Centre for Applied Climate Sciences

Title: Northern Australia Climate Program 
Leader: Associate Professor David Cobon 
Project Team: Dr Andrew Marshall | Dr Timothy Cowan 
Project Partners: Meat & Livestock Australia | Queensland Government | Western Australian Government Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development | Bureau of Meteorology  

Title: Creating alternate agricultural income streams to increase farm profitability and benefit the environment. 
Leader: Professor Shahbaz Mushtaq   
Project Team: Dr Jarrod Kath | Dr Kate Reardon-Smith 
Project Partners: Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland

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Title: Creating alternate agricultural income streams to increase farm profitability and benefit the environment.
Leader: Professor Shahbaz Mushtaq
Project Team: Dr Jarrod Kath | Dr Kate Reardon-Smith
Project Partners: Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland
Project Aim: To directly engage with producers to assess the application and potential benefits of emerging opportunities aimed at building a more resilient and environmentally sustainable agricultural sector which will allow growers to diversify their income streams and smooth year-to-year variability linked to climate-related risk by accessing markets that provide financial rewards for increasing vegetive and soil carbon sequestration, as well as other potential environmental credit options.

Title: Filling fundamental gaps in pasture in drought-impacted savanna woodlands  
Leader: Jo Owens 
Project Partners: Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland
Project Aims: To fill gaps in knowledge of competition for water between trees and grasses to enable graziers to better manage areas with woody vegetation while adapting to Queensland’s drought prone and highly variable climate.

Title: DeRISK SE Asia
Leader: Professor Shahbaz Mushtaq
Project Team: Mr Torben Marcussen | Dr Duc-Anh An-Vo | Dr Kathryn Reardon-Smith | Dr Jarrod Kath | Dr Louis Kouadio | Mr Michael Scobie | Dr Jochen Eberheard
Project Partners: World Meteorological Organization | Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists
Project Aims: To develop climate risk management systems, best practices and insurance products that will shield smallholder farmers and businesses engaged in producing coffee, sugar, rice, cassava, rubber, dairy, and grazing across the agricultural value chain in key SE Asia countries from physical and financial disaster associated with climate change.

Title: Northern Australia Climate Program
Leader: Associate Professor David Cobon
Project Team: Dr Andrew Marshall | Dr Timothy Cowan
Project Partners: Meat & Livestock Australia | Queensland Government | Western Australian Government Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development | Bureau of Meteorology
Project Aims: To deliver innovative research, development, and extension outcomes to improve the capacity of the red meat industry in managing drought and climate risk across northern Australia.