New Tech Needed to Boost Rice Growing Water Productivity by 75%

The PRNewswire website reported that the AgriFutures Rice Program is reaching out to innovators across Australia in search of new technologies to boost water productivity in rice growing by 75 percent within five years. With sustained drought and reduced water allocations leading to one of Australia’s smallest annual rice harvests on record, the AgriFutures Rice Program Open Innovation Challenge presents a novel opportunity for creative thinkers to contribute their ideas, wherever they are based and regardless of their industry. The Challenge is hosted on the Brightidea platform. Impact Innovation, as the premier partner for Brightidea in the APAC region, has enabled AgriFutures Rice Program to open up the Challenge to anyone with an existing or emerging technologies that will help the rice industry significantly increase its dollar return per megaliter of water.

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