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.

Articles

Climate Resilience

23 December 2021

Climate change is a pressing global issue that creates both challenges and opportunities for Western Australia.
Stabilising sandy pasture paddocks with low groundcover

24 August 2021

Producers in the West Midlands region are reminded to closely monitor sandy soils, as conditions from the 2021 season continue to create groundcover challenges in 2022.
Managing sheep in a dry spring

4 August 2017

This page provides the presentations from the ''Managing sheep in dry spring: for agribusiness professionals" event held in Kojonup, Geraldton and Perth in 2017.
Carbon Farming on Agricultural Land in WA

20 February 2014

Carbon farming is the deliberate set of agricultural practices or land uses to increase carbon stored in the soil and vegetation (sequestration) and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestoc
Rangeland inventory and condition survey of the Murchison River catchment and surrounds, Western Australia

31 October 2013

The Murchison River Catchment rangelands and surrounds were surveyed between 1985 and 1988.
Rangeland regeneration to sequester carbon in Western Australia

13 November 2013

Rangeland regeneration has the potential to sequester large amounts of carbon because of the large areas involved. Pastoral regeneration would also have extensive environmental benefits.
Carbon Farming: approved and proposed methodologies for carbon-offset projects

20 December 2013

Anyone wanting to undertake a carbon farming project to sell carbon offsets has to use an approved methodology to account for the carbon sequestered.
Southern Rangelands Revitalisation Project

7 July 2021

The Southern Rangelands Revitalisation project is a State Government investment that will support pastoralists investigate and design long-term solutions for on-station improvements in rangeland co
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.
Future Sheep - Climate adaptation to ensure a sustainable WA sheep industry

12 April 2022

The project’s purpose is to help protect the profitability of WA sheep production in the face of climate change, increasing climate variability and increasing demand to mitigate greenhouse gas emis