Awareness of soil health limiting factors and contributors
Investment: $1 778 270
Delivery organisations: University of Western Australia
On-ground achievements:
- Benchmarked 286 sites for soil biological, chemical and physical constraints to production
- Soil quality assessments on field trials in collaboration with grower groups, WANTFA and DAFWA.
Community engagement and capacity building
- Soil health workshops for growers and agribusiness
- 22 information fact sheets and an 8-page brochure about the web site distributed and on the web site
- Created www.soilquality.org.au web site that enables open access to data sets at a catchment and regional level and for individual growers actual paddock information
Publications
- Kalideen H. (2007) Diagnosing Soil Quality Indicators for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Western Australia, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Perth W.A.
- Murphy, D.1, Hoyle, F.2, Wherrett, A. 2 and Sawada, Y.1 (2007) Managing soil resources for enhanced and sustainable grain production (Gabby Quoi Quoi), 1University of Western Australia, 2Department of Agriculture & Food, WA (DAFWA)
- Murphy, D.1, Hoyle, F.2, Wherrett, A. 2 and Sawada, Y.1 (2007) Managing soil resources for enhanced and sustainable grain production (Wickepin, West Corrigin), 1University of Western Australia, 2DAFWA
- Murphy, D.1, Hoyle, F.2, Wherrett, A. 2 and Sawada, Y.1 (2007) Managing soil resources for enhanced and sustainable grain production (York, Beverley), 1University of Western Australia, 2DAFWA
- Murphy, D.1, Hoyle, F.2, Wherrett, A. 2 Sawada, Y.1 and Byrne, A. 1 (2007) Managing soil resources for enhanced and sustainable grain production (Corrigin), 1University of Western Australia, 2DAFWA
- Murphy, D.1, Hoyle, F.2, Wherrett, A. 2 Sawada, Y.1 and Byrne, A. 1 (2007) Managing soil resources for enhanced and sustainable grain production (Kellerberrin), 1University of Western Australia, 2DAFWA
- Murphy, D.1, Hoyle, F.2, Wherrett, A. 2 Sawada, Y.1 and Byrne, A. 1 (2007) Managing soil resources for enhanced and sustainable grain production (Ninghan), 1University of Western Australia, 2DAFWA
Did you know?
- The website www.soilquality.org.au won a 2007 WA Web Award for best not for profit web site
