Project CFEO1603 was commissioned to gain an understanding of the opportunities, benefits and risks involved in emission reductions for broad acre irrigated and dryland cropping.

Plant Health Australia (PHA) has reviewed and updated the Biosecurity Plan for the Cotton Industry.The cotton industry remains under constant threat from exotic and endemic pests, diseases and weeds.

In 2008 the Cotton CRC invested in an Education Officer, Trudy Staines, for 5 years to promote science and agriculture in schools.

The project aimed to address the information deficit amongst irrigators, water resource managers and local government to ensure that irrigation in this region has a sustainable and productive future.

This project has delivered on two key areas.