About WAARC
We are a collaborative initiative focused on fostering innovation and research within the agricultural sector. We facilitate industry-led transformational and collaborative research.
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The WA Agricultural Research Collaboration (WAARC) officially commenced its operations in July 2022, as a strategic alliance between the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), CSIRO, Grower Group Alliance (GGA), Curtin University, Murdoch University, and The University of Western Australia (UWA).
The formation of WAARC recognises the pivotal role of innovative science in addressing our State’s unique agricultural challenges and opportunities.
Through strategic alignment with national and international research priorities and active engagement with industry, WAARC ensures its research initiatives are not only cutting-edge but directly applicable and impactful to WA.
WAARC’s activity is framed by six key research programs to address critical areas of challenge and opportunity. Three programs focus on bolstering agricultural productivity and profitability in a changing climate:
A further three programs are aimed at nurturing long-term sustainability and growth:
WAARC intends for projects to seamlessly traverse these programs by fostering collaboration across the six partners and a wide range of disciplines, to yield impactful research outcomes.
WAARC is also nurturing future generations of agricultural scientists and leaders through a new Postgraduate Research Scholarship Program, to create a robust talent pipeline that will propel innovation and sustainability in the sector. This program not only offers top-up scholarships for recipients but develops and supports professional growth and networking, laying a strong foundation for their future contributions to agriculture.