Current projects
Current and extension programs and past science and practice change projects, funded through the Queensland Reef Water Quality Program, are helping producers better manage agricultural lands in the Cape York, Wet Tropics, Burdekin, Mackay Whitsunday, Fitzroy and Burnett Mary regions, and minimise their impacts upon the health of the Great Barrier Reef.
Current extension and practice change projects that apply best available science include:
- Banana Best Management Practice (BMP) program
- Graduate Work Placement Program (agriculture and environmental monitoring)
- Grazing Resilience and Sustainable Solutions (GRASS) program
- Hort360 Best Management Practice (BMP) project
- RP164C – Farmers for the future
- RP191 – Banana Nutrient Trials
- RP232 – Fine-scale water quality monitoring in high risk catchments
- RP301: Wet Tropics Local Scale Monitoring
- RP307: Burdekin Major Intergrated Project: Gully Monitoring and Maintenance
- Smartcane Best Management Practice (BMP) program