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Tropical North Queensland Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (TNQ Drought Hub)

The hub led by James Cook University (JCU) is supporting farmers and communities to become more drought resilient.

Building Resilience to Future Drought

Drought has significant impact on the wellbeing of people and communities across Tropical North Queensland.

Drought affects all industries but particularly Tropical North Queensland agriculture industries including beef, sugar, vegetable, dairy, citrus and tropical fruit.

The Australian Government is contributing $8 million over 4 years through the Future Drought Fund.  Hub partners are providing co-contributions of $18.5 million over 4 years.

Through the Hub, farmers, Indigenous landholders, communities, researchers and business have come together and co-designed approaches and solutions for drought resilience in Tropical North Queensland.

Building Resilience to Future Drought

Drought has significant impact on the wellbeing of people and communities across Tropical North Queensland.

Drought affects all industries but particularly Tropical North Queensland agriculture industries including beef, sugar, vegetable, dairy, citrus and tropical fruit.

The Australian Government is contributing $8 million over 4 years through the Future Drought Fund.  Hub partners are providing co-contributions of $18.5 million over 4 years.

Through the Hub, farmers, Indigenous landholders, communities, researchers and business have come together and co-designed approaches and solutions for drought resilience in Tropical North Queensland.

Latest News and Updates

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TNQ Drought Hub

Newsletter #36: April

From the Director What does community and regional resilience look like? Locally led. Engaged. Inclusive. Connected. Adaptive. Transformational. This was what we all experienced at the second Western Cape Futures...READ MORE

FEATURED PROJECTS

AgValuate is a cutting-edge innovation readiness assessment tool, purpose-built for farmers, producers, and land managers.

Developed in collaboration with the agricultural community, it offers a tailored approach to evaluating your business strategies and identifying where your farm sits on the innovation journey.

Whether you are just beginning to explore digital technologies or looking to enhance existing practices, AgValuate provides insights that matter to your operation.

We are developing educational materials to help support Australian producers, farmers and land managers understand the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) framework.

ESG is a framework that can help producers to address sustainability issues, enhance sustainability performance, increase resilience, reduce risks and create opportunities.

It is no longer a niche concept. ESG standards are now essential for promoting sustainability in agriculture and creating long-term value in agricultural production.

Six of the Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs collaborated on a ‘Managing Rangelands for Drought Resilience’ project which established demonstration sites across Australia to showcase technologies and techniques that use mapping to improve rangeland management. 

Working with landholders, Southern Gulf NRM, MaxusAI and James Cook University, the TNQ Drought Hub project aimed to develop and test an approach to rapidly quantify the amount and distribution of Mitchell grass tussocks across a range of grazing land types in north-west Queensland, using high-resolution drone imagery and artificial intelligence.

Building Resilience to Future Drought

Drought has significant impact on the wellbeing of people and communities across Tropical North Queensland.

Drought affects all industries but particularly Tropical North Queensland agriculture industries including beef, sugar, vegetable, dairy, citrus and tropical fruit.

The Australian Government is contributing $8 million over 4 years through the Future Drought Fund.  Hub partners are providing co-contributions of $18.5 million over 4 years.

Through the Hub, farmers, Indigenous landholders, communities, researchers and business have come together and co-designed approaches and solutions for drought resilience in Tropical North Queensland.

The Hub is also building critical skills as a key input in building resilience to drought and leveraging new tools, approaches and technology.

Managing Rangelands for drought resilience

High resolution photos captured from drones can provide a wealth of information about the health and condition of a paddock, such as the amount and distribution of pasture and weeds,...READ MORE

Node Members

Supporting the TNQ Drought Hub to provide solutions for drought resilience in Tropical North Queensland.

Hub Contact

Rachel Hay

Knowledge Broker