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Jan 28, 2021
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) announces $2.18 million in grant funds are being awarded to agricultural organizations and universities as a result of the 2020 cycle of the competitive FREP Grant Program.
These grants will fund 11 research projects to improve the efficiency of nitrogen (N) fertilization in California agriculture, reduce the associated environmental impacts, and advance farmers’ understanding and implementation of best management practices (BMPs) for fertilizer applications in farmlands.
The projects
The funded projects include:
Assessment of Nitrogen Content of the Harvested Portion of Specialty Crops to Estimate Crop Nitrogen Removal and Improve Nitrogen Management in Crops
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Two new initiatives delivered as part of Waterwise Perth Action Plan
Revised Managed Aquifer Recharge policy and guidelines released to facilitate the re-use of WA’s valuable water resources
Cockburn Groundwater Allocation Plan will guide and manage the use of valuable groundwater resources across the City of Cockburn and the Kwinana Industrial Area
Water Minister Dave Kelly today announced the release of the Cockburn Groundwater Allocation Plan and the revised policy for Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) – both initiatives delivered as part of the McGowan Government’s Waterwise Perth Action Plan.
The south-west of Western Australia is one of the places on the planet most affected by reduced rainfall due to climate change and as Perth has become drier, recharge to our groundwater has been significantly reduced.
Lockdown validated 10 years of PHA Food & Farming Campaign work
By Opinion
by Nazeer A Sonday
The year 2020 will be remembered for the coronavirus pandemic and a lockdown that closed down the city.
Just two years before, 2018 will go down in our memory for dry taps and Day Zero. Throughout both crises, the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) foodlands proved to be worth their weight in gold as an essential part of the city’s well-being.
Foodlands is a word born out of the struggle to protect the PHA. It means: “Urban/peri-urban farmlands and farming communities growing horticultural crops of high nutritional, medicinal, and ecosystem value, with short supply chain from the plaas to the plate.”