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

Led by James Cook University (JCU), the TNQ Hub is supporting farmers and communities to become more drought resilient.

Photo Credit: Cape York, NRM, Fitzroy Basin Association, Reef Catchments and Southern Gulf NRM

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.

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Industry Expert Series

The TNQ Hub is pleased to present our Industry Expert video series. This series will explore our expert’s career, their wealth of knowledge and their demonstrated ability to provide specialist advice that empowers land managers and industry to make future focused decisions. View our introductory videos below or learn more about the Building Human Capacity program.

Professor Roger Stone, Expert Meteorologist and Climatologist

“During the drought years we need to be prepared for the floods that follow, during the floods we need to be prepared for the droughts that follow”. 

Bob Shepherd, Extension Officer

“One of the main things I’ve put effort and time into, is encouraging beef producers to better manage their businesses and enterprises during drought.” 

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

The TNQ Hub is nearing commencement for a number of Projects relating to drought resilience. Please keep an eye on this space for Project updates and feel free to contact the TNQ Hub Knowledge Broker, Rachel Hay, if you would like any information regarding drought resilient projects and activities in the Tropical North Queensland region.

This program received funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.
We acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of this country and pay our respects to the Traditional Owners and Elders, past and present, of the land on which we stand today, the Djabugay (pronounced Jap-ur-kai), Yirrganydji (pronounced Irri-kan-dji) and the Gimuy Yidinji (pronounced Goom-eye Yidinji) people (and all other country/people joining us today). In the spirit of reconciliation, we also acknowledge the valuable contribution that Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to make to James Cook University and the broader community.

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