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FFI Programs
The FFI CRC will deliver its products and implement its strategies through seven programs
 (FFI CRC Program Management). Detailed individual program descriptions are available below.
A participant's guide to project development activities in the transition period is available
(FFI CRC Project Development FAQ).
The FFI CRC has three industry programs:
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Future livestock production: higher performance grazing systems in the existing livestock zone and new livestock production for the crop/livestock zone.
Leader: Dr Joe Jacobs, Principal Research Scientist and State-wide Leader, Pasture and Grains Agronomy, PIRVic
- Future cropping systems: new cropping systems with sufficient perennial component to be resilient to the multiple challenges posed by terms of trade, salinity and climate variability.
Leader: Dr Alison Bowman, Director, Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute and Research Leader - Southern Farming Systems, NSW DPI
- New woody crop industries: new plant resources (e.g. native perennials) for new and existing regional industries including timber, charcoal, biomass energy and carbon sequestration.
Leader: Mike Bennell, Project Manager - FloraSearch, Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation, SA
Two programs focused on catchment solutions:
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Farming saline landscapes: development of strategies and farming systems for profitably managing salt-affected land and land at risk of salinity.
Leader: Dr Ed Barrett-Lennard, Principal Research Officer, Centre for Eco-hydrology, Department of Agriculture and Food, WA
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Biodiversity and water: quantifying ecosystem services for conservation of biodiversity, minimising trade-offs to water resources, and evaluating perennial plant adaptability to subsoil constraints and climate variability.
Leader: Ken Wallace, Manager, Natural Resources Branch, Department of Environment and Conservation, WA
And two programs that develop the capacity to take action:
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Economic, social and policy analysis: informing the development of new industries, farming systems and technologies, the design of more effective adoption and commercialisation strategies, and the development of better tools for improved decision-making.
Leader: Prof. David Pannell, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, The University of Western Australia. A/Prof Bill Malcolm, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, The University of Melbourne, replaces David Pannell in October-November 2007.
- Education and training: postgraduate education, interdisciplinary professional development and training and capacity building for professionals servicing agriculture and natural resource management.
Leader: Scott Glyde, Lecturer, Extension and Agricultural Systems, Charles Sturt University, NSW
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