All in Agriculture

Adaptive Agriculture: A Stocktake of Land & Water Australia’s Investments

superuser — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:43:53 +0000

Land & Water Australia has invested substantially over the years in both biophysical research and social and institutional research that have supported adaptive and sustainable agriculture. This knowledge base has helped Australian farmers to adapt in order to manage climate change, climate variability, biodiversity, water, land-use constraints and the wider expectations placed on farm families and rural communities.

IDs and People

Program:

Social and Institutional Research Program

Host Organisation:

Land and Water Australia

Researchers:

Dr Richard Price

Mr Daniel Goode

Subjects

Subjects:

Primary Industries

Keywords:

adaptive

Agriculture

stocktake

Investments

Current Activities

Status:

Complete

Hydrological effects of floodgate management on coastal floodplain agriculture

superuser — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:54:47 +0000

This project has examined the processes causing poor drainage water quality from acid sulfate soil backswamps, quantified the water quality improvements resulting from floodgate opening strategies, quantified the effectiveness of acid groundwater retention strategies, and examined the salinity risks to sugar cane from opening floodgates.

Project Objectives:

1. To identify and quantify the effects of changes to floodgate and land management practices on groundwater and surface water drainage processes (quantity and quality), soil water chemistry, fish habitat quality, and the agricultural productivity of land adjacent to tidal drains/streams and in low-lying acid backswamps.

IDs and People

LWA Project Code:

DAN13

Host Organisation:

Land and Water Australia

Researchers:

Scott Johnston

Dr Peter Slavich

Subjects

Subjects:

Rivers and Wetlands

Keywords:

hydrological

floodgate

Management

coastal

Floodplain

Agriculture

Current Activities

Status:

Complete

Mapping the spatial footprint of Australian agricultural industries

superuser — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:43:07 +0000

This report describes spatial datasets derived from the Agricultural Census that identify the extent of land used by Australian agricultural industries and maps the spatial footprint of six industries of interest to the Signposts project. These maps show where production of cotton, milk cattle , beef cattle, wine grapes, horticulture and grains occur and have changed over time. There are two spatial boundaries structures that have been used in this report, one is based on statistical local areas and the other is based on Mesh Blocks. While Mesh Blocks, generated in 2006 deliver more spatially accurate data sets, statistical local areas can be used to provide a historical perspective.

IDs and People

Program:

Social and Institutional Research Program

Program Theme:

Sustainable Farming

LWA Project Code:

NHT Project 61826A

Subjects

Subjects:

Mapping and Modelling

Landscape Management

Primary Industries

Keywords:

Agriculture

Current Activities

Status:

Complete