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| Project details: | |
| ID: | 57 |
| Model: | C |
| Name: | Sustainable Grazing from Saline Land (SGSL) |
| Industry: | Wool Industry |
| Funder: | Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) CRC for Plant based Management of Dryland Salinity (Salinity CRC) |
| Provider: | CSIRO Livestock Industries Department of Agriculture Western Australia Department of Primary Industries Victoria Department of Primary Industries NSW Primary Industries and Resources South Australia Private consultants |
| Abstract: |
Some 7900 woolgrowers nationally have reported salinity as an issue on their properties. 17m ha of land is used for wool production in the high rainfall and sheep/cereal zones of Australia – an area equivalent to 16% of that total is already affected by salinity. This area of land has lost or is in the process of losing its productivity and much of its commercial value. Around 4.7m ha of agricultural land in the high rainfall and mixed farming zones are presently considered at high risk. Further salinised land is often visual affront and poses severe environmental threats to wetlands and waterways.
Livestock production is one of the few activities that can make productive and profitable use of saline land and therefore address the potentially negative impact on the environment and on the property owners/managers. |
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