Central Queensland farmers have the opportunity to inspect the performance of high-value spice crops in broadacre growing conditions at a field day to be held outside of Rockhampton on February 19. The field day and crop inspection forms part of a three-year project being led by CQUniversity and Agriventis Technologies, [...]
A new research collaboration between the Northern Territory Government and the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) will explore the key policy and regulatory challenges impacting new agricultural development across the Territory. The 6-month project will draw on the experiences and feedback from key stakeholders across the Top [...]
The project team working on the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia’s (CRCNA) Northern Australia aquaculture industry situational analysis study will discuss the project’s findings at a workshop in Rockhampton early next year. The February workshop titled, ‘Aquaculture opportunities in Northern Australia: solutions and strategies’ will bring together key [...]
A project seeking to revolutionise the Northern Australian mango supply chain is a step closer to delivering for the industry – after securing more cash to scale-up commercial on-farm trials. The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) collaboration between Manbulloo Limited (Manbulloo), blockchain start-up T-Provenance (T- Prov) and [...]
A new project looking to grow northern Australia’s Tropical Rock Oyster industry has been unveiled at the Darwin Aquaculture Centre today. Hon. Sen. Matt Canavan looking at oyster larvae at the Darwin Aquaculture Centre. The 3-year, $4.1 million project brings together a consortium of project participants including the Northern Territory [...]
A new report has identified Northern Australia’s live cattle and beef exports as having the highest growth potential into ASEAN nations – generating an annual unmet export demand of $A13 billion by 2025. The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) partnered with the Australia-ASEAN Chamber of Commerce (AustCham ASEAN) to [...]
The latest trends, opportunities and critical barriers to development across some of northern Australia’s key agricultural sectors will be under the spotlight at next month’s International Tropical Agriculture Conference (TropAg) in Brisbane. Researchers from four of the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) industry sector situational analysis projects will present [...]
A new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) collaboration is set to supercharge the north’s horticultural industry – by encouraging more producers to invest in protected cropping systems. The two-year $443,000 project is an R&D partnership between producers in North Queensland, Carnarvon (WA) and Lake Bennett (NT), industry [...]
A new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) project will target new investors interested in tapping into northern Australia’s agricultural opportunities. Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Hon. Senator Matt Canavan said the CRCNA had engaged professional services firm, PwC, to deliver the research, in a project co-designed [...]