Research Program 3

Whole Farm and Mixed Enterprise Systems Analysis

Purpose

Taking on the industry-identified challenge of developing a single platform where trusted guidelines, resources, and benchmarking tools are integrated.

Research Outcomes

Whole Farm and Mixed Enterprise Systems Analysis is Integrating 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.

Richard Eckard

Program Lead

Richard Eckard

Richard is Professor of Carbon Farming at the University of Melbourne and science leader in the Zero Net Emissions Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre. His research focuses on carbon farming and accounting towards carbon neutral agriculture and options for agriculture to respond to a changing climate. Richard developed the first greenhouse gas accounting tools, for all sectors of agriculture in Australia, that now form an agreed national standard for agriculture. He is a science advisor to the Victorian, Australian, New Zealand, UK and EU governments, the International Livestock Research Institute and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization on climate change adaptation, mitigation and policy development in agriculture. Richard is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Technology and Engineering and was recently named on the Reuters list of the world’s 1,000 most influential climate scientists

Project 3020

Program 3

Farm Systems GHG Evaluation

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.

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.

Program 4

Delivering Value from Net Zero

This program will develop renewable energy and circular economy solutions that create profitable opportunities for agribusinesses and rural communities. The program will improve supply chain management and enhance access to key export markets.