GRAINS FACE is a response to the elevated carbon dioxide levels anticipated under climate change.

Researchers employ a facility with state-of-the-art technology to:

• simulate elevated carbon dioxide (CO₂)levels
• help predict the impact of climate change on plant growthand wheat quality and yield

The project is based in the Victorian regional centre, Horsham. In its first stage the Grains FACE received funding of $3.7 million from a range of partners: the Grains Research & Development Corporation, the Australian Greenhouse Office, the University of Melbourne and Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI), with support from specialist gas company BOC Ltd. Since 2009, funding by the Commonwealth Department for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) contributes funding to the research programme. Grains FACE research is focused on the effect of elevated carbon dioxide levels on wheat quality and yield, and on the identification of crop traits advantageous under future high CO₂ conditions.