Program information

Managing agent

Cotton Research and Development Corporation
ABN 71 054 238 316
Postal address: PO Box 282, Narrabri NSW 2390
Telephone: (02) 6792 4088
Facsimile: (02) 6792 4400
Website: Cotton Research and Development Corporation

Web site questions or issues

Please let us know if you have any issues or questions with our web site.

National Program for Sustainable Irrigation Funding Partners

Land & Water Australia (Managing Partner up until June 2009)

Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland

Department of Environment Water & Catchment, Western Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation

Goulburn-Murray Water, Victoria

Sunwater, Queensland

GWM Water, Victoria

The National Program for Sustainable Irrigation is a different program from the National Program for Irrigation Research and Development (NPIRD) which concluded on 30 June 2002.

NPIRD projects that continued beyond June 2002 have been managed by the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation.

Would your organisation benefit?

Would your organisation benefit from becoming a partner in the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation?

Investment in research and innovation is critical to addressing the existing and emerging issues facing irrigators, regions and policy makers in Australia.

Irrigators are now facing reduced water security and allocation. This exigency is affecting a sector already confronting with issues like water discharge quality, salinisation, nutrients and pesticide management.

Concepts of total irrigation design for sustainability, taking account of economic, social and environmental factors, need urgent action if irrigation is to move to a more sustainable future.

The National Program for Sustainable Irrigation (NPSI) invested in research into and adoption of sustainable irrigation practices.

The NPSI program collaborated with government and primary producer bodies and has been responsible for improved irrigation scheduling and application techniques. The program finished in June 2012. 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: