Irrigation Decision Making and Innovation Report Launch

As a partner in the Mallee Regional Innovation Centre, we are pleased to invite you on campus to the launch of the Irrigation Decision Making and Innovation report.

Dr Natalie Araujo’s research supports the work undertaken in the Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub Cross Hub project “Modern Drought Management for the Health and Longevity of Perennial Horticulture Plants” funded by the Australian government’s Future Drought Fund.  

This project aimed to understand the multiple and intersecting factors that inform irrigation decision-making and innovation in practice.

This event will an opportunity to network with visiting La Trobe University researchers, from a vast array of areas, who will be Mildura to explore community research needs in relation to drought.  Visiting researchers include:

• Professor Brian Abbey – Maths
• Professor Nick Bond – Water
• Professor Roman Buckow - Food Science
• Dr Timothy Clune - Drought Hub Sustainable Farming Systems and Supply Chains, Farm and Business Resilience
• Dr Marisa Collins - Agronomy/Crop Science
• Dr Peter Dracatos – Agronomy
• Dr David Fleming Munoz – Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Professor Ash Franks – Microbiology/Research Investment
• Dr Lilian Pearce – Archaeology
• Dr Jim Radford - Natural Resources
• Professor Lauren Rickards - Climate Change
• Dr Jen Wood - Soil Microbiology
• Dr Ernest Valenzuela Dominguez – Agricultural and Resource Economics

Don't miss this opportunity to network with some of the leading researchers from La Trobe University!

Bookings are essential - Register now to secure your spot!

Start: Please arrive at 4.15pm for 4.30pm start.

Event details

• Open and welcome
• Report launch
• Presentation - (Dr Natalie Araujo from La Trobe University)
• Closing remarks
• Networking with drinks and roaming canapes by Verdict Catering

Dietary requuirements
If you have any dietary requirements, please respond to MRIC-info@unimelb.edu.au no later than Wednesday 10 July.