Carbon Farming Outreach Program

Project Funder: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)

National Lead: Grower Group Alliance

NSW Lead: FarmLink Research

Region Project Partners: AMPS Research Inc, Central West Farming Systems, CSU Cool Soil Initiative, FarmLink Research Ltd, Holbrook Landcare Network, Irrigation Farmers Network Ltd, Irrigated Research & Extension Committee, Monaro Farming System CMC Inc, NSW DPI, Southern Growers Inc, Tablelands Farming Systems

Project Duration: 2024-2026

Project Location: National

 

Supporting farmers and land managers

  • The Carbon Farming Outreach Program will provide training and advice about carbon farming. This support will help farmers and land managers, including First Nations people, to make decisions to reduce emissions.

  • The program includes the development of a training package, and tools and grants for independent and trusted advisers to provide advice and support to farmers and land managers across Australia.


Program Overview

The Carbon Farming Outreach Program will support Australian farmers and land managers to reduce emissions and store carbon. This will help the agriculture and land sector play its part in Australia’s transition to net zero emissions.


The program will:

  • support farmers and land managers to make decisions to reduce emissions and store carbon

  • build capacity of trusted and independent advisers to deliver advice to farmers and land managers

  • provide access to clear and culturally appropriate information on carbon farming.


This will help:

  • farmers and land managers to make informed decisions to lower their emissions

  • farmers and land managers increase their knowledge of greenhouse gas emission management

  • trusted advisers to provide advice to farmers and land managers beyond the life of the program.


An additional $30.8 million has been allocated to expand the existing Carbon Farming Outreach Program. The funds will be used to:

  • provide additional training sessions to trusted advisers

  • establish a ‘knowledge bank’ to integrate existing training with new tailored resources

  • support rural Research and Development Corporations to develop commodity-specific information for the knowledge bank. 

 

Delivered with funding support from the Commonwealth of Australia through the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, under the Carbon Farming Outreach Program in collaboration with Grower Group Alliance