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The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) has significant direct investment in agricultural research, development and extension capability and activities.

As part of this investment, DAFWA conducts an extensive program of field trials and demonstrations sites across the state. These activities are conducted in close collaboration with other members of the agricultural industry including farmers, farmer groups, agribusiness, research organisations and funding bodies.

These linkages and partnerships underpin the department's capacity to tackle agricultural issues of national and regional importance and deliver profitable management solutions to the state's primary producers.

More information about DAFWA's 2014 research and development field activities can be accessed through the links below. This includes an interactive map showing the location of research activities as well as specific information about individual trials.

Articles

  • Oldman and river saltbush planting

    Managing dryland salinity in south-west Western Australia

    21 November 2013

    Managing saline dryland (rainfed, not irrigated) can provide many benefits: increased whole-farm productivity, reduced on-farm and off-farm degradation, and protection of landscape and community va

  • 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

  • Martin Harries kneeling in a wheat crop

    Focus paddocks 2014 trial report

    18 September 2014

    Management of weeds, disease and nitrogen nutrition are ongoing challenges that limit yield potential.

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