RIRDC Projects and Results

Completed Projects & Research in Progress

Current projects

Productive & environmental implications of farm consolidation and fragmentation

LWA - The recent Western Victorian drought and its impact: without precedent?

Rural Women's Award - Media Plan

Rural Women’s Award - 10 Year Evaluation

Transformation for resilient landscapes & communities

Improving integration of agriculture and conservation through Biosphere Reserves

Improving on farm safety in new rural industries

Indigenous rural innovation fund consultancy agreement - Deloitte

Scoping study for development of cultural African produce in Australia

Sustaining Rural Communities Conference and successful community initiatives

Bridging the Rural Urban Divide

Rebuilding the Agricultural Workforce

Comparative Study Indigenous Trainees NRM

The Aboriginal Research Practitioners Network (ARPNet)

Australian wild rice: A potential new sustainable wild food enterprise

Completed projects

Natural durability of Eucalyptus trees from farm forestry and low rainfall

Assessing the extent ecological condition wood values and other tangible

Hydrological impacts and productivity interactions of integrated oil-mallee

Phase farming with trees- field validation of the cropping phase

Targeting 'pragmatist' farmers in transfer of simulation-based decision sup

Participative evaluation of learning and impacts from farmer-driven RDE

Farm trees: enhancing biodiversity nature conservation and natural pest co

Communicating the results of species trials in new farm forestry areas (Sta

Wood quality analysis from high value mixed species agroforestry systems

(NHT) Developing appropriate designs to increase biodiversity in commercial

Developing a framework for the role of trees in controlling dryland salinit

Competitiveness of Acacia saligna in alleys; root morphology and physiology

Aquaculture in saline groundwater evaporation basins

Catchment scale evaluation of Trees Water & Salt (previously CAL-8A)

Nesting community-based NRM for regional accountability and grassroots coop

Sideroxylonal: a valuable extract from oil-mallee crops in Western Australi

Sustainable small-scale agri-industrial projects neighbouring the Greater Blue M

Field trials to test the effect of timing and climate variability on the ef

Electrical root mapping

Utilizing NIRS and DNA technologies to manage rangeland sustainability

Precision farming. What is it delivering to farmers?

Destocking rangelands: effects on carbon sequestration fire mngt & biodiversity

Bridging the gap between theory and practice; a commercialisation case stud

Farm forestry toolbox - regional benefits through research and technology t

Further development and field testing of the efficient lightweight biomass

(NHT) Improving timber and habitat management of private native forests in

(NHT) Vegetation and biodiversity response of eucalypt regrowth forest to t

Large-scale research investments for best practice farm forestry and vegeta

The roles for capacity building in regional NRM

Maximising the connection between R&D providers and agribusiness

Viability of single-desk marketing of farm forestry timber

Productivity of mallee agroforestry systems with various competition manage

Assessment of Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) for wastewater bioremediation

Realising the revenue potential of environmental plantings under the NSW's

Green ants as biological control agents in agroforestry

Australian Master TreeGrower: Building capacity for integrated vegetation m

Development of a desiccant solar drying system for agricultural products

Greening EMS products drivers and impediments to sustainable value chains

(NHT) Communicating sustainable forest management for the private forest

Multi-purpose 'healthy' grazing systems using perennial shrubs

Incorporating CVCB outputs into member programs

FloraSearch (stage 3) - Selection and development of multi-purpose perennia

Policy design for conservation through sustainable use: Barriers and Stimuli

Analysing known and likely outcomes of current EMS activities

Regional development diversification and addressing the rural labour shorta

Using precision agriculture technologies to manage landscapes not just pad

Genetic improvement for naturally durable hardwood posts

Evaluation of 1 8-cineole bioderivatives for pharmaceutical and chemical ap

Developing environmental service policy for salinity

Barrier Ranges Sustainable Wildlife Enterprise Trial

Heywire - The ABC Gives Regional Youth A Voice

Evaluating the impact of ICTs on the livelihood of rural communities

National accreditation and professional development program (NAPDP) for agr

Synthesising policy implications from CVCB program

Strategic management of total grazing pressure in semi-arid environments

Integrating inland saline aquaculture and livestock production

Farm Energy Calculator

Green roof-tops and self-sufficient fresh food production

(NHT) Agroforestry industry evaluation: product groups industry size mark

Optimising economic returns from mixed livestock and wildlife systems

Revegetation by design - promoting the 'on-farm' use of native vegetation a

On the fast-track: Bringing capacity building research and practice togethe

Cooperative Venture for Capacity Building Evaluation Project

YWLMP - Facilitator - Jo Eady

New immigrants in regional and rural Australia: attraction and retention

A review of farm mapping software

Sustainable Wildlife Enterprises trials in the Maranoa Wildlife Management

Sustainable Wildlife Project 2007

Models for sharing benefits from wildlife harvesting among collaborating landh

(NHT) Prioritisation of regional opportunities for agroforestry investment

Marketing produce from Wildlife Management Conservancies

Conference on 'Plantation eucalypts for high value timber'

Critical Breaking Point? Understanding farming families' pressures plans a

Peri-Urban Issues: Is there a role for RIRDC and what is their 'Space"?

Adoption and impact of farm forestry: suite of projects

Improved direct seeding establishment of commercial native plants through

LWA - A rapid genetic approach for assessing sediment biodiversity

Revisiting missed opportunities: a re-evaluation of women's contribution to ag.

Online Planning Network for Aboriginal Natural Resource Management

The mobile skilled workforce: Optimising benefits for rural communities

What makes a resilient rural community?

Legal Compliance for Primary Industry - Study Program Best Practice Model

Heywire - The ABC Gives Regional Youth a Voice

Sustainable wildlife enterprises trial in the Murray Darling rangelands

Explore the use of non-profit decision drivers to manage and adapt to change

The bio-economic potential for agroforestry in northern cattle grazing systems

A revised private native forestry metric to assess forest structural change

Update the RPLS 5 year plan

Scoping an indigenous rural enterprise program

Lisa Robins JVAP Publications 2008

The role, values and potential of Private Native Forestry

An investigation of farmers' non-profit decision drivers

Developing a Strategic Plan for RIRDC's Leadership Program

Improving economics of small scale farm forestry processing for grower groups

Review of JVAP 2004-09 and development of a future five year plan

JVAP Highlights Report

RPLS Business Case and Five Year Plan Development

Sustainable Development of Indigenous Plant Products

Investing in Youth workshop report and program development

Portfolio 3 New Developments in the Operating Environment & Strategic Directions

Resilience and Innovation in Indigenous Communities

Development of the Community Resilience Five Year R&D Plan

Woody Crops on Farms Workshop

Woody Crops on Farms 5 Year Plan

Woody Crops on Farms Value Proposition

Development of an Indigenous Rural Development Five Year R&D Plan

LWA - Oil vulnerability and NRM in regional Australia

Sustainable rural economic development opportunities for Indigenous people in CY

Feasibility of establishing a northern Western Australian (beef) abattoir

Climate Change Indigenous Opportunities Framework

Broadband Opportunities Study

Transformation for resilient landscapes and communities

Successful Land Leasing in Australia

Gubinge / Kakadu plum workshop