Climate, land & water

Western Australia’s agriculture sector needs access to productive soil and water resources for growth and profit. However, the sector must compete with increasing resource demands from all sectors of the community, and the pressures of a changing climate. The Agriculture and Food division of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development supports agriculture by providing long-term management solutions, practical risk management strategies and tools to maintain and improve resource conditions, to meet the needs of industry and stakeholders. Agriculture and Food is also pioneering soil and water investigation of the state’s undeveloped areas to establish new irrigated agricultural industries.

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    Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements

    8 November 2013

    The Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (known as DRFAWA) commenced as of 1 November 2018 and provide a range of measures designed to help those within disaster affected communities. 

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    Season 2025: information for WA farmers

    8 May 2018

    The Season 2025 webpage contains seasonally relevant information and management options in the broadacre and south-west agricultural areas along with the Southern Rangelands of Western Australia.

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    Dung beetles

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    The bush fly is a native insect that has affected the lives of Western Australians since before European settlement.

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    The WA Government is working with the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund, as part of the Farm Business Resilience program to create opportunities for pastoralists and farmers across 6 agri

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    Rural Business Development Corporation (RBDC)

    6 November 2013

    The role of the Rural Business Development Corporation (RBDC) is to properly and fairly administer assistance schemes for the rural sector on behalf of the State and delivers other services for the

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    Southern Rangelands Revitalisation Program

    7 July 2021

    The Southern Rangelands Revitalisation Program aims to support pastoralists to investigate and implement long-term solutions for on-station improvements in rangeland condition, land productivity an

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    Western Australian Carbon Farming and Land Restoration Program

    27 October 2020

    The Western Australian Carbon Farming and Land Restoration Program is a key initiative of the State Climate Policy.

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    16 December 2021

    The Western Australian Climate Policy commits the Government to develop Sectoral Emissions Reduction Strategies (SERS) to guide cost-effective emissions reductions across key economic sectors.

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    7 June 2022

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