Program 2 The Catchment

Did you know?
Stress prior to defoliation (70% open or 4 Nodes above Cracked Boll (NACB)) can cause a reduction in yield and fibre quality.

Program 2 - The Catchment

Program Leader: Jane Macfarlane, Cotton CRC

Enable best practice cotton enterprises to deliver sustainable ecosystems and reduced impacts on catchments by:

Characterising river health and ecological responses to flow variability in two key floodplain catchments and assisting catchment bodies to develop science-based riparian health indicators
Benchmarking current groundwater conditions in cotton catchments and improving the reliability of aquifer recharge modelling by at least 10 per cent
Establishing baselines for on-farm water quality and developing remediation processes with the capacity to deliver both farm and catchment benefits
Developing best practice techniques and guidelines to enable industry and catchment bodies to better assess, manage and monitor biodiversity and ecosystem services in cotton catchments
Developing a set of farm and catchment information resources and tools that are consistent with good science, best practice, practical adoption and catchment goals