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Southern Cross University’s drought resilience, adoption and innovation expertise

Sustainable farming

The Lismore Node team works with farmers, SCU researchers, Landcare, community organisations and industry to share knowledge, support existing activities, and connect people across the NSW North Coast. Our work supports research and applied projects related to soil health, pasture dieback, multi species pastures, dung beetle diversity, enhancing farm dams, local food production and more. We strive to find and deliver practical, locally relevant solutions to the challenges facing farmers in this region.

Improving landscape function

Farming landscapes on the NSW north coast are degraded from historical changes to land use and loss of landscape function. This is evidenced by soil erosion, loss of wetlands, reduction in water quality and catchment health and increasing challenges in maintaining farm productivity. Our team supports local farmers and partners to improve landscape function on farms and catchments by restoring local water cycles, building organic matter in soils, and slowing and spreading runoff from heavy rainfall events. This helps maintain soil moisture for longer into dry periods, ultimately increasing plant growth and production.

Research translation and knowledge sharing

Our team has a strong track record in building capability in research translation and impact through the design, delivery and evaluation of targeted programs. We specialise in helping researchers move beyond academic outputs to create real-world benefits by developing their skills and confidence in impact planning, engagement, communication, and knowledge exchange.

Network analysis

Effective responses to complex challenges, such as climate resilience, depend on strong, collaborative networks. Our expertise focuses on understanding, measuring and strengthening the relationships, trust and patterns of interaction that underpin successful collaboration. Using approaches such as longitudinal social network analysis, we make the often-invisible infrastructure of collaboration visible, providing evidence to support network design, governance and performance.

Knowledge sharing

Delivering the latest, evidence-driven practical knowledge and opportunities to more than 11 000 farmers across Australia each month via our e-newsletter. Get the best podcasts and webinar recommendations, find the latest grants and regen ag farming opportunities and more. to the Farming Together newsletter to keep up to date with information and activities happening across the region.

Major industries in region: Grazing, broadacre cropping, dairy and horticulture.