Carbon Farming Outreach Program Integrated Approaches to Building On-farm Emissions Knowledge: Gap Analysis

Overview

The Australian Government is inviting RDCs via a closed non-competitive process to apply to deliver services under the Carbon Farming Outreach Program from 28 May 2025 to 31 December 2025. The agriculture and land sectors are crucial to reaching net zero by 2050, and support is needed to help these sectors reduce emissions and realise their abatement potential. The Carbon Farming Outreach Program is designed to support Australian farmers and land managers to reduce emissions and sequester carbon to contribute to Australia’s climate change commitments and remain internationally competitive. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) currently deliver all elements of the program, except for support for Rural Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) to develop commodity-specific information, which is delivered by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). The Integrated Approaches to Building On-farm Emissions Knowledge: Gap Analysis (this grant opportunity), is the first stage in developing this information. Under this grant opportunity, RDCs will be required to undertake a comprehensive Gap Analysis to determine: current gaps in publicly available and accessible commodity specific information relating to emissions reduction, emissions intensity and carbon sequestration the most appropriate and functional commodity specific information formats and delivery channels, including potential structure of the proposed knowledge bank opportunities for horizontal collaboration with other RDCs and commodity groups and vertical collaboration with the broader supply chain to develop information that leverages existing Carbon Farming Outreach Program (CFOP) training materials available through the Carbon Farming Outreach Program training package.