Agriculture research

With more than one hundred years of continuous scientific research and as the State's largest provider of public sector research, the Science and Research Division of NSW DPI is well-placed to provide cutting-edge research to ensure the continued production of safe and healthy food, sustain a livelihood for NSW's primary producers and the communities they support, improve environmental outcomes, and, assist primary producers manage the challenges ahead. 

Key research

Climate change will present the State's primary industries with many challenges...and some opportunities
Climate change

Find out about the likely impacts of climate change on agriculture.

Water research
Water research

Primary industries are a major user of the developed water resources in NSW, and manage 76% of the land.

Key infrastructure

Primary Industries Science & Research investment is focused on key centres, which are strategically located across NSW and linked with the industries and communities that co-invest in their R&D.

Projects

NSW DPI undertakes projects aimed at increasing the profitability, sustainability and adaptability of the agricultural sector.

Partnerships and alliances

Our scientists develop linkages with stakeholders to identify and prioritise areas of research and develop partnerships with other research providers, e.g. universities, other government departments, the CSIRO and funding agencies.

 

Research units

NSW DPI scientists have been ranked in the top 1% of world research institutions in agricultural science, and plant and animal science. Their agricultural research is focussed in the following areas:

Science and Research Branch Research focus, projects and scientists
Systems Research

Farming Systems 
Pastures and Rangelands 

Production Research

Animal Production 
Horticulture 
Viticulture

Health Sciences Research

Plant Health Sciences 
Animal Health and Food Sciences 
Cotton Health 
Vertebrate Pests Research 
Weeds  Research 
Economics Research

Resources Research

Salinity and catchment hydrology 
Soils, recycled organics and environmental health 
Climate science and irrigation research

Rural Innovation Beef genetics and improvement 
Biotechnology 
Cereal genetics and improvement 
Pasture genetics and improvement 
Pulse and oilseed genetics and improvement 
Sheep genetics and improvement
Research Operations Diagnostic and analytical services 
Biometricians 
Scientific collections
Science Strategy Examines investment and options to achieve sound management of the primary industries' R&D potfolio

Climate change paper

This background paper was prepared for a NSW DPI workshop on climate change priorities held in Sydney in October 2007.

Climate change and agriculture - a background paper187kb

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