GRDC Investments
Investments
Welcome to our investments. We invest in Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) to create enduring profitability for Australian grain growers.
Here you will find active investments, and investments completed after 1 January 2020 from our RD&E portfolio. Some investments will display related communication and extension activities, and other associated outputs.
Please let us know what you think as we welcome any feedback.
Crop Type
Crop Type
- ☑ All Crops
- ☐ All Pulses
- ☐ Barley
- ☐ Canary Seed
- ☐ Canola/Rapeseed
- ☐ Cereal Rye
- ☐ Chickpeas
- ☐ Cow Peas
- ☐ Faba/Broad Beans
- ☐ Field Peas
- ☐ Lentils
- ☐ Linseed/Linola
- ☐ Lupins
- ☐ Maize
- ☐ Millet
- ☐ Mungbeans
- ☐ Navy/Kidney/French Beans
- ☐ Not Crop Specific
- ☐ Oats
- ☐ Peanuts
- ☐ Pigeon Peas
- ☐ Safflower Seed
- ☐ Sorghum
- ☐ Soybean
- ☐ Sunflower Seed
- ☐ Triticale
- ☐ Vetch
- ☐ Wheat
Results found: 31 - 40 of 343 search results
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GRDC Code: GLN2403-001BGX
Grains at the Table: a pathway to prioritising grains and plant proteins in Australian diets
The Grains Legume and Nutrition will undertake evidence-based research including literature reviews and surveys using its connection across the value chain aimed at producing fact-based report on the trends, and use of Australian pulse crops as…- Project start date:
- 15/03/2024
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2026
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: ANU2401-003RSX
GRS 2024 (Rose Zhang) - Improving chickpea drought tolerance through aquaporin engineering
Global pulse productivity is threatened by current and projected climate change, and in chickpeas alone, terminal drought events are responsible for 40-50% of yield losses. Aquaporins (AQPs), a family of plant membrane proteins, are emerging as a…- Project start date:
- 12/03/2024
- Project end date:
- 30/09/2027
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UWA2402-008RSX
GRS 2024 (Amber Balfour-Cunningham) - Natural enemies of key invertebrate pests of WA grain crops: impacts and monitoring techniques
This PhD project will investigate and model the factors that influence the spatial and temporal distribution of larval parasitoid wasps at both field and regional scales. The research will quantify the contribution of these natural enemies to…- Project start date:
- 28/02/2024
- Project end date:
- 28/02/2027
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: SQU2402-002SAX
Content Audit and Inventory
As identified in GRDC's Digital Strategy 2022-26, the website content will be inventoried and audited for findability, usability and relevance. This work is being undertaken by an external UX (usability) expert and includes the use of analytics…- Project start date:
- 12/02/2024
- Project end date:
- 29/03/2024
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: CSP2311-010RTX
Development and testing of a sprayable biodegradable (SBM) product for Australian broadacre crop production
GRDC are actively investing in a biodegradable mulch (BDM product with the main driver being preservation of summer rainfall or early autumn rainfall for broadacre winter crop production. Preliminary modelling analysis shows that retention of summer …- Project start date:
- 01/02/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/10/2027
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: QUT2401-001RTX
Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from the decomposition of crop residue
The grains baseline Greenhouse Gas (GHG) report indicated on-farm GHG emissions from crop residues account for 20.4% of total emissions, of which 89% is due to decomposition of residues left in the field. The lack of country specific crop residue…- Project start date:
- 01/02/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2027
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CSP2401-013RTX
Updating grains sector greenhouse gas accounting and lifecycle assessments
Since the 2005 baseline was established for the grains industry, changes to the nitrous oxide (N2O) emission factor from residues have been accepted by the 'Common Approach' sector level accounting for Australian agriculture, which will…- Project start date:
- 15/01/2024
- Project end date:
- 01/12/2025
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: ANV2401-001SAX
GRDC Video and Podcast Investment 2024- 2026
GRDC currently invests in developing multi-media content - videos and podcasts - to provide engaging content to extend key research messages to GRDC's growers, agronomists, researchers and industry audiences. Videos and podcasts provide content…- Project start date:
- 01/01/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/12/2025
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UOA2401-012RSX
GRS 2024 - (Audrey Henry) A synergistic Indigenous knowledges approach to Responsible and Inclusive Innovation in crop science research…
'A synergistic Indigenous knowledges approach to Responsible and Inclusive Innovation in crop science research practice'The ultimate goal of this research is to promote Responsible Research and Inclusive Innovation by fostering sustainable…- Project start date:
- 01/01/2024
- Project end date:
- 01/12/2027
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UOM2401-003RSX
GRS 2024 (Heber Dias de Oliveira) - Enhancing nitrogen acquisition in Australian wheat
Inorganic N fertilizers have been used to supplement soil N content, but, their use has let to eutrophication, air pollution, and repercussions for human health. There is an urgent need for innovative solutions to address the challenges arising from …- Project start date:
- 01/01/2024
- Project end date:
- 30/11/2026
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active