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Since its launch in mid-2022, the WA Agricultural Research Collaboration (WAARC) has invested in eight innovative research projects to date. These projects are part of WAARC’s broader applied research and development programs: Northern Agriculture, Grains Transformation, Resilient Agricultural Futures, Agricultural Technologies, Aboriginal Science Engagement, and Capacity Building & Extension.
Program | Project | Partners | WAARC investment (cash) | Leverage investment (cash) | Total project value |
Grains Transformation | Increasing stable lupin productivity through enhanced disease resistances | DPIRD, MU, Curtin, AGT, GRDC | $1,059,287 | $2,750,000 | $8,293,242 |
Grains Transformation | HALO - Summer sown aerial seeded pasture legume development for Western Australia | MU, GRDC, CSIRO, DPIRD | $1,497,500 | $2,995,000 | $8,800,369 |
Northern Agriculture | Intensification of northern cattle produced in WA (Cropping Enabled Cattle) | CRCNA, DPIRD, CRDC, UWA, Murdoch, CSIRO | $1,200,000 | $1,550,000 | $6,175,350 |
Grains Transformation | N-ABLE Innovative management approaches to maximise the use of legume crops in reducing the reliance on N fertiliser | GRDC, CSIRO, Murdoch, DPIRD, Stirlings to Coast Farmers Inc | $1,246,500 | $2,493,002 | $5,316,829 |
Grains Transformation | Wheat NUE Increasing wheat nitrogen use efficiency through improved genetics | GRDC, Murdoch, DPIRD, UWA, AGT | $1,401,824 | $3,081,804 | $7,165,038 |
Northern Agriculture | Business case development - improving the north-west cattle herd | UWA, MLA | $40,320 | $26,880 | $67,200 |
Resilient Agricultural Futures | SMART SPRAYS - Maximising the benefits of rainfall | Future Drought Fund (DAFF), GGA, Murdoch | $100,000 | $200,000 | $766,676 |
Aboriginal Science Engagement | Transformative Aboriginal agricultural methods, and cultural indicators of drought: Maaman Marra Boodjar | Future Drought Fund (DAFF), GGA, ECU | $90,000 | $199,000 | $492,939 |
TOTAL | $6,635,431 | $13,295,686 | $37,077,643 |