This research area aims to advance accounting-based tools that can value-add to productivity and profitability of the agricultural sector. Many agricultural industries are facing incredible pressure from climate change and uncertain weather patterns that can impact drastically on farm profitability. For Australia, farmers in various areas face earlier seasons, longer droughts, more erratic rainfall, and higher temperatures. Even though farming is commercially focused in Australia, a range of farm-related decisions still rely on heuristics that do not always optimise resources use or profitability. This is especially the case with irrigation applications. Agtech exists that can substantially improve on the existing heuristics, but it does not bring together the individual farm level financial and biophysical. This research area advances tools that can link farmer financial accounting data with sensed data across multiple agricultural production and irrigation types.
- Student type: International, Domestic
- Research degree type: Master of Philosophy, PhD, Master of Research
- Signature research theme: Food, Agriculture and Wine
- Supervisor: Associate Professor Joanne Tingey-Holyoak
