Welcome to a two-part special on the troubling plight of irrigation R&D, by Professor Andrew Campbell of Charles Darwin University. Research into the smartest, most efficient and sustainable ways to use water in our drought-prone continent is of critical importance, yet successful national programs have concluded without being replaced.
In Part One, Professor Campbell puts irrigation water-use in Australia in context, and reviews the legacy of the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation. Part Two will examine the worrying consequences of this vacuum.
