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Our Future industries case studies

Australia-Singapore Low-Emissions Technologies (ASLET)

ASLET is a bilateral program designed to accelerate Australia and Singapore’s maritime and port sectors towards a low-carbon future.

Waterwise

WaterWise is a digital agricultural water-use efficiency system that monitors crop water stress to inform irrigation decision-making.

LOOC-C

LOOC-C helps make entry to carbon markets accessible for farmers and landowners.

1622 Apps

The 1622 apps support farmers to optimise nitrogen application rates, increasing crop yield while reducing adverse environmental impacts.

CSIRO Futures

Impact of CSIRO Futures: A Case Study of the National Hydrogen Roadmap

Rabbit Biocontrol

Rabbit biocontrol program is a large national collaborative initiative, which CSIRO played a leading role in. Other partners include IACRC, Commonwealth, and state governments

Phalaris

Phalaris (Phalaris aquatica L.) is a long-lived perennial grass exploited as a pasture species mainly for beef and sheep grazing. Using expertise in pasture improvement breeding and in collaboration with industry research partners, we have released 12 improved varieties of Phalaris.

Northern Australia

CSIRO’s robust research informs decision-making to realise the significant opportunities for the region’s sustainable development

MS3

In collaboration with National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and Boron Molecular (Boron), we developed MS3, a conservation grade varnish for the preservation of irreplaceable heritage assets.

Microencapsulation

MicroMAX® journey: a true success story for CSIRO and the food and nutraceutical industry

High Pressure Processing

High Pressure Processing is a non - thermal technology that can produce high quality foods that maintain the freshness and nutritional attributes for an extended chilled shelf life, without compromising their microbiological safety.

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

CSIRO is working with communities, industries and government to reduce agricultural emissions and create production, livelihood and environmental opportunities for the land sector to benefit from carbon markets.

Textor

A key to success for Australia’s manufacturing industry is differentiation through innovation. Textor Technologies partnered with CSIRO to develop a superior product that is now being supplied around the world.

Total Wellbeing Diet and Gut Health

CSIRO addressing the problem of obesity and overweight in Australia through the Total Wellbeing Diet

Grapevine Breeding

CSIRO’s novel grape varieties and technical innovations achieving increased yield and quality.

Agricultural Productions Systems Simulator

The Agricultural Production System sIMulator (APSIM) is the leading example of CSIRO‘s extensive agricultural production systems modelling.

Aquaculture feed and prawn breeding

Improving the sustainability and productivity of Australia’s prawn industry CSIRO bred the ‘perfect prawn’ and developed a new plant-based prawn feed.

ARISA

The Applied Research and Innovation System in Agriculture program (ARISA) has been a flagship program for Australia-Indonesia relations. Funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ARISA involved a partnership with the Government of Indonesia, private sector and research institutions, and was implemented by CSIRO.

Dual purpose Canola

CSIRO's dual-purpose canola management technique has proven successful in controlling weed and disease while increasing enterprise flexibility and profitability.

Cotton Varieties

Australia has the highest cotton yields in the world, exporting $2.7 billion of cotton each year. CSIRO has contributed to this success, through plant breeding and improvements in crop, pest and post-harvest management.

Clinical Terminology Tools

CSIRO tools connecting and improving electronic patient information across the health system.

Cereal Rust

CSIRO research is preventing crop losses, improving grain quality and yields for Australian grain growers.

Canola EU Markets

Conducting canola greenhouse gas emissions lifecycle assessment (LCA) from cradle-to-farm-gate to demonstrate compliance to revised EU-RED and maintaining access to the biodiesel market.

Botanical Resources Australia

CSIRO research has helped Botanical Resources Australia (BRA) to maintain its position as the world’s leading supplier of pyrethrum oil for use as a natural insecticide.

BARLEYmax

Improving Australians' health with BARLEYmax, a natural wholegrain with superior health benefits that can help combat cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer

Atlantic Salmon Breeding

CSIRO-Industry collaboration delivering significant economic gains by growing the Tasmanian Atlantic salmon farming industry which is the highest valued commercial fishery‑related industry in Tasmania, with annual output valued at around $497 million.

Anameka Saltbush

Old Man Saltbush was identified for its ability to provide supplementary forage to fill annual feed gaps in livestock production and for its potential to regenerate land that is too saline, infertile or depleted for conventional crops and forages.

Digiscape - Graincast

Graincast™ is a digital agriculture tool that provides real-time and early-season crop monitoring and identification, and crop-yield forecasts.

CBG Systems

A new lightweight, fire-resistant cladding that can withstand temperatures of more than 1,000 degrees Celsius is set to change the face of ships around the world and create advanced manufacturing jobs in Tasmania.

Silentium Defence

Situational awareness – anytime, anywhere, to protect what matters.

Early and dry wheat sowing practices for wheat in Australia

Evaluating CSIRO's role in supporting the Australian wheat industry, ultimately creating greater wheat yields and more efficient management practices for wheat growers

Early sowing of canola

Canola is Australia’s third largest broadacre crop. On average, the nation produces around 3.6 million tonnes per annum at a farm-gate value of more than $3 billion per annum. Yield, quality and consistency of production are the key factors affecting the production of canola.

ADOPT

The first decision support tool that forecasts agricultural innovation adoption rates, initiated by Cooperative Research Centre Future Farm Industries. The Adoption and Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool (ADOPT) encourages users to consider the influence of a set of population and innovation characteristics on uptake.

RAFT

CSIRO's Reversible Addition Fragmentation chain Transfer (RAFT) technology enables the development of new and advanced materials.

Plant Breeding

The Plant Breeding project aims to develop major food crop varieties which will enable the feeding of a global population of nine billion.

Plant Breeding

The Plant Breeding project aims to develop major food crop varieties which will enable the feeding of a global population of nine billion.

RAFT: making better polymers

Our RAFT technology is a process for making better polymers with enhanced properties for a uses across areas such as health, electronics, packaging and agriculture.

Penthrox green whistle

We helped Medical Development International move into the European market by creating a new, scalable and reliable manufacturing process for their Penthrox 'green whistle' pain-relieving drug.