‘Transforming orchards to high-density plantings produces higher yields and income…’ That’s the advice from the Transforming Mango Futures project team which spent three years studying grower and experimental mango orchards, examining whether high-density orchards would produce more fruit, more economically, than low-density plantings. The project’s final economic case study has [...]
Darwin’s upcoming Food Futures event will showcase the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia’s (CRCNA’s) latest research collaborations in food and fibre production – from high density-grown mangoes, new broadacre crop and cotton trials to native bush food initiatives. Delegates attending the three-day conference will hear from CRCNA project [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia’s (CRCNA) today welcomed its new Chief Executive Officer Anne Stünzner – a north Queensland local with more than 20 years’ experience in agriculture, strategic economic and policy development. Anne will be based in the CRCNA’s Townsville head office. CRCNA Chair Sheriden Morris [...]
Northern Australian farmers have the opportunity to test production of a suite of high-value spice crops, which have demonstrated their suitability in a series of small scale trials conducted by CQUniversity. Kalonji (Nigella sativa) and fennel recorded strong yield and quality levels in small plot trials conducted in the winter of [...]
The Chief Executive Officer for the CRC for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA), Mr Jed Matz, has announced his decision to leave the organisation. Mr Matz’s last day was Friday 12 March 2021. Mr Matz was the CRCNA’s inaugural CEO, establishing robust processes and systems within the organisation from July 2017 to today, [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) is proud to announce its support for the National Farmers Federation’s Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program, joining many of Australia’s leading business, advocacy and government agencies as committed program partners. In its fourth year, the DiALP is a mentoring opportunity for women [...]
The CRCNA Board recently completed a review of the organisation, which included engaging with a range of external and internal stakeholders. We felt it important that, after four successful years of operating, we took stock and gain insights into where we have come from, where we are currently, where we [...]
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 [...]