ACTIVE PROJECTS
Active Project Title |
Project Leader |
Funding Body |
| APSIM development and support | Peter Carberry
Brian Keating David Freebairn Graeme Hammer Holger Meinke |
CSIRO DPI&F |
| Landscape management systems | David Freebairn | NRM&E |
| APSRU management project | Chris Murphy | APSRU |
| Developing the best research/extension practice through evaluation of process and impact | David Lawrence | GRDC |
| Improving reliability of sorghum production under stress conditions | Graeme Hammer | GRDC |
| Using seasonal climate forecasts for more effective grain-cotton production systems | Holger Meinke | GRDC CRDC |
| Better managing wheat-lupin-canola rotations for improved water nitrogen use efficiency | Senthold Asseng Mike Robertson | GRDC |
| Developing an Australian pearl millet industry | Peter Lawrence Peter Carberry | GRDC |
| Developing more sustainable farming systems for broadacre, rainfed cropping on Ferrosols | Mike Bell | GRDC |
| RES AGRICOLA: developing resilient farming systems in variable climates | Holger Meinke | APN START |
| Economic and environmental benefits / risks of precision agriculture and mosaic farming | Brian Keating Mike Robertson | RIRDC |
| Physiological dissection of staygreen QTL's in sorghum | Andrew Borrell | GRDC |
| A regional commodity forecasting system for major Australian crops | Andries Potgieter | APSRU QCCA |
| Root growth and uptake in constraining subsoils | Mac Kirby Mike Robertson | GRDC |
| How much water is leaking from agricultural systems? - measurements and solutions | Mark Silburn | GRDC CRDC LWRRD |
| Developing low-risk production strategies for maize in dryland farming | Mike Robertson | GRDC |
| Crop management for reliable canola production in the northern farming system | Mike Robertson | GRDC |
| Assessing the risks and returns of warm season cropping in the West Australian wheatbelt | David Hall Mike Robertson | GRDC |
| Reducing on-farm aflatoxin contamination in peanuts using a computer based decision support framework | Graeme Wright | GRDC |
| Delivering climate variability information through a farming systems context in Northern NSW | Peter Hayman Graeme Hammer | GRDC |
| Sustainable farming systems for central Queensland | John Doughton | GRDC |
| Optimising crop-livestock systems in West Nusa Tenggara Province | Andrew Ash Peter Carberry | ACIAR |
| Development and scaling out of targeted recommendations for smallholder maize systems in Southern Africa through integrating farmer participatory research and simulation modelling (Risk Management Project 2) | Larry Harrington Mike Robertson | AUSAID |
| Participative evaluation of learning and impacts from "farmer-driven RDE" | Peter Carberry | RIRDC |
| Effective computer-mediated decision support in the 'pragmatist' market | Lisa Brennan | RIRDC |
| A calculator for sustainable application of pig effluent | Chris Smith | APL |
| How much deep drainage occurs in Vertosols under fallows and lucerne? | Rick Young Mike Robertson | GRDC |
| Water efficient cropping and pasture systems for hydrologic stability on the Liverpool Plains and adjacent slopes of NSW and agricultural systems to reduce groundwater accessions in north-west NSW | Rick Young Mike Robertson | GRDC NSW Salt Action |
| Improving the productivity and sustainability of rainfed farming systems for the western Loess Plateau of Gansu province | Bill Bellotti Mike Robertson | ACIAR |
| Sorghum crop improvement - manipulating height for yield advance in sorghum | Graeme Hammer | GRDC |
| Whopper Cropper - a risk management learning tool for advisors | Howard Cox | GRDC |
| Improving water quality in grain farming catchments | Dan Rattray | GRDC |
| Tools to reduce the impact of climate variability in south-eastern Australia | Daniel Rodriegez Holger Meinke | GRDC |
| Improving yield and economic viability of peanut production in Papua New Guinea and Australia using integrated management and modelling approaches | RCN Rachaputi | ACIAR |
| Strategic initiative in modelling plant breeding programs | Kaye Basford Graeme Hammer | UQ |
| Physiological determinants of yield potential in ultra-narrow row cotton (PhD) | Steve Milroy Graeme Hammer | CRDC |
| Optimisation of crop management and genotype combinations in variable environments (PhD) | Graeme Hammer | UQ |
| Canopy architecture and nitrogen utilisation for biomass production in maize and sunflower | Graeme Hammer | UQ |
| Development of new crops | Robert Fletcher | RIRDC |
| Carbon management index analysis on soils from long-term N&P experiments as a method for sustaining the soil carbon resource through adequate N&P nutrition (PhD) | Colin Birch | INCITEC |
| Modelling approaches to assess risks of production for maize and sorghum in dryland farming systems (PhD) | Colin Birch | ACIAR |
| Reducing aflatoxin in peanuts using agronomic management and bio-control strategies in Indonesia and Australia | Graeme Wright | ACIAR |
| Generation and delivery of salt and water to streams | Hamish Cresswell | LWA |
| Combating sub-soil constraints - western farming systems | Ram Dalal Graeme Hammer | GRDC |
| Precision Agriculture Initiative | Wayne Meyer | GRDC |
| Enhancing system water-use efficiency in the north eastern grains belt through participatory RD&E (EFS Phase II) Eastern Farming Systems Project extension 'placeholder' | David Lawrence | GRDC |
| By how much can water use efficiency be increased and deep drainage reduced by optimal cropping system management on Vertosols in north western NSW? | Rick Young Mike Robertson | GRDC |
| Objective measures for managing the deep drainage | Warren Bond | GRDC |
| Refinement of best management practices for chickpea and mungbean in north-western farming systems | Paul Castor Peter Carberry | GRDC |
| Develop high water-use farming systems that integrate crops with perennial pastures (phase/companion farming proposal) | Mike Crawford Mike Robertson | GRDC |
| Decision support tools for vegetation planning | David Freebairn | NR&M |
| Assessing the value of trees in sustainable grazing systems | Chris Chilcott David Freebairn | MLA RIRDC |
| Ecological thresholds for native vegetation management in southern Queensland - section 4: Ecosystem functions and landscape health | Chris Chilcott David Freebairn | CSIRO LWA |
| Adoption of best management practices in high input peanut production systems | Greg Mills Graeme Hammer | GRDC |
| Managing agricultural systems in variable, non-stationary climate - Part 1. Cropping systems | Holger Meinke | CSIRO L&W |
| Combating sub-soil constraints | Yash Dang | GRDC |
| Managing the fallow period for optimum water use and nitrogen availability | Kirsten Verburg | GRDC |
| Enhancing the effectiveness of agricultural change agents in the Southern African semi-arid tropics (SAT) | John Dimes Peter Carberry | ACIAR |