Tropical North Queensland Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub
The hub led by James Cook University (JCU) will support farmers and communities to become more drought resilient.
Funding
The Australian Government will contribute $8 million over 4 years through the Future Drought Fund. Hub partner will provide co-contributions of $18.5 million over 4 years.
Major Focus
Through the hub, farmers, Indigenous landholders, communities, researchers and business will come together to co-design approaches and solutions for drought resilience in Tropical North Queensland.
Innovative approaches will be explored that translate into to the Tropical North Queensland context and knowledge will be made available, shared and curated to ensure approaches and solutions are well informed.
The hub will also input into building critical skills as a key input in building resilience to drought and leveraging new tools, approaches and technology.
Location
The core site is at the JCU Ideas Lab in Cairns.Â
Hub nodes are in:
1. TNQ Hub Cairns
James Cook University
2. Tropical North Node
Northern Gulf Resource Management Group Ltd
3. Gulf of Carpentaria node
Southern Gulf Resource Management Group Ltd
4. Fitzroy node
Fitzroy Basin Association
5. Mackay and Whitsundays node
Reef Catchments (Mackay Whitsundays Isaac) Ltd
6. Burdekin node
NQ Dry Tropics Ltd
Hub Contact
Thanks for finding the TNQ Drought Hub website, we will be up and running soon. In the meantime if you need anything please contact Rachel Hay.
Rachel Hay
Knowledge Broker
rachel.hay@jcu.edu.au
0402 289 724
