Sustainable Farm Practices: Contribution to productivity and a better environment
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Sustainable Farm Practices: Contribution to productivity and a better environment
- 1. Sustainable Farm Practices Contribution to productivity and a better environment Presented by: Kimberly Green, Manager Sustainable Agriculture Policy (Special Project)
- 4. Resilience to climate change
- 5. Provision of environmental services
- 8. Productivity
- 9. Carbon Land Sector Package (developing)
- 14. Maintain/ enhance natural resource base
- 15. Encourage adoption of sustainable practices
- 18. Activities funded to meet targets Soils Information development Information dissemination Trialling practices Development of innovative practices Reporting frameworks Landscape scale conservation Payment for on ground works (fencing; off-stream watering points) Establish paddock trees
- 19. Some Examples of Projects Funded (1): Whole of Paddock Rehabilitation (WOPR): A Sustainable Agriculture Solution Greening Australia $880,000 over 2.5 years actively engage more than 50 farmers in rehabilitation >1000 ha; field days involving >200 farmers and communication to >1000 farmers establishes paddock trees - Box Gum woodland provides shade/ shelter stock, improve soil / water quality National Environmental Plan Implementation Grains Research Development Corporation $6.6 million over 4 years partnership with Australia’s mixed systems farmers and regional NRM bodies 7 mixed farming zones reduce wind/ water erosion and increase soil carbon and biodiversity optimise land use; increase annuals, perennials and biennial fodders and forages
- 21. $900,900 over 2.5 years
- 22. Over 23 regional catchments
- 23. Promoting sustainable cropping practices in dry land agriculture
- 24. Reduce wind/water erosion and increase soil carbon
- 25. Management soil is key to long-term farm productivity.
Notas do Editor
- There are numerous benefits to the community from having healthy agricultural landscapesThese include:Food and fibre productionEconomic growth – through better productivityResilience to climate change – particularly through better ground cover and soil conditionProvision of environmental services such as habitats for native speciesSupports regional and rural communities
- Sustainable agriculture enables other outcomes such as food production to be deliveredIt is an “enabler” and a pillar that supports other policy frameworks including.......
- Caring for our Country is the Australian Government environmental and sustainable agriculture initiative.....Commenced in 2008 for a five year duration.The Caring for our Country objective is:.....initiative that seeks to achieve an environment that is healthy, better protected, well managed, resilient, and provides essential ecosystem services in a changing climate. Ecosystems services are the benefits provided to humans by ecosystems including from agro-ecosystems or agricultural land ...and essential ecosystems include .... protected biodiversity, clean air and water and healthy soils which support sustainable food and fibre industries......As farmers manage up to 70 per cent of the landscape they make a significant contribution to the ecosystem services provided- Environmental and productive services
- Sustainable Farm Practices is one of the six national priority areas under C4oCThe objectives of the SFP is..........Funding is provided to groups who work with their farmers through a variety of activities. A variety of groups participate including farming system groups, Landcare, Industry Regional Natural Resource Management organisations and RDC’s,
- There are three 5 year outcomes for sustainable farm practices:......There are shorter term targets published in annual Business Plans which call for fundingThe targets have focused on soil condition and biodiversityThe outcomes and targets were developed based on a range of inputs including:Government policyInternational obligationsNational Land and Water Resources Audit recommendations for soil condition
- There are a range of activities that groups can deliver to assist farmers adopt practices......including.......An important principle is that the Australian Government can only intervene and deliver environmental outcomes where the market does not provide adequate reward. The type of activity and / or the level of incentive recognises the private benefit that the farmer might be expected to receive For example:To improve soil condition – focus on information development and dissemination to address information failure in the market; andTrialing of practices to demonstrate outcomes to other farmers as this is not likely to occur without government interventionFarmers increase their knowledge about how to implement the practices and then provide their own time and resources to implement the practice, which generates a private benefit through increased productivity.
- To give a sense of the types of projects funded via Caring for our CountryThese are some examples:I am not going to go through all the detail but you will note that the projects are providing productivity and environmental outcomes For examples:WOPR – rehabilitating degraded land; improving Box Gum woodland which is an ecological community and is also providing productivity benefits through shade/ shelter for stock and improving soil and water quality.GRDC – is………..other productivity benefits include:- Incorporating sown annuals and summer crops for out of season ground cover
- Building resilient farms in times of change……Practices are improving soil health and biodiversityProject proponents have indicated that this project provides a win-win interaction between NRM, productivity and profitability. Of the participating farmers 81% have applied the information learnt on farm and resulted in 67% of participants changed their management practices. Sustainable cropping practices for dryland farmersReducing wind and water erosion and increasing soil carbonManagement of soil is recognised as key to long term farm productivityGreg Butler, who is involved in the project, has indicated – farmers communicating their experiences to other farmers can do this in physical and economic way……This is very important ….. the focus needs to be on recognising the farm is an ‘enterprise’ And the farmer has sustainable, profitable, productive and social goals. A number of fact sheets on projects funded are available at the Australian Government Land and Coasts Stand. Please come and take one or speak to the departmental staff about Sustainable Farm Practices.