Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0455110

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0455110

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Coal-ash as a resource for sustainable soil-management in plant production systems. Acidification and salinisation are major causes of land degradation in Australia, costing $1-2 billion to combat. Farmers used 1.9M t of lime and 1.0M t of gypsum to manage their soils in 2000. Power stations annually produce 12M t of coal-ash that have functional characteristics of lime and gypsum and can potentially ameliorate degraded land. Presently only 43% of the ash is used and almost entirely for construction with the rest going into landfills. This project will determine the sustainable use of coal-ash to improve structure and nutritive properties of the soil and to raise crop yield across several sites in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 03-2005

End Date: 06-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $209,069.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Nutrition | Land Capability And Soil Degradation | Soil Sciences | Environmental Impact Assessment |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Field crops | Horticultural crops | Sown grasses

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