The CRCNA’s latest research collaboration is looking to break the mould for sugarcane variety R&D and deliver long-term, commercially viable diversification options for far north Queensland cane growers and millers. The $1.3 million, three-year suitable sugarcane to diversify income and add value project is focused on boosting tonnages and extracting [...]
A new report has revealed gaps in the organisation and delivery of Northern Australia’s health services, which could be preventing the region from becoming an economic powerhouse. A team of James Cook University (JCU) health researchers has released the findings of an eight-month project, which looked into health services and [...]
A new CRCNA project hopes to transform telehealth care service delivery to some of the North’s most remote communities. Simbani Integrated Research will lead a consortium of participants in delivering the $1.6 million Developing telehealth systems project. Participants include representatives from telecommunications and ICT companies, Charles Darwin University, the Northern [...]
Northern Australia has the potential to be at the forefront of our country’s economic recovery from COVID-19, but only if there is greater collaboration between government and industry to unite the region and release its full economic potential, according to a report launched from the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing [...]
More than a billion dollars in capital investment could be unlocked for new agricultural development across the Northern Territory if action is taken to de-risk the investment landscape – according to a new report by the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA). The De-risking, brokering and prioritising agricultural [...]
A new blockchain platform has proven to be a game changer for one of Australia’s largest mango producers, providing real-time, secure information from the tree to the supermarket. The digital platform was developed and tested as part of a 2.5-year Smart Supply Chain pilot project co-funded by the Cooperative Research Centre for [...]
Northern Australia’s agricultural supply chains need an urgent shake-up to fully capitalise on the region’s economic development opportunities – a new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) report has found. The Reframing smart supply chains in Northern Australia report found there is significant potential for economic growth in Northern Australia [...]
The CRCNA’s Improving Biosecurity in Northern Australian prawn aquaculture project, completed by researchers from James Cook University’s Aquaculture department, has delivered the most comprehensive multi-pathogen survey ever completed of Australian Prawn Farming. During the past 2 years, the JCU AquaPATH laboratory team completed over 25,000 tests, to international testing standards, to [...]
A new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) project hopes a new unique training tool will help drive support for new Aboriginal -based led developments across the Northern Territory. Centrefarm Aboriginal Horticulture Ltd is heading up the $490,000 Co-mapping on Country; Train the Trainer for sustainable development collaboration [...]