Research Program 4

Delivering Value from Net Zero

Purpose

Developing renewable energy and circular economy solutions that create profitable opportunities for agribusinesses and rural communities. Improving supply chain management and enhancing access to key export markets.

Research Outcomes

Delivering Value from Net Zero will draw on insights from psychology, law, behavioural, economic and institutional barriers and drivers to adoption.

Program Lead

Marit Kragt

Marit is a Professor in Agricultural and Resource Economics and Director of the Centre for Agricultural Economics and Development at the University of Western Australia. Her research focuses on farmers' decision making, with a specific focus on adoption of greenhouse gas mitigation. Marit completed a BSc in Environmental Science and MSc in Environmental Management at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and a Master in Economics and PhD at the Australian National University. Her expertise lies in interdisciplinary research, agricultural economics, climate change abatement, and non-market environmental valuation.

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Project 4020

Program 4

Agrivoltaics: Integrating Profitable Agricultural Production and Renewable Energy Generation

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Research programs

Program 1

Low Emissions Plant Solutions

This program will develop solutions for low-emissions broad-acre and horticultural systems, as well as reduce emissions in cattle and sheep via the delivery of anti-methanogenic plant properties and low-emissions, high-productivity mixed-species pastures.

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Program 2

Towards Methane-Free Cattle and Sheep

This program will provide the technology and quantification required to transition livestock production to a low-methane emission future.

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Program 3

Whole Farm and Mixed Enterprise Systems Analysis

This program will integrate all the science emerging from the CRC to provide farmers with the guidelines, resources, metrics, and benchmarking tools required for a profitable transition to net-zero emissions.

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