The Ripple Effect project is a national, grower-led project designed to improve water security, biodiversity, and climate resilience for Australian farmers.
The project will guide growers towards multifunction water infrastructure that enhances and provides future biodiversity and carbon market opportunities while enhancing water security and quality.
Demonstration sites across Australia will support accelerated adoption of best-practice water management, to increase biodiversity and reduce emissions, strengthening farm water security, productivity, and sustainability.
Led by GGA, the project consortium includes the University of Western Australia, the Australian National University, the University of Adelaide, the University of Southern Queensland, and RMIT.
All eight national Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs have pledged to support the
project, and will engage with grower group networks representing over 20,000 producers.
Collaboration and extension through all project partners will drive the adoption of innovation in water security and quality, biodiversity and emissions reduction to protect natural resources, improve productivity and profitability, ensuring truly national and enduring impact.
This project is funded by a grant from the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust Climate-Smart Agriculture program.
Project Activities
Overall, the project aims to create a scalable, collaborative approach to sustainable water management that is accessible to farmers and land managers across Australia, enhancing productivity, profitability, and environmental resilience on a national level.
Project Sites
See the Service Delivery Areas (currently approximate delivery areas) for the project in the map below:
Resources
Ripple Effect Key Partners info guide
Find out more about the project and learn about each key partner and their involvement in this project.
Improving water security for Kangaroo Island farmers
Read the work being undertaken by the SA Drought Hub ead organisation: Agriculture Kangaroo Island, Hub members and partners involved: PIRSA, Kangaroo Island Landscape Board and Node: Struan involved in Ripple Effect looking at demonstration sites for producers to learn about and observe water monitoring systems to reduce water use, maximise water-use efficiency and ensure livestock have access to water.
Improving on-farm water security using innovative remote sensing systems
Read the work being undertaken by the SA Drought Hub, Lead organisation: Barossa Improved Grazing Group and Hub members and partners involved: South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) and Node: Roseworthy involved in Ripple Effect looking at demonstration sites for producers to learn about and observe water monitoring systems to reduce water use, maximise water-use efficiency and ensure livestock have access to water.
Incentivising Farm Dam Enhancement: Barriers, Motivations, and Market Potential in Australian Grazing Systems
A study aimed to help farmers design smarter incentives that match farmers’ motivations and real-world constraints. Led by Elizabeth Galanis, Deakin University.
The Ripple Effect research farm, Toowoomba, Qld tour 2025
This video shares The Ripple Effect project partner, University of Southern Queensland (USQ) research farm in Toowoomba, in 2025.
Preliminary Investigation of Methane Emissions from Farm Dams in Western Australia
This project aims to initiate the pilot work needed to understand how to collect and analyse methane emissions data from Western Australian farm dams.
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Project Team
Dr Daniel Kidd
Head of Projects GGA
- Project Manager
RMIT University
Contact
Enquiries to GGA Head of Projects Dr Daniel Kidd daniel.kidd@gga.org.au
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