This grant focuses on the delivery of knowledge and skill building events to support agricultural and horticultural groups in the region to achieve natural resources management outcomes for improved sustainable agricultural production.

The Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board will administer this grant program across the area covered by the former SA Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management region. Please refer to the map at the end of this document. This grant is available for eligible groups who are currently operating within this regional boundary.

The Agricultural Knowledge Small Grants program is supported by the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program and the landscape levies.

The total funding pool anticipated to be available is $50,000 (GST exclusive).Applicants can apply for up to $3,000 (GST exclusive).

The priority for this round is activities that address the following land management and farming issues in alignment with the Regional Landscape Plan priorities and focus areas:

• Sustainable agricultural and pastoral landscapes
• Sustainable water use, and
• People at the heart of landscape management

Who can apply?

The Agricultural Knowledge Small Grants are available to the following groups:

• agriculture bureaus
• farming system groups
• agricultural industry groups
• field day committees
• Landcare and Local Action Planning groups
• consultant facilitated farmer groups
• non-government and not for profit organisations working to improve agriculture and native vegetation management.

Groups must be pre-existing and can be formal or informal. State and federal government agencies are ineligible to apply.

• Phone: 0499 344 858
• Email: Kathryn.hill2@sa.gov.au