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Table 7.3 . Existing major delivery partners in the region and their existing capacity in Lower Burdekin sugarcane extension and management for improved water quality outcomes .
BCEG Partner Organisation
Location
Funded
Primary
Activities
No of extension staff ( sugarcane )
AgriTech Solutions
Ayr
Private
Irrigation
3
1.5
company
BRIA Irrigators Committee
Ayr
Grower levies
Grower funded
0
0.1
Burdekin Bowen Integrated Floodplain Management Advisory Committee ( BBIFMAC )
Ayr
Not-forprofit / grants
Community NRM WQ Monitoring
3
3
Burdekin Productivity Services ( BPS ) ( Includes Smartcane BMP )
Ayr
Milling and grower levies
Assist growers to improve productivity , profitability and sustainability
6 3
Canegrowers Burdekin Ltd
Ayr
Grower levies
Grower funded
0
0
Department of Agriculture and
Townsville
Government
Sustainable farming
1
0.2
Fisheries
systems
Farmacist
Home Hill
Private
Commercial extension
8
5.5
company
provider
NQ Dry Tropics
Townsville
Not-forprofit
Community NRM
5
3
/ grants
SugarFix
Ayr
Private
Grant extension
1
0
company
Sugar Research Australia ( SRA )
Brandon
Industry
Sugar cane grower and
2
0.1
levies
miller owned company
Wilmar Sugar
Townsville
Private company
Miller
0
0
FTE ’ s dedicated to WQ extension activities
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