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• Centre Lead of the Global Institute for Agri-Tech Economics
• Co-Director
• Executive Committee,
• (Council Member)
• National Centre for Precision Farming member
• Adjunct Research Professor, Charles Sturt University, , Australia

Recently completed research projects

• Pruex (2020-2022) Green, R., Williams, L. Jeffery, S., Butler, M., Behrendt, K. Collaborators: Pruex, Hudson & Sanders Ltd (Applied Group), Ross Robotics. Funded by Innovate UK.
• AHDB Farm Resilience Review and Action Plan for farmers in England (2022) Huang, I, Hill, N.,Behrendt, K. Funded by AHDB.
• Bioeconomic modelling of White Clover, Lime, Phosphorous and climate interactions (2021-2022) Behrendt, K. Funded by NSW Department of Primary Industries.
• AHDB Sustainable Farming Incentive Project (2021-2022) Behrendt, K., Huang, I, Hill, N., Parker, E. Funded by AHDB.
• Strengthening incentives for improved grassland management in China and Mongolia (2015-2020) Brown, C.; Bennett, J. Kemp, D.; Addison, J.; Behrendt, K.; Waldron, S.; Zhang, J. Collaborators: University of Queensland, Australian National University, Charles Sturt University, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University; Institute for Grassland Research, Chinese Academy Agricultural Science Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Mongolia, Ministry of Science and Technology, Mongolia University of Life Sciences. Funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR )
• (2016-2018). Behrendt, K. Collaborators: Meat & Livestock Australia, Graham Centre, International agri benchmark network, private consultants/extension personnel. Funded by Meat & Livestock Australia (D.IIS.1610).
• (2012-2017). Kemp, D.; Badgery, W.; Behrendt, K.; Michalk, D.; Takahashi, T. Collaborators: China Agricultural University; Gansu Academy of Agricultural Science, Gansu Agricultural University; Gansu Grassland Ecological Research Institute, Lanzhou University; Inner Mongolia Agricultural University; Institute for Grassland Research, Chinese Academy Agricultural Science. Funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR LPS/2008/048)
• Improving adoption of management strategies for summer perennial weeds through effective engagement processes (2015-2017). Wu, H. (NSW DPI), Herbert, K.; Behrendt, K.; Bowden, P.; Higgins, V. Funded by Meat & Livestock Australia Limited.
• Climate change adaptation in southern NSW-lower rainfall agriculture: A biophysical and economic assessment of farm performance at three irrigated Murray Valley mixed farm sites, under a projected climate and irrigation allocation scenario, factoring in water market instruments (2017). Behrendt, K. in collaboration with NSW Department of Primary Industries Cashen, M.; Broadfoot, K.; Clark, A.; Graham, P. Funded by Murray LLS.
• Development of FarmEcon analysis module for economic assessment of mixed farm biophysical simulations (2015-2017). Behrendt, K. in collaboration with NSW Department of Primary Industries Cashen, M.; Broadfoot, K.; Clark, A.; Graham, P. Funded by Murray LLS.
• (2016-2018). Friend, M.A.; Robertson, S.M.; McGrath, S.R.; Behrendt, K. Collaborators: CSIRO; DEDJT&R (Vic); Nicon Rural Services; NSW Department of Primary Industries; DAFWA (WA). Funded by Meat & Livestock Australia Limited.
• Determining the value of ground cover to limit serrated tussock invasion (2014-2016). Behrendt, K. in collaboration with Badgery, W.B.; Millar, G.; Simmons, A.; Simpson, M.  Funded by NSW Weeds Action Program.
• AgriBenchmark: Australian beef and sheep agri benchmark network (2013, 2014 & 2015). Behrendt, K. Funded by Meat & Livestock Australia Limited
• (2012-2013). Expert contributions by Behrendt, K.; Davies, L. in collaboration with Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali SpA (PI); agri benchmark. Funded by EU Commission.

• ABP PRISM 2030 - Researcher
• AHDB Landscape Recovery Project - Researcher
• AHDB Resilience Review and Action Plan for farmers in England - Researcher
• AHDB Sustainable Farming Incentive Project - Principal Investigator
• D4AgEcol - Digitalisation for Agri-Ecology - Principal Investigator
• Defining the economic and social benefits of regenerative farming systems - Principal Researcher
• Economics of swarm robotics in UK agriculture - Researcher
• Farm Business Management Tools and Techniques - Researcher
• Pasture to Plate - WP7 Lead
• Quantitative modelling for post EU exit trade deals (UK Agricultural Industry) - Researcher
• Strengthening incentives for improved grassland management in China and Mongolia - Researcher
• The Beef Toolkit - Principal Investigator
• The Carbon Exchange: Mapping the Drivers and Impact of the Carbon Market on Rural Enterprises in the UK - Researcher
• The integration of PA tools and technologies for resilient and sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa - Principal Investigator