Regional Agricultural Strategies aim to support the development of meaningful and long-lasting economic development and resilience by addressing the fundamental economic and Natural Resource Management (NRM) foundations of regions.
By carefully researching the current agricultural practices, economic, market, consumer and environmental trends, strategies can provide a plan for long-term success that deliver a vision for a region’s agricultural and environmental sustainability. Strategies can seek to determine the support and infrastructure required for existing markets and examine value-adding opportunities to drive productivity and growth along the supply chain, ultimately empowering growers and yielding financial rewards for individual operations, the local economy and the wider community.
In addition, agricultural strategies can assist to build stronger partnerships between growers, government and industry to advocate efficiency, innovation, trust, leadership and advance capacity to enable growers to develop effective business plans and economic security.
Strategies also provide the foundation for the future investigation and detailed exploration of fresh, innovative opportunities and changing markets that suit the specific growing conditions of the region, while building on the back of other local projects and initiatives.
While some of our client consultation is currently commercially sensitive, a publicly available copy of the Monto Agricultural Strategy that was compiled by our director Misty Neilson-Green for the Burnett Catchment Care Association can be found below.