About the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
The National Program for Sustainable Irrigation (NPSI) invests in research into and adoption of sustainable irrigation practices.
The NPSI program collaborates with government and primary producer bodies and has been responsible for improved irrigation scheduling and application techniques. For many irrigators this has resulted in reduction of 40% or more of their water use over the last 20 years without loss of production.
The program is researching ways of coping with:
- water scarcity
- salinity and other soil factors
- irrigation and nutritional requirements
- biodiversity and production
- plant physiology and water requirements
- the economics of irrigation
Beneficiaries have included a range of irrigation enterprises including rice, grain, cotton, vegetables, tree fruits, nuts, grapes, sugar, dairying and livestock. These irrigated industries account for more than a third of the nation’s total gross value of agricultural production, so are significant to Australia’s economy.
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Our partners
The NPSI program is a partnership of the:
- Australian Government Department of the Environment
- Water, Heritage and the Arts
- Cotton Research & Development Corporation
- Gascoyne Water Co-operative
- Goulburn-Murray Rural Water Corporation
- Grains Research & Development Corporation
- Harvey Water; Horticulture Australia Limited
- Lower Murray Water
- Ord Irrigation Co-operative
- SA Research and Development Institute
- Sugar Research & Development Corporation
- SunWater
- WA Department of Water
- Land & Water Australia (managing partner up until June 2009)
Investing in NPSI
Go to the about investing in NPSI page. If you are interested in becoming an associate partner, please contact Guy Roth, the Program Coordinator.
More Information
For more information about the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation, please contact Guy Roth, the Program Coordinator.
