Welcome to 
RIRDC's Completed Projects in 1997-1998 and 
Research in Progress as at June 1998

This is an annual stocktake and summary of each of our projects. This year,  we also have produced a "Research-in-Progress, June 1998" which covers all our continuing projects, or those that were completed in 1997-1998.   Introduction Project Lists and Summaries

1. PROSPECTIVE NEW INDUSTRIES

New Plant Products

New Animal Products

 2. EMERGING NEW INDUSTRIES

Agroforestry & Farm Forestry   Rare Natural (Animal) Fibres   Essential Oils & Plant Extracts   Cashews   Wildflowers & Native Plants

Asian Foods    Deer    Organic Produce   Tea Tree Oil

Chicken Meat    Egg Industry   Honeybee   Rice

Joint Chicken and Egg   Horses    Pasture Seeds   Fodder Crops

4. FUTURE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Resilient Agricultural Systems	Global Competitiveness
Human Capital, Communications & Information Systems

 PREFACE TO RIRDC's RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS 1997-1998

The Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) covers a diverse range of areas from:

Prospective New Industries such as:

• New plant and new animal products,
• Emerging New Industries such as: asian foods, agroforestry and farm forestry, cashews deer, essential oils and plant extracts, organic produce, rare natural animal fibres, tea tree oil and wildflowers and native plants
• Established Industries like: chicken meat, the egg industry, honeybees, rice, horses, fodder crops and pastures seeds.

RIRDC also fosters research and development in Future Agricultural Systems such as:
global competitiveness, resilient agricultural systems and human capital, communications and information systems.

This wide range of research and development created its own management complexities and therefore, in my view, it became very important that we have an annual stocktake of each our projects, the results of which are made widely available.

This year we have produced a "Research-in-Progress, June 1998" which covers all our continuing projects, or those that were completed in 1997-1998. The information on each project is only a short summary – an initial briefing – and we would encourage people interested in the Project to make contact directly with the Research Provider.

I would like to thank all the Research Providers for the information which has been supplied. In some cases, the material was worked up jointly with the Researchers and the Corporation’s Program Managers.

While every effort has been made, the Corporation is unable to take responsibility for the accuracy of the information supplied by the contractors.

This year the ‘Research-in-Progress" is being published electronically on the Net. Subject to demand, the particular parts dealing with specific programs will be hardcopy published. This decision will be made by the respective Program Managers.

I hope this edition of ‘Research-in-Progress’ is a useful roadmap to RIRDC operations. Let us know if you can see ways of improving it.
Yours sincerely,

Peter Core
Managing Director
 

       Last updated: 17 August 1998 Copyright © RIRDC http://www.rirdc.gov.au/comp98/contents.html