The aim of the FDF is to build drought resilience, for the public good of the Australian agriculture sector, landscapes, and communities. The FDF supports broader climate resilience outcomes, where they are consistent with the principles of the Funding Plan.
Projects should support the following objectives:
- managing natural capital on farms, and the ecosystem services it provides that underpins agricultural productivity and profitability and contributes to building economic, environmental and social resilience before, during and after drought
- the provision of common and public good, mainly as ecosystem services. These services not only underpin or are co-benefits to agricultural productivity and profitability, but also have flowon effects to landscapes and communities.
