The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) is on the hunt for the next suite of high-impact research proposals to develop Northern Australia as the organisation opens its latest competitive EOI funding round today. Industry organisations, researchers and research institutes, SMEs and community sectors are encouraged to submit [...]
The results are in and the top-performing black sesame varieties in a range of Northern Australian conditions have been identified, laying an important foundation stone in the quest to build a new high-value cropping industry. As part of a CRC for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) project, CQUniversity assessed the performance [...]
Researchers working on a comprehensive assessment of health service delivery across Northern Australia will discuss their report outcomes and recommendations during a live webinar event on Monday 10th August 2020. The Northern Australia health service delivery situational analysis report is the first pan-northern assessment of issues and priorities for health service delivery. The [...]
The export value of Far North Queensland’s key food products through Cairns international airport could double to more than $120 million within the next decade, according to a new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) and Advance Cairns report published today. The study highlighted seafood, horticultural tree crops, vegetables and beef cattle [...]
Northern Australian aquaculture is set to increase its production five-fold to exceed $1.34 billion in value and produce more than five times its current volume of fish, prawns and other seafood products within the next decade – according to a new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) report [...]
A new pilot research project promises to be a game-changer for Far North Queensland irrigators, allowing them to tap into a new water market and trading platform using the latest digital blockchain technology. The latest Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) collaboration sees blockchain and digital technology experts [...]
A Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) project team looking to grow the north’s Tropical Rock Oyster industry have successfully bred a new Black Lip Rock Oyster for the first time at the Western Australian government’s Hillarys marine shellfish hatchery. It’s an important achievement for the team of [...]
A Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) study has identified the Northern Australian forestry and forest products industry could potentially treble its production value to up to $300 million per annum and create 600 new jobs over the next five to ten years. The report found the sector [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) is pleased to announce its support for two AgriFutures™ Horizon Scholarship recipients. Indiana Rhind (Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) – University of Southern Queensland) and Rebekah Ash (Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Honours) – University of Queensland) will each receive a $5,000 bursary [...]
