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CRDC Cotton Grower Survey 2020-2022

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The annual CRDC Cotton Grower Survey captures information about cotton farming practices to provide a greater understanding of the industry’s current practices and performance – so that trends can be monitored over time, practice change can be accurately measured, and areas for improvement and further RD&E investment identified.

1 Jul 2020 - 30 Mar 2023

New South Wales, Australia

Intuitive Solutions, Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

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Measuring and reporting the value of capacity building on farms and in research

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Capacity building of on-farm workforce skill development, participation in leadership programs and future researcher needs are all important aspects of ensuring that the right RD&E is undertaken by qualified researchers and delivered in a format that maximises adoption by a skilled, on-farm workforce. It is, however, difficult to determine the...

1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

QualData, Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

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Longitudinal assessment fo the cotton industry's People investments

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

This investment seeks to qualify the potential benefits in investing in upskilling of labour and increased capacity across the cotton industry. The data not only supports industry decision making regarding employment but supports analysis of the effectiveness of ongoing support programs.

1 Jul 2016 - 31 Dec 2018

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Jennifer Moffat Consulting

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Conventional insecticide resistance in Helicoverpa - monitoring, management and novel mitigation strategies in Bollgard III

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

The Helicoverpa insecticide resistance project continues a long-term, pre-emptive monitoring program. Resistance data produced feeds directly into a process driven by the Transgenic and Insecticide Management Strategy (TIMS) Committee, the peak industry body responsible for formulating the Insecticide Resistance Management Strategy for cotton. In addition to ongoing monitoring, key project...

1 Jul 2014 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI), Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

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Advanced real-time measurements at harvest to increase value recovery

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

Advanced technologies are revolutionising industries around the globe, and Australian forestry operators have begun pioneering the use of advanced technologies to improve forest-management results. This project will use innovative harvester and forwarder onboard data systems to evaluate the potential to increase value recovery through use of sensor technology that assesses...

15 Jun 2018 - 30 Mar 2021

Victoria, Australia

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Improved tools to predict fertiliser response and profitability in softwood plantations across Australia. Component 2: Eastern Australia

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

ProFert is a decision support tool for assisting plantation growers in predicting growth responses to and financial performance of fertiliser use. It provides a financial analysis of the profitability of fertiliser use in softwood plantations over an entire rotation. The aim of this project is to further develop and calibrate...

3 Dec 2018 - 28 Feb 2022

Victoria, Australia

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Optimising nutrition management of hardwood plantations for sustainable productivity and profitability

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

This project will develop knowledge and tools that will enable the identification of the most responsive multi-rotation hardwood plantation sites to nutrient interventions and provide guidelines on optimising nutrient management across sites.

7 Dec 2018 - 1 Dec 2022

Victoria, Australia

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AGVET Commonwealth Agreement (ID 4-B14CTJ9) i) Control of Brassica & ii) Control of Teratosphaeria Leaf Disease

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

The Agvet Code is part of a cooperative statutory scheme in place for the evaluation, registration and control of agricultural and veterinary chemical products. The APVMA is an independent statutory authority of the Commonwealth responsible for the regulation and control of agvet chemicals in Australia up to the point of...

15 Jun 2019 - 30 Nov 2024

Victoria, Australia

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Boosting Diagnostic Capacity for Plant Production Industries

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

The broad aim of this cross-sectoral project is to improve our national plant diagnostic knowledge, processes and capacity for the early detection of plant biosecurity threats to support Australian primary industries. Importantly it will also connect ‘on-the ground’ industry programs to the National Plant Biosecurity Diagnostic Network (NPBDN). Early and...

1 Jun 2020 - 1 Jun 2023

Victoria, Australia

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Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship: Biological invasions in forestry: drivers, predictors and mitigation for biosecurity and industry

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

This project will: 1. Work alongside industry to manage current and emerging invasive forest species in Queensland; 2. analyse historical invasions of exotic forest pests to identify drivers of invasion; 3. examine export/import pathways and patterns of insect interceptions and detections across the biosecurity chain; 4. identify biological traits and...

18 Apr 2019 - 5 Mar 2022

Victoria, Australia