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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Demand for high-value spice crops is on the rise around the world, giving confidence to proponents of establishing a new export-focused industry in northern Australia. The CRCNA’s Spicing Up the North research project has released four new commodity market assessments for caraway, kalonji, cumin and fennel which show the market price for some of these condiments is up [...]
Agricultural development opportunities across Northern Australia are vast but a more targeted approach is needed to attract and support quality investment, according to a new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia’s (CRCNA) report published today. The Northern Australia Agriculture Investor Identification report is the result of a 6-month study led by [...]
The largest Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) research collaboration to date, could deliver a boon for new broadacre cropping developments across the Northern Territory. The two-year, $2.1 million potential for broadacre cropping in the Northern Territory project is being co-funded by the CRCNA, the Grains Research and Development Corporation [...]
A new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) study has found the Mackay, Isaac, Whitsunday region is poised to take advantage of new agricultural markets while continuing to grow existing and established sectors across the region. The Mackay Isaac Whitsunday regional Agribusiness supply chains report is the result [...]
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 [...]