Catchment group funding just over the horizon

We have been working with some catchment groups as our FWFP tool helps their members build their own freshwater farm plans on our online platform. It also allows catchment coordinators to get catchment level reports that aggregate their catchment information.

These groups have been doing wonderful work improving water quality through collective farmer action. With the change in government, the funding for these groups has become less certain. Any loss of funding will slow the momentum that has been built up here – which no one wants. 

It was pleasing to see Associate Agriculture Minister Andrew Hoggard recently say that the catchment group model is the best way of meeting sustainability goals.

Hoggard said the government is looking at how it can ensure catchment groups are at the centre of environmental efforts and that work is being carried out to define what a catchment group is and what it is expected to do, and funding will follow.

Read the full story here: https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/politics/catchment-group-funding-just-over-the-horizon/