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This funding initiative aims to help rural and remote communities build and strengthen their capacity to shape their future. It will assist projects that develop the social, environmental and economic capacity of rural and remote communities and promote and revitalise rural and remote areas.
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FarmBis provides financial assistance to primary producers to participate in training and education activities. Currently there are over 120 training providers available. A 50% subsidy rate applies to all training categories including human resource management, financial management, business management, marketing, production management, and natural resource management/biodiversity.
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A scientific study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology has shown that adopting techniques common to organic farming, such as crop rotation, healthy soils with high organic matter and natural pest control, can dramatically increase yields.
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A new Satellite Phone Subsidy Scheme offers significant subsidies on the purchase of satellite mobile phones. The scheme is part of the Australian Government's response to rural, regional and remote mobile telephony needs, and operates until June 2009. A subsidy of up to $1200 is provided to eligible applicants who live or work in areas without terrestrial mobile phone coverage.
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This Forum is being held on Saturday 17 March, the day preceding Innisfail's Feast of the Senses, at the South Johnstone DPI&F complex. Topics for the day include: Regional Produce and the potential of a Farmer's Market, Organic Hub, Regional Food Group, and the Qld Processed Food Industry Action Plan.
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CSIRO has recently launched an online survey for fruit growers in order to gather information about recent orchard pests and protection strategies. The survey can be accessed as a PDF online, and is also available as a paper copy that can be returned REPLY PAID.
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Many Australians would now be familiar with Peter Andrews' Natural Sequence Farming (NSF) approach to water and fertility management, particularly since it was featured on the ABC's Australian Story. The highlights of the immensely popular ‘Natural Sequence Farming Workshop: Defining the Science and the Practice' have now been collated onto DVD for easy viewing for all interested landcarers.
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Friends of the Earth Kuranda presents this film at the Kuranda Amphitheatre, Sunday 11th March at 3.00 p.m. Power of Community is an uplifting film about human endeavour, about community taking the initiative, being adaptive and innovative and about human capacity to rise to a challenge.
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