This project aims to build and enhance the natural disaster resilience of agricultural South Burnett regional communities.  A skilled and experienced agricultural Community Resilience Officer (CRO) will assist agri-businesses to examine their operations and determine ways to mitigate the impact of natural disasters/flooding events.

Assistance provided by the Queensland Government and Australian Government under The Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund.

The CROs first role was to produce a ‘Situation Analysis Report’ to describe the state of the local agricultural community at the outset of the project including the types of losses suffered as a result of natural disasters such as damaged infrastructure, loss of vegetation and soil degradation.

The next step was to collected data from as many stakeholders as possible.  Stakeholders included local landholders, community groups, agricultural industry representatives, financial professionals and local government.  The findings formed the basis of a comprehensive Needs Analysis which identified the gaps in local knowledge and services as well as provide guidance as to the type of engagement required by landholders to increase resilience an mitigate against future risks.

Keep an eye out on our website and socials for opportunities to be involved in these capacity building workshops and training events for landholders.