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National Program for Sustainable Irrigation

The National Program for Sustainable Irrigation provides research and innovation to improve the environmental and productive performance of irrigation in Australia.

The Program funds and manages research projects across Australia, working at the property level with farmers, at catchment level with policy makers and planners, and at scales that cross state and territory borders.

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Irrigation Essentials

Research and innovation for Australian irrigators

The NPSI Knowledge Harvest brings together information from across the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation (NPSI) projects, highlighting key findings and promoting wider understanding. This document is a key part of the On-farm Irrigation Essentials theme. It summarises the fundamental principles underlying efficient and profitable irrigation, gives examples of leading-edge technologies and directs readers to sources of more (more)...

Irrigation Essentials Launch

Helping irrigators boost productivity

 Efficient and productive irrigation is crucial for Australia.

This was emphasised today by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Burke when visiting the Keytah property at Moree, NSW, where he inspected farmer-led irrigation demonstration sites and launched Irrigation Essentials, a publication summarising irrigation research as well as challenges and opportunities.

Rob Houghton in a dryland barley crop

Rainfed crops hold the ground as irrigation dries up

by Kellie Penfold, GRDC

For farmers in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA), a plentiful water supply has for decades guaranteed harvests and allowed them to grow high-value rice crops.

But in recent years water allocations have dried up, mirroring the climate.

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