A new Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub will be established at Dookie in northern Victoria, to design and deliver innovative programs and practices to boost drought resilience and agricultural productivity.
The 3 year, $30 million project includes $8million from the Federal Government, and $22 million from Hub members. While based at the University of Melbourne’s Dookie campus, the hub will feature five nodes around the state.
A Gippsland node will be led by Food and Fibre Gippsland. To find out more about the concept, and what it means to be a node leader, Chris Eddy spoke with Nicola Pero, CEO of Food and Fibre Gippsland, and Ali Wastie, CEO of Bass Coast Shire Council.