World experts on operating dams, including a leading CSU aquatic scientist, have called for bold leadership from lending institutions, national governments and dam owners and operators worldwide.

CSU experts are well placed to comment on the guide for the Murray Darling Basin plan and its future possible effects on the people, plants, animals and communities that live together in the Basin.

Each community in the Murray Darling Basin should have a greater say in how they react to the decreasing availability of water around them, according to a group of CSU researchers who work extensively with these communities on issues such as drought and soil salinity.

National and local agribusiness representatives met recently with Charles Sturt University, Australia’s largest provider of agricultural education, to consider how to prepare graduates for work in agricultural industries in the 21st century.

The establishment of a drought monitoring system in Australia using remote sensing tools is one project catching the attention of the new head of the International Centre of WATER for Food Security at CSU.

Rice researchers from Charles Sturt University are urging caution with recent suggestions to increase agricultural production including rice in northern Australia, as it could invite unwanted rice diseases into Australia.

Australian agribusinesses are showing positive signs of growth and have recorded their best ever overall results since the research commenced in 2006, according to the latest Westpac & Charles Sturt University Agribusiness Index.

A study co-authored by a Charles Sturt University (CSU) scientist warns that climate change could have far-reaching negative impacts on the health of rural Australians.

The Rudd Labor government's proposed review of drought assistance to the farming sector in the face of climate change is appropriate, according to Professor Nick Klomp, the newly appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science at Charles Sturt University (CSU).