Under the National Landcare Program’s Smart Farming Partnerships initiative, CRDC secured a $1.3 million grant to bring Cotton Landcare Tech-Innovations 2021 onto Australian cotton farms to enhance natural resources and biodiversity.
The ambitious Cotton Landcare Tech-Innovations 2021 is being delivered over three years from 2019-2021. The project builds on international best practice to implement and develop cutting-edge technologies, such as drone mapping and aerial seeding, acoustic monitoring and big data, to help Australian cotton better report on and improve on-farm biodiversity.
Project activities:
The Cotton Landcare Tech-Innovations 2021 project consists of four key activities that involve experts from Australia and around the world working in partnership to strengthen Australian cotton farm biodiversity and sustainability management.
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Biodiversity management guidelines for cotton catchments |
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Collaboration for a legacy of Australian cotton biodiversity action |
Australian cotton growers are known innovators and embrace new and emerging technologies. Cotton Landcare Tech-Innovations 2021 aims to provide cotton growers with practical and cost-effective technology solutions for restoring habitat connectivity, and monitoring and managing biodiversity across the industry. The project will also contribute towards Australia’s efforts in meeting international obligations to protect and improve biodiversity.
For more information
Stacey Vogel
CRDC R&D Manager and CottonInfo Tech Lead
stacey.vogel@crdc.com.au