The biennial North Australia Food Futures Conference is back from 8-9 April 2025 and ready to showcase food and agricultural development from across Northern Australia. As the premier event for agricultural development in Northern Australia, the conference brings together industry leaders, policymakers, and researchers to explore opportunities for sustainable growth. [...]
The Aboriginal Sea Company’s (ASC) and Skills Insight partnership is off to a great start in 2025, launching with a successful two-day workshop under the Community-Based Aquaculture Training (CBATT) Project. The workshop brought together ASC, Skills Insight and key community stakeholders to collaborate on developing culturally appropriate aquaculture training tools [...]
The CRCNA’s remit to deliver research and development across Northern Australia comes to an end in 2027. All our funds are now committed and the remaining projects are underway. We understand the vital role R&D plays in achieving sustainable and inclusive economic and social outcomes – especially for Northern Australia [...]
The CRCNA has provided a formal submission to the Parliament of Australia on actions to improve energy, food and water security for Northern Australia based on CRCNA research and development findings. The Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia Inquiry accepts submissions which outline: the context and extent of energy, food [...]
Join the CRCNA for an Instagram worthy tour around the Darwin region visiting iconic territory produce and locations. You’ll get to hang out with cattle, buffalo, crocodile, try some tropical horticulture and seafood, plus meet the characters who bring CRCNA research to life. This 4 hour bus tour is limited [...]
The recipients of the Geospatial Council of Australia’s (GCA) 2024 Geospatial Excellence Award winners for the ACT and the Northern Territory were announced during the GCA’s ACT Conference in Canberra on Thursday, 21 November. The recipients are as follows: NT Geospatial Excellence Awards Community Impact Award: Aerometrex, Anindilyakwa Land Council, Geoscience [...]
As interest grows in emerging crops, one such crop, sesame, could become as big as mungbeans and chickpeas. CQ University senior lecturer in agriculture Dr Tieneke Trotter said she did not sesame becoming the major industry of any area. “We see it fitting into a cropping rotation, it fits really [...]
Minister for Northern Australia, the Hon Madeleine King MP 19 November 2024 I rise to make the Government’s annual statement on developing northern Australia, and in doing so, I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this meeting place, the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people. I pay respect to First Nations Elders, customs [...]
The Department of Primary Industries has rolled out trials across North Queensland to determine the impact of a wave of foliar fungal diseases on cotton crops. The trials, which came on the back of identifying and obversing the diseases during the cropping cycle in 2023, have addressed ways to manage [...]