QFF has recently completed delivering the  Disaster Resilience Planning for Agriculture in Queensland (DRPAQ) project funded by the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.

The work completed in this project has fed in to the national project, Disaster Resilience Planning for Australian Agriculture, funded out of the National Emergency Management Project (NEMP).

A copy of the DRPAQ report can be viewed and downloaded HERE.

The NEMP project includes:

• Pilot studies – Application of the DRPAQ framework to three regions across Australia (Farm North Queensland, Northern Victoria and Southern Western Australia)
• These pilot studies also tested the DRPAQ resilience template, ensuring it was targeting the landholder correctly
• The project’s Adoption Strategy sets outs the process for these future stages, delivering resilience planning through a national programme and leveraging off existing programme structures and funding.

The NEMP project is ongoing.

QFF is looking to continue working in disaster resilience planning and ensure that Queensland farmers are well positioned for any natural disaster.

Through extensive natural disaster recovery and natural disaster resilience work experience, QFF identified a gap in the risk management tools available to land holders.

Agricultural industry-specific insurance is an exciting prospect for our sector in its ongoing journey in managing risk. QFF is at the forefront of this exciting new industry and is working with industry members and the insurance industry to develop appropriate products.

Currently, crop insurance is not available for many agricultural commodities. Through this work, appropriate insurance products will be brought to market faster giving farmers additional risk management tools.

For more information, visit: www.qff.org.au/projects/insurance.