The aim of this project is to provide a modelling framework that is able to output the water quality and economic impacts of management practices in the banana industry.
The aim of this project is to determine nitrogen leaching losses from current best existing technology and to research new strategies to further reduce nitrogen losses off-farm.
Horticulturist Neil Wiltshire worked for CSIRO in Brisbane for 13 years before heading to South Mission Beach in 2008 to carry out research on Eucalyptus and Teak forestry plantations for Elders Forestry.
The on-farm nutrient use efficiency research project is now underway with sites established in Gympie and on the Atherton Tablelands.
What are the costs to landholders of changing their management toward practices that reduce the loss of sediment and nutrients to the GBR?
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