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Project 2.3.002 Visualising Australasia’s Soils: extending the soil data federation

Associate Professor Peter Dahlhaus Project Leader Federation University The Visualising Australasia’s Soils (VAS) project aims to provide Soil CRC participants with access…

Project 2.3.003 Visualising Australasia’s Soils: building a legacy

Associate Professor Peter Dahlhaus Project Leader Federation University The Visualising Australasia’s Soils (VAS) project commenced in 2019 to provide Soil CRC participants,…

Project 3.1.001 Review and meta-analysis of waste-derived fertiliser products, nano-porous materials for pesticide delivery, and moisture retention and microbial carrier technologies

Professor Chengrong Chen Project Leader Griffith University Intensive agriculture has led to land degradation in some areas. Together with inefficient use of…

Project 3.1.002 Identifying the processes for unlocking soil phosphorus to increase soil productivity

Dr Dane Lamb Project Leader University of Newcastle The goal of this project was to understand the reactions of phosphorous fertilisers in…

Project 3.1.003 Recovering nutrients from organic waste streams

Dr Dane Lamb Project Leader The University of Newcastle Large scale agricultural systems rely on inputs of nitrogen and phosphorous which can…

Project 3.1.004 Application of liquid biosolids

Dr Aravind Surapaneni Project Leader South East Water Australian farmers experience soil constraints both at the surface and subsurface which affect the…

Project 3.1.005 Increasing nutrient efficiency with new organic amendments

Professor Terry Rose Project Leader Southern Cross University Many farmers have access to manures or other organic amendments, but transport and spreading…

Project 3.1.006 Unlocking soil nutrients with organic amendments

Dr Girish Choppala Project Leader The University of Newcastle Enhancing nutrient use efficiency in agricultural soils is challenging due to diminishing natural…

Project 3.1.007 New fertilisers to overcome nutrient stratification in soil

Professor Ajayan Vinu Project Leader The University of Newcastle The use of phosphorous fertilisers in Australia is relatively inefficient, with the majority…

Project 3.1.008 Evaluating the agronomic benefits of biosolids biochar

Professor Ravi Naidu Project Leader The University of Newcastle Water treatment processes in Australia and globally generate millions of tonnes of biosolids,…

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