water Archives - Research for Agriculture

Cash to share – and solve – water woes

Share your most compelling water problem and you could win one of four $1000 incentives. And researchers, students and start-ups and students will also be able to apply for at least A$150,000 for trials to solve those problems.

Mar 10, 2020

grants, news, slider, water

Understanding flow is the key to river health

In a dry country such as Australia, accurate understanding of streamflow generation processes in intermittent rivers is crucial to understand the health of our troubled river system, according to Flinders University Hydrology researcher Dr Margaret Shanafield.

Feb 24, 2020

environment, water

Irrigation helps beat the heat

Large-scale irrigation can help alleviate and even reverse hot extremes driven by human activity and other drivers of global warming, a new international study has found.

Feb 12, 2020

research, water

Dr Rene Corner-Thomas and PhD student Aloyce Bunyaga fixing one of the cameras used in the trial.

Are sheep hanging around waterways?

Massey researchers are looking into the behaviour of sheep around waterways and how this impacts on water quality across the seasons.

Jan 22, 2020

case studies, research, water

Agriculture run-off greenhouse gas emissions from rivers and streams have increased

Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide from rivers and streams have increased since the 1900s, largely thanks to the use of nitrogen fertilisers in agriculture, according to Australian and international research.

Jan 7, 2020

climate, water

1.-Left-to-right-researchers-Martyna-Broda-Owen-Duncan-and-Harvey-Millar

Why plants panic when it rains

An international team of scientists involving The University of Western Australia’s School of Molecular Sciences, the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology and Lund University has made the surprising discovery that a plant’s reaction to rain is close to one of panic.

Oct 30, 2019

horticulture, research, water

Is vital freshwater hidden beneath the sea?

Solutions to escalating global water supply issues are demanding innovative scientific investigation, such as Flinders University’s Professor Adrian Werner making important advances in assessing freshwater reservoirs that exist beneath the ocean.

Oct 23, 2019

research, water

Dr Arun Yadav from the ANU Research School of Biology, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology.

Scientists find new way to develop drought-resilient crops

Australian research could help breeders develop more drought-resilient crops that can produce more food and more profit with less water.

Oct 17, 2019

crops, research, water

News

Unlocking the potential of agricultural innovation to improve farmers’ resilience to drought

Unlocking the potential of agricultural innovations, be it simple solutions or satellite-based technologies, will help prevent a drought from turning into famine and forced displacement and to reverse desertification, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said.

Jun 18, 2019

environment, water

Making better use of environmental water

Murray-Darling communities in the Southern Basin will be able to hold onto another 605 gigalitres thanks to 17 projects that make better use of the environmental water we already have.

Jun 13, 2019

water

Research officer Dana Mulvany (left) & senior development officer Caroline Peek measure soil moisture at a Bonnie Rock as part of a new $4.8 million soils project - DPIRD.

Research to boost profitability of sodic soils

Trials have been planted as part of a new research project to improve the productivity and profitability of soils with sodicity and transient salinity in low rainfall areas of the eastern grainbelt in Western Australia.

Jun 13, 2019

water

Joint venture for research, innovation & collaboration

The launch of the Mallee Regional Innovation Centre (MRIC) in Mildura, a joint venture between La Trobe University, the University of Melbourne and SuniTAFE, marks the beginning of a new commitment to research, innovation and collaboration for the Mallee region.

May 29, 2019

environment, water

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