Smart Grazing, Stronger Lands

This project is assisting pastoralists and land managers throughout Australia’s Southern Rangelands to adopt proven climate-smart decision support tools and technologies to improve grazing management and ecosystem health.

Despite large investments in tool development, adoption has been slow due to time constraints, lack of confidence in technology use, and the need for hands-on support.

The project brings together regional hubs, research organisations and delivery partners to:

• Support producers to adopt climate-smart grazing practices
• Improve drought and climate resilience in rangelands
• Deliver demonstration sites and on-ground trials
• Strengthen collaboration between producers, researchers and extension networks

Regional NRM groups, grower groups and community organisations will deliver tailored, locally driven support through training, peer-to-peer learning, and expert guidance.

Demonstration sites will build confidence and capacity, showcasing real-world application of tools and technologies. Covering 1.5m square kms of Australia’s Southern Rangelands, the project builds the capacity of regional NRM groups, grower groups, and community organisations and facilitates pastoralist and land manager adoption of proven rangelands grazing and land management tools and technologies.