The Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment (DAWE) provided $4M in funding to the National Farmers’ Federation to design an Australian Agricultural Sustainability Framework between 2020 and 2022 with the participation of farmers and other industry members.
This funding is part of the larger Agricultural Biodiversity Stewardship Package — a major investment from the Australian Government to improve the value of natural resource management, kick start private investment in farm biodiversity, and unlock ‘natural capital’ and other sustainability opportunities.
A sustainability framework for Australian agriculture is needed to satisfy changing customer expectations locally and overseas, and to meet changing export expectations.
