• NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT VISION FOR THE NORTHERN AGRICULTURAL REGION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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Sustainable Agriculture – Goals

Vision: “Agricultural production systems are diverse, adaptable, and proactively managed using responsible practices suited to the environment”

Goal 1: 300 farmers or farm businesses across the region engaged in building skills and capacity in best practice land use and management on farms in the region by 2030.
  • Promote local success stories
  • Incorporate sustainable land use management into school curriculums
  • Develop and share decision-support tools for sustainable agriculture
  • Conduct learning exchange visits, training days or farm walks
  • Host a workshop or conference
  • Establish community networks or communities of practice
  • Host a thematic forum or event
Goal 2: 50 coordinated, multi-site projects implemented to deliver and support profitable best practice land use and management on farms in the region by 2030.
  • Reduce financial risk exposure through sustainable land use
  • Increase water use efficiency
  • Increase on-farm profitability
  • Include perennial native species in farm production systems
  • Promote sustainable livestock production
  • Improve soil health, structure and fertility
  • Protect soils from erosion and compaction
  • Reduce risk of water repellence
  • Manage nutrient loss and eutrophication.
Goal 3: 10 research projects undertaken to investigate the potential for new techniques and technologies to advance best practice land use and management in the region by 2030.
  • Identify how best management practices can increase food quality
  • Improve understanding of the impacts of pests and diseases on agricultural production
  • Conduct research on managing and improving soil health
  • Conduct research on improving water use efficiency
  • Develop new production areas
  • Improve resilience to climate change
  • Develop calculation tools for farmers that focus on building the business case and economic motivation for sustainable land use practices
Goal 4: Farmers across an additional ~50,000 ha per year change their on-farm activities to achieve a total of at least 500,000 more ha under best practice land use and management by 2030.
  • Support farmers to attempt new best practice management options on their farms through for e.g. extension support, knowledge exchanges, financial incentives
  • Recognise the efforts of farmers making large-scale changes to their management practices on their own
  • Develop and promote an accessible education process to support farmers and land managers to include sustainable practices into their business plans, agronomic plans and budgets
  • Connect growers and land managers to the available calculation tools
  • Encourage knowledge sharing between farmers and Traditional Owners and Custodians in the region
  • Understand what resilient management practices are currently being used
  • Support peer-to-peer learning
  • Support farm business diversification
Goal 5: At least three new markets for sustainably farmed products developed by 2030, as an incentive for farmers in the region adopting best practice land use management.
  • Identify new markets for sustainable products
  • Investigate traceability systems for sustainable products
  • Conduct research into market willingness to pay a premium for sustainable products

Acknowledgment of Country

We respectfully acknowledge the Yamaji and Noongar people who are the Traditional Owners and original natural resource managers of the Northern Agricultural Region and pay our respect to all of the Aboriginal Elders and leaders in the region, past, present and emerging

“Bandang jinangij ngala nyoongar boodja danjoo.” All people looking after Country together (Noongar).

“Barndi nhurra nganjungu barnagi yanayinha.” It is good that you come to our Country (Yamaji Wajarri).

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