This Strategic Research and Development (R&D) Plan outlines the key research investment priorities for Land & Water Australia over the next fi ve years. It shows how the Corporation intends to organise itself to deliver on those priorities with and for its key stakeholders. The plan focuses on improving the knowledge base for sustainably managing Australia's natural resources for the benefit t of primary industries and the wider community. It also relates the Corporation's core business as a research investor, to its complementary and supporting activities as a leading research broker, coordinator and collaborator in natural resource management (NRM).