Investment
Investment
Chickpea Breeding Australia 2020-2025
Chickpea Breeding Australia (CBA) is a 5-year collaboration between the NSW Government and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) based at NSW Department of Primary Industries' Tamworth Agricultural Institute.
This project will invest $30 million over 5 years to develop new desi and kabuli chickpea varieties for traditional and new growing regions across Australia. This includes $10 million in new infrastructure and technologies which includes a new glasshouse, polyhouses, and seed storage and processing facilities at Tamworth. CBA is a strategic investment that will increase genetic gain through best practice breeding and innovative technology and fast-track delivery of improved chickpea varieties to growers.
- Project start date:
- 02/03/2020
- Project end date:
- 30/03/2025
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Organisation
- [NSW] Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
- Region:
- North, South, West
- Project status
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GRDC News
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Podcasts
Expanding chickpeas in the west - GRDC
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Expanding chickpeas in the West | WA
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