北部地区正在利用地下水在干旱土地上开展大规模耕作,目标是到2030年种植100 000公顷作物。 The Northern Territory is launching large-scale farming in arid land using groundwater, aiming for 100,000 hectares of crops by 2030.

北方领土正在成为澳大利亚下一个农业前沿,投资者开发大规模灌溉项目,在1950年代努勒堡平原转型的启发下,在干旱土地上种植棉花、甜瓜和芒果等作物。 The Northern Territory is emerging as Australia’s next agricultural frontier, with investors developing large-scale irrigation projects to grow crops like cotton, melons, and mangoes on arid land, inspired by the 1950s transformation of the Nullarbor Plain. 拉里马附近的一个1 400公顷的项目得到了10亿公升年地下水许可证的支持,对于北部地区政府到2030年建立10万公顷宽阔作物的目标至关重要。 A 1,400-hectare project near Larrimah, backed by a 10-billion-litre annual groundwater licence, is central to the NT government’s goal of establishing 100,000 hectares of broadacre cropping by 2030. 虽然过去在由深含水层、太阳能泵和远程监测驱动的Nullarbor地区所取得的成功证明干旱土地能够支持农业,但北部地区的农业野心仍处于早期阶段,结果仍然不确定。 While past success in the Nullarbor—driven by deep aquifers, solar-powered pumping, and remote monitoring—proves arid land can support agriculture, the NT’s farming ambitions remain in early stages, with outcomes still uncertain.