SAF – Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator
Challenge
Producers and regional partners want clear, practical pathways to adopt sustainable practices while navigating a complex landscape of programs, emerging evidence and compliance requirements. Remoteness, limited local technical capacity and the need to translate climate and land management knowledge into on-ground decisions create barriers to meaningful practice change across the WA rangelands.
Solution
The Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator delivers a region-wide engagement and knowledge-broker model: convening partners, coordinating communications, and directing producers to relevant services, trials and events. By acting as a trusted connector between producers, research institutions and government programs, the facilitator streamlines access to information and reduces the burden on land managers navigating multiple programs.
Impact
Stakeholders have gained streamlined access to information, contacts and events across the rangelands. Producers are receiving practical direction on innovation, environmental stewardship and climate resilience. The facilitator role has improved coordination between programs and reduced duplication, creating more efficient pathways for producers to engage with support services.
Outcome
The Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator has strengthened the extension and knowledge-brokering ecosystem across WA rangelands, creating lasting connections between producers, partners and programs. By embedding trusted facilitation at the regional level, the program has improved the uptake of sustainable agriculture practices and positioned rangelands producers to better navigate future opportunities in carbon, regenerative agriculture and climate-smart land management.