SW WA Hub Adoption Manager Julianne Hill’s ultimate goal in her new role is ensuring that farmers are armed with risk management strategies to navigate a variable climate.
Ms Hill took up her position in November and works closely with Hub Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager and Adoption Officer Theo Nabben and Hub Adoption Officer Maddison McNeil.
Their appointments were made possible through Australian Government FDF funding awarded to Australia’s eight Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs for the employment of adoption officers.
Ms Hill and her team are currently assisting many Hub Partners, stakeholders and GGA Network participants applying for the FDF Extension and Adoption of Drought Resilience Farming Practices grant round. They are connecting people across the nation, and suggesting improvements to better meet guidelines and strengthen local applications.
“We are also contacting Hub consortium Partners and grower groups so that they know about the team’s skills and the services we can provide to them, particularly around monitoring and evaluation, and extension practice,” Ms Hill said.
Ms Hill said that, going forward, she and her team aim to compile a repository of drought resilience practices and research that can be extended to growers in the region.
More information about Ms Hill and her team is on the GGA staff biography page.
