 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Deakin University