Research projects

Advanced Processing of Almonds

Investigations on almond cracking, aeration, and hulling processes by UniSA academics and PhD students at the Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre.

Conservation Agriculture in North Africa

An Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre project at UniSA, sharing Conservation Agriculture in North Africa to help farmers in vulnerable climates.

Cropping systems in Northern Iraq

Research by UniSA's Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre, adapting conservation cropping techniques to improve productivity in north Iraq.

Fungicide control of Rhizoctonia

Research by UniSA's Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre, helping farmers avoid yield loss from rhizoctonia barepatch disease by using fungicides.

Integrated Weed Management (IWM)

A collaborative research project by UniSA's Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre and GRDC on integrated weed management in no-till agriculture.

Mechanical weed seed termination

Research by UniSA's Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre on mechanical weed seed termination to reduce farmer's reliance on herbicides.

No-till cropping technology

Research by UniSA's Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre on soil movements and interactions for the improvement of no-till cropping technology.

Rice production in Cambodia

Research by UniSA's Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre on raising rice production in Cambodia to increase food security in South East Asia.

Soil and plant sensing

Research by UniSA's Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre, on soil and plant sensing for reliable on-farm sample collection and testing.