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Change and continuity in peri-urban Australia: scenarios and strategies for sustainability

Change and continuity in peri-urban Australia: scenarios and strategies for sustainability

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Wong approves primary industry adaptation research network (PICCARN)

The Adaptation Research Network for Primary Industries announced yesterday will help Australia’s primary industries meet the challenges and embrace the opportunities presented by climate change.

  • 4 March, 2009
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Accelerating adoption of integrated soil management practices in irrigated cotton and grain

Most cotton farms are situated on riparian flood plains and best management practice (BMP) of soils is imperative to the sustainability of these landscapes. One of the best ways to improve water management and to optimise nutrition inputs to reduce the impact of rising fertiliser costs to improve soil health and management. A 2005 study of Australia’s cotton industry examined farmers’ current knowledge and understanding of soil health. It (more)...

Delivering Sustainability through Risk Management - Summary Report

This report summarise the outputs and key lessons from National Program for Sustainable Irrigation (NPSI) funded project UMO45 Delivering Sustainability through Risk Management, which was designed to achieve an improved level of adoption of ecological risk assessment and risk management methods in the Australian irrigation industry and in regulatory agencies. Adoption of risk-based approaches is considered to be vital if the industry is to achieve its (more)...

Ecological risk assessment case study for the Murray Irrigation region - Report 2

This report - Ecological Risk Assessment Case Study for the Murray Irrigation Region - is the second in a series of five produced by NPSI project UMO45 Delivering Sustainability through Risk Management. An ecological risk assessment (ERA) was undertaken in the Murray irrigation region in southern NSW to assess the risks to the ecological values (or assets) from irrigation and other (more)...

NPSI Strategic Plan Phase 2

2007 - 2010

The new Phase of NPSI will focus its investment on answering questions around: plant performance and how that impacts on various farm irrigation systems; system-level sustainability: and tools for irrigators, water suppliers and policy makers to measure change. Research will be commissioned to provide either new information (smart science) or development; ensuring that the new information can be readily used by practitioners, planners and policy makers.

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Signposts for Australian agriculture: the Australian dairy industry

This is a Signposts factsheet

This is an abreviated version of the Signposts report of the same title.

Signposts for Australian agriculture (Signposts) is a partnership between industry, government and research organisations. It provides access to economic, social and environmental

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Signposts for Australian agriculture: the Australian grains industry

Signposts for Australian agriculture (Signposts) is a partnership between industry, government and research organisations. It provides access to economic, social and environmental data specific to an industry in order to inform policy development, strategic decision making and research priorities. Agriculture is under pressure to demonstrate its performance credentials - in particular its environmental credentials, and to inform the community about its management practices. The agriculture (more)...

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Signposts for Australian agriculture: the Australian wine industry

Signposts for Australian agriculture (Signposts) is a partnership between industry, government and research organisations. It provides access to economic, social and environmental data specific to an industry in order to inform policy development, strateg

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Signposts for Australian agriculture: the Australian dairy industry

Signposts for Australian agriculture (Signposts) is a partnership between industry, government and research organisations. It provides access to economic, social and environmental data specific to an industry in order to inform policy development, strategic decision making and research priorities. Agriculture is under pressure to demonstrate its performance credentials - in particular its environmental credentials, and to inform the community about its management practices. The agriculture (more)...

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