Future Drought Fund Programs

Funding details

The $5 billion Future Drought Fund is part of the Australian Government’s Drought Response, Resilience and Preparedness Plan.

It provides secure, continuous funding to help Australian farmers and communities become more prepared for, and resilient to, the impacts of drought.

Amounts

$100 million will be invested from the Future Drought Fund across Australia every year for projects to help strengthen drought resilience.

PIRSA is coordinating the delivery of two Future Drought Fund programs in South Australia:

These two programs are jointly funded through the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund and the Government of South Australia.

Regional Drought Resilience Planning Program

The Regional Drought Resilience Planning Program supports regionally based partnerships to develop regional drought resilience plans. These plans will identify and guide innovative ways to build resilience to future droughts, with a focus on agriculture and allied industries.

Regional plans will be led and owned by the community. Partnerships will be made up of regional organisations, local government, communities, and industry groups, with plans to be developed through a co-design process.

Regional partnerships conducted planning processes during 2022 to develop the

Regional drought resilience planning will commence soon in the far north and outback.

Farm Business Resilience Program

The Farm Business Resilience Program aims to better prepare Australian farmers to manage risks relating to drought and improve their economic, environmental, and social resilience.

In partnership with Wine Grape Council of South Australia, Livestock SA, AUSVEG SA and SA Dairyfarmers, farmers, farm managers and employees in the South Australian livestock, wine grape, grains, dairy and vegetable sectors will be able to access industry-led training in:

  • strategic business skills
  • risk management
  • natural resource management
  • personal and social resilience (for example, succession planning).

The program will also support farmers to develop or update their existing farm business plans and connect them with Family and Business (FaB) mentors for one-on-one professional advice on their plan.

Livestock and grain producers can apply for the Livestock SA AgRi-Silience program.

Contact us

For further information or if you have any questions about this program, get in touch.

Brett Bartel – Director Recovery and Resilience
Phone: 08 8429 0353
Email: PIRSA.Drought@sa.gov.au

Page last reviewed: 24 Mar 2023

 


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