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