Global UNE Links:

Sub sections:

• Research
• ... Working with soils
• ... Using water wisely
• ... Productive plants
• ... Plant protection
• ... Learning about livestock
• ... Enhancing ecosystems
• ... Sustainability economics
• ... System integration
• ... Practice change
• Study Sustainable Farming

Using water wisely

We need to develop leak proof systems which allow infiltration and release of water to maximise the benefits of our scarce water without causing negative off-site effects.

Members of Sustainable Farming have expertise in:

• the hydraulics and hydrology of furrow irrigation to improve water use efficiency and avoid transport of pollutants away from fields;
• estimation of environmental flows in rivers;
• hydrology/water balance of surface irrigation and the operational and management techniques to achieve most efficient use of water;
• the estimation of crop water requirements and irrigation scheduling;
• the influence of irrigated agriculture on water quality in river systems;
• environmental impact of agricultural enterprises; and
• sodicity and salinity of soils