Resource assessment

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development assesses resource use for sustainable agriculture by carrying out surveillance and project level monitoring; evaluation of resource condition and trends; setting resource assessment standards, systems and procedures; and reporting this information to resource managers. The intent of this work is to establish baselines and targets for resource condition, to assist managers to choose production technologies and systems that maintain or improve resource condition.

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  • View of typical secondary salinity in northern agricultural areas of Western Australia

    Groundwater trends in agricultural areas of Western Australia

    14 January 2015

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) completed a major analysis of groundwater trends in the agricultural areas of south-west Western Australia in 2014.

  • Growing the Pilbara details the findings of the Pilbara Hinterland Agricultural Development Initiative (PHADI). It delivers a prefeasibility level assessment of the irrigation development opportunities in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

    Irrigation in the Pilbara

    16 January 2014

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is planning for the future of irrigated agriculture development in the Pilbara

  • Participants at the La Grange workshop included (from left to right) DAFWA Principal Research Scientist Dr Richard George, Matt Howard (Shelamar Station), DAFWA Research Officer Bob Paul, water consultant Sam Burton and Jim Trandos, also from Shelamar.

    Regional vision for the La Grange area, Western Australia

    3 March 2016

    Pastoralists, horticulture businesses and traditional owners worked closely with the La Grange project team to develop a regional vision for agriculture development within the La Grange area of Wes

  • Typical Cockatoo soil landscape showing the open woodland and gentle topography

    Cockatoo Sands in the Victoria Highway and Carlton Hill areas, East Kimberley: surface water quality

    16 September 2015

    Cockatoo Sands are part of the Ord Irrigation Expansion Project in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.

  • Urban encorachment

    State, regional and local land use planning

    18 November 2014

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development provides advice and information to land-use planners to help them consider the needs of agriculture and food sectors in their decisions

  • Example of a soil landscape capability map

    Land capability assessment

    29 November 2013

    Land capability assessment is used to identify the potential for agricultural and non-agricultural land uses. It considers specific requirements of the land use and also identifies potenti

  • Surface application of agricultural lime using a tow-behind spreader

    Developing a liming program

    27 November 2013

    Soil acidification is an inevitable and ongoing consequence of productive agriculture.

  • Soil survey on cockatoo sands in the Kimberley region of WA

    Water for Food

    12 February 2016

    Water for Food is a state government initiative funded through the Royalties for Regions program.

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    Rangeland reference areas

    2 December 2013

    Rangeland trend is the change in vegetation present at a particular site over time.

  • Wagin runoff collection weir near the Shire’s Vernon Street depot

    Stormwater reuse project

    28 November 2013

    The Stormwater Management, Harvesting and Reuse Efficiency Project (Stormwater reuse project) was focused on stormwater harvesting and reuse for social, economic and environmental benefits in Weste

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