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Action on the Ground
Thank you for your interest in the Action on the Ground Program.
Action on the Ground is a component of Carbon Farming Futures and will invest up to $99 million of grant funding in on-farm projects over six years. Action on the Ground is designed to enable on-farm trial and demonstration of practices and abatement technologies to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and/or increase carbon sequestered in soil.
Action on the Ground on-farm projects will create new opportunities for landholders and farmers to participate in the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) by trialling and demonstrating outcomes from research programs including, but not limited to, the Climate Change Research Program and the Filling the Research Gap program. Projects under Action on the Ground will ensure that research results can be practically applied on the ground in real farming situations.
This will be achieved by supporting landholders, research, industry, non-government, government and farmer ‘care’ ‘grower’ groups/organisations to come together to trial and demonstrate management practices and technologies on-farm that can reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and/or increase carbon sequested in soil.
Round one related documents
Round one has now closed.
Applications will now be assessed in accordance with round one program guidelines, sections 11 and 12.
Applicants are advised that the Department and assessment panel members cannot provide comment or discuss applications during the assessment process.
All applicants will be notified by the Department in writing of the outcome of their application.
Successful applicants will be required to enter into a funding deed with the Commonwealth of Australia, acting through the department.
- DAFF funding deed
Word [259 KB] - DAFF funding deed
PDF [292 KB]
More information
Please call the Action on the Ground hotline on 1800 025 005 between the hours of 9:30am and 5:00pm (AEST) or email AOTG.
Action on the Ground is administered by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. To find out more about the other programs administered by the department under the Carbon Farming Futures program, please follow the links below:
08 Feb 2012