Did you know?
Water logging may reduce crop yield by up to 1 bale/ha with yields affected before symptoms are noticed.
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This project aims to build a historical geography of cotton farming in NSW and QLD, with an emphasis on how farmers have adapted cotton-growing to local conditions, and the extent to which they have adopted technological innovations over time.
The Cotton Catchment Communities CRC and the University of NSW have joined forces to learn more about what we have called a ‘capacity to adapt’ to change exhibited by cotton communities.
By delving into the past (as well as the present), and exploring how cotton farmers and cotton communities have ensured that cotton would grow in the Australian environment, we hope to learn useful lessons about this ‘capacity to adapt’.
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| We are also looking for interesting memorabilia.
Do you have any scrapbooks of photos or newspaper clippings that might include snippets about cotton growers and communities surviving and adapting?
You may have developed some interesting innovations yourself – or know of someone who has.
Please let us know if you have anything interesting about cotton farming practices, or community innovations be it from the recent or distant past.
As part of this project an online survey for participants has been made available at the following Link.
https://www.surveys.unsw.edu.au/survey/155266/aa0442f2/
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Please take the time to fill in the survey. If you have any questions or concerns about the project please contact one of the team at the University of NSW.
Dr Wendy Shaw, 0415128103 w.shaw@unsw.edu.au,
Dr Danielle Drozdzewski : 0409123681 or 02 9385 8283 danielled@unsw.edu.au or
Ms Rebecca Cross ra.cross@yahoo.com 0405707756.
