Agricultural Systems Links
Suggestions for new links are welcome (email to: paul.kristiansen@une.edu.au) .
RD&E organisations
- State and federal research and extension agencies
- ACIAR (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research)
- Agriculture WA (Department of Agriculture, Western Australia)
- BOM (Bureau of Meteorology)
- CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
- NSW Ag (New South Wales Agriculture)
- NSW DLWC (New South Wales Department of Land and Water Conservation)
- NSW State Forests
- NT DBIRD (Northern Territory Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development)
- PIRSA (Primary Industries and Resources South Australia)
- QDPI (Queensland Department of Primary Industries)
- QNMR (Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines)
- SARDI (South Australian Research and Development Institute )
- Tas DPIWE (Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries)
- Vic DPI/DSE (Victorian Department of Primary Industries/Department of Sustainability and Environment)
- Cooperative Research Centres
- CURRENT LIST OF CRCs
- Aquaculture (CRC for Sustainable Aquaculture of Finfish)
- Beef (CRC for the Cattle and Beef Quality)
- Cotton (Australian Cotton CRC)
- Dairy (CRC for Innovative Dairy Products)
- Forestry (CRC for Sustainable Production Forestry)
- Plant Breeding (CRC for Molecular Plant Breeding)
- Rice (CRC for Sustainable Rice Production)
- Sheep (CRC for Australian Sheep Industry)
- Sugar (CRC for Sustainable Sugar Production)
- Tropical Plant Protection (CRC for Tropical Plant Protection)
- Wheat (CRC for Value Added Wheat)
- Viticulture (CRC for Viticulture)
- Weed (CRC for Australian Weed Management)
- Wool (CRC for Premium Quality Wool)
- Research and Development Corporations
- Cotton (Cotton Research and Development Corporation)
- Dairy (Australian Dairy Corporation)
- Dried Fruits (Dried Fruits Research and Development Council)
- Fisheries (Fisheries Research and Development Corporation)
- Forestry (Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation)
- Grains (Grains Research and Development Corporation)
- Grape & Wine (Grape & Wine Research and Development Corporation)
- Horticulture (Horticulture Australia Limited)
- Land & Water Resources (Land and Water Australia)
- Meat and Livestock (Meat and Livestock Australia)
- Rural Industries (Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation)
- Pigs (Pig Research and Development Corporation)
- Sugar (Sugar Research and Development Corporation)
- Tobacco (Tobacco Research and Development Corporation)
- Wool (Australian Wool Innovation)
Integrated farming techniques
- IPM (Integrated Pest Management)
- IWM (Integrated Weed Management)
- Agroforestry
- etc
Farming systems research
- on-farm, multidisciplinary, farmer-driven, systems design
- collaboration and communication (approaches, methods)
- NGO organisations
Complementary farming systems
- Conservation tillage
- Organics:
- Permaculture
Natural resource management
- Australian Conservation Foundation
- Greening Australia
- Landcare Australia
- Rural Land Capability Mapping - Click on the "Soil Conservation" link at the top. Then scroll up a little and the next item will be "Rural Land Capability Mapping" with links to the four parts of a guide published by DLWC on mapping the capability of rural lands. This page also has a lot of other information about soils.
- State of the Environment (Australia)
- State of the Environment (NSW)