National Stirlings to WA Albany Future Farmers Student SCF will partner with two agricultural colleges to share $42,000.00 Landcare Coast Farmers Connect Pilot Program - expertise in sustainable farming systems and technological Program - Inc. Creating connections innovation with students and staff. Students will be Smart Farms between farmers and encouraged to form connections with local innovative Small Grants agriculture students farmers and researchers who are willing to volunteer to through sustainable talk with students, offer advice and mentoring. Specific farming innovation activities over 18 months: Demonstration sites will be • demonstrations, established at each college. Lectures and practical • lectures and mentoring demonstrations provided to final year students relating to term themes. T1: New technologies for sustainable ag; T2: Looking after the land - sustainable farming systems; T3: Facing Climate Challenges on the land; T4: Careers in Ag and NRM Free membership of the SCF Young Farmers • group and welcome pack for students. Events for • students to meet other students and mix with innovative farmers. Work experience, careers advice and mentoring • will be offered to students. Leadership Award presented • to best performing student at end of year National South West QLD Charleville Protecting Grazing This activity will protect grazing land productivity by $22,460.00 Landcare Nrm Ltd Land Productivity & adopting improved vegetation management practices over Program - Biodiversity Values by 3000ha in the Warrego Catchment. This will effectively Smart Farms Adopting Improved reduce the spread of Weed of National Significance Small Grants Vegetation (WONS) species Mother of Millions (MOM), Harrisia cacti Management Practices & tree pear throughout the activity areas. Grazing land in the Warrego productivity will be enhanced by decreasing the area of Catchment, Morven pasture lands competing with weed species. Activity QLD Outcomes include: 1- improved vegetation management practices over targeted point source locations & eradication & containment of invasive WONS over 3000ha 2- enhanced perennial pasture composition within the project area from reduced competition from invasive WONS weeds over the same 3000ha 3- 35 land managers with increased knowledge & capacity to implement and monitor the effectiveness of management strategies for vegetation resources across the activity area.
National Landcare Program - Smart Farms Small Grants Stirlings to Coast Farmers Inc. WA Albany Future Farmers Student Connect Pilot Program - Creating connections between farmers and agriculture students through sustainable farming innovation demonstrations, lectures and mentoring SCF will partner with two agricultural colleges to share expertise in sustainable farming systems and technological innovation with students and staff. Students will be encouraged to form connections with local innovative farmers and researchers who are willing to volunteer to talk with students, offer advice and mentoring. Specific activities over 18 months: • Demonstration sites will be established at each college. • Lectures and practical demonstrations provided to final year students relating to term themes. T1: New technologies for sustainable ag; T2: Looking after the land - sustainable farming systems; T3: Facing Climate Challenges on the land; T4: Careers in Ag and NRM • Free membership of the SCF Young Farmers group and welcome pack for students. • Events for students to meet other students and mix with innovative farmers. • Work experience, careers advice and mentoring will be offered to students. • Leadership Award presented to best performing student at end of year $42,000.00 National Landcare Program - Smart Farms Small Grants South West Nrm Ltd QLD Charleville Protecting Grazing Land Productivity & Biodiversity Values by Adopting Improved Vegetation Management Practices in the Warrego Catchment, Morven QLD This activity will protect grazing land productivity by adopting improved vegetation management practices over 3000ha in the Warrego Catchment. This will effectively reduce the spread of Weed of National Significance (WONS) species Mother of Millions (MOM), Harrisia cacti & tree pear throughout the activity areas. Grazing land productivity will be enhanced by decreasing the area of pasture lands competing with weed species. Activity Outcomes include: 1- improved vegetation management practices over targeted point source locations & eradication & containment of invasive WONS over 3000ha 2- enhanced perennial pasture composition within the project area from reduced competition from invasive WONS weeds over the same 3000ha 3- 35 land managers with increased knowledge & capacity to implement and monitor the effectiveness of management strategies for vegetation resources across the activity area. $22,460.00
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