National Digital Twin
for Australian Agriculture
The National Digital Twin for Australian Agriculture is a flagship initiative of the Australasian Space Innovation Institute (ASII). It is designed as national, shared, AI-enabled sovereign infrastructure that creates a dynamic virtual replica of Australia’s agricultural, forestry and fisheries systems. By providing a consistent, trusted digital representation of these systems, the Digital Twin establishes a foundation for coordinated decision-making and innovation at national scale.
Australia’s primary industries face compounding system challenges including climate volatility and water scarcity, stalling productivity, fragmented datasets, duplicated effort across commodities and jurisdictions, and slow research-to-practice translation.
The Digital Twin responds by acting as a shared national spine that connects and scales existing tools and commodity-specific initiatives, rather than replacing them. It integrates satellite data, sensors, drones, climate and agronomic models into a common geospatial environment that reflects real-world conditions, enabling stakeholders to understand interactions across regions, commodities and value chains.
Developed in collaboration with foundation partners across industry and research, the National Digital Twin for Australian Agriculture is being built as enduring national infrastructure stewarded for public good. It converts complex, multi-source data into decision-ready intelligence to support researchers, government and service providers, while strengthening collaboration across Australia’s agricultural innovation system.
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