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Professor Peter Cullen

Eureka Prize named in honour of the late Professor Peter Cullen

Land & Water Australia is honouring Professor Peter Cullen’s lifetime achievements by re-naming its Eureka Prize for Water Research and Innovation Award as the Land & Water Australia Professor Peter Cullen Eureka Prize for Water Research and Innovation.

Vital role for Australian irrigation

Discusses irrigation in Australia in the context of global food security, decreasing water resources and the contribution of research and development to innovation.

Irrigation Innovation in a Changing Climate Workshop Report

The aim of the workshop was to kick off a process to develop a ten-year irrigation innovation strategy. The workshop, held in Canberra on 16 September 2008, attracted about 100 participants from a broad cross-section of the irrigation industry. It included people from urban water organisations, garden irrigation supply companies, irrigators, policy makers, researchers, manufacturers and rural water supply organisations.

Irrigation innovation in a changing climate

Workshop report

Irrigation Australia Limited (IAL), the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation (NPSI) and the Cooperative Research Centre for Irrigation Futures (CRCIF) see the need for a paradigm shift in irrigation innovation. This need has been highlighted further by the climatic conditions of the early 21st Century, but it has been evident for some time. Such a shift would enable the irrigation industry to improve its water use (more)...

A 'Ready Reckoner' to Determine Under What Circumstances an Evaporation Reduction System Would be Economical

The Goulburn Broken region faces significant challenges and opportunities. Issues such as free-trade agreements, climate change, water reform, and technological developments will have a significant influence on the future.

Opinion: Climate action needs rethink on funding

An opinion piece in the Australian Financial Review by Professor Paul Martin brings investment to climate change funding. This item is based on his comments.

Land & Water Australia Eureka Prize for Water Research and Innovation

The Land & Water Australia Eureka Prize for Water Research and Innovation is awarded to an individual, team or organisation for research and innovation that has made or has the potential to make an outstanding contribution to the sustainable use and management of Australia’s water resources.

Phase 2 Strategic Direction

The National Program for Sustainable Irrigation’s mission is to provide Australia with leadership through collaborative investment in research and innovation to achieve sustainable irrigation. It aims to achieve this mission by defining, commissioning and managing research projects that produce new information of national importance and facilitate its adoption.

How to Lift Wool Profits and Improve Biodiversity

Northern Tablelands Project Fact Sheet: 10

Research by the Land, Water and Wool Northern Tablelands Project (NSW) identified a wide range of innovations and management practices for profitable, biodiverse wool production in temperate regions.

The project found 41 ways in which Northern

Australian Wool Innovation

Australian Wool Innovation Limited’s mission is to drive research, development and innovation that will increase the long-term profitability of Australian woolgrowers. Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) is a fully independent public company limited by shares and owned by Australian woolgrowers. It invests wool levy funds paid by woolgrowers and R&D (research and development) contributions from the Australian Government for the benefit of Australian (more)...