Farmers in the South-West WA region will benefit from exciting new extension and adoption projects.
From 18 winning projects in the national $13 million Extension and Adoption of Drought Resilience Farming Practices Grants program, seven collaborative projects worth $4.6 million will undertake activities or extend information in WA.
Grant recipients include SW WA Hub Consortium Partners Stirlings to Coast Farmers, which will implement a digital weather and soil moisture monitoring technologies project, and Western Beef which will help producers to adopt best use hay and silage practices.
The SW WA Hub team provided strong assistance to applicants during the grant round.
In total, the hub facilitated 40 project ideas involving more than 70 organisations and individuals, and team members spoke to many additional stakeholders.
Hub staff provided advice about alignment with local drought resilience priorities; interpretation of guidelines; and feedback on applications including best practice monitoring, evaluation and learning, and adoption and extension techniques.
The hub also linked applicants with similar project ideas from across the country who were applying for grants – resulting in fewer and richer applications to the FDF.
