Cooperative Research Centre:
Future Farm Industries CRC
| Deidre Lemerle Contact dlemerle@csu.edu.au |
Phone: 02 6938 1667 Fax: 02 6938 1666 Centre Website: Future Farm Industries CRC |
Future Farm Industries CRC (FFI CRC) is developing new and adaptable farming systems for Australia by creating new land-use systems which will make agriculture more productive, adaptable to climate variability, sustainable and diverse.
The use of perennial plants is a primary focus of the CRC’s research because their deep-root systems are more adaptable to climate variation and can lower water tables in low-lying, saline areas.
Much of FFI CRC’s research is built upon the foundations of its predecessor, the CRC for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity, which made significant headway in creating new ways to make saline lands more productive and sustainable.
FFI CRC is a unique co-investment and integration of activities between three major agricultural R&D investors, Australia’s largest agribusiness company, and the combined research might of six state agencies, four CSIRO Divisions and four universities. These Participants work together with companies, catchment management organsiations and farm research groups to enhance the CRC’s adoption and commercialisation activities.