About the program

Regional Soil Coordinators receive funding from the Australian Government's Climate-Smart Agriculture Program that aims to build Australia's capacity in soil health and soil science to drive agricultural sustainability, productivity, and competitiveness.

The Southern NSW Regional Soil Coordinator facilitates a unique Community of Practice (CoP) and ensures the consistent sharing of quality scientific information with researchers, advisers and land managers. They also host the popular and useful monthly Soils Network of Knowledge (SNoK) webinar to share high-quality, scientific soil information that is tailored to the needs of landholders. Sign up to receive invitations to the webinars or watch recordings of previous sessions.

A significant output of the Regional Soil Coordinator program is the development of a Soils Capacity Gap Analysis for southern NSW that identified critical gaps in soil management knowledge and capability. The Hub’s network of partners and contacts supported this analysis and helped maximise its reach. The next phase will address the identified knowledge gaps and ensure information transfer that empowers landholders to make better-informed decisions that suit their systems and businesses.

Read the Hub's Regional Soil Coordinator impact case study

Project partners

In southern NSW, the Regional Soil Coordinator is hosted by the NSW Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development (DPIRD) and is a member of the Smart Soils National Community of Practice convened by Soil Science Australia.

Project funding

The Regional Soil Coordinator program is supported by Southern NSW Innovation Hub, through funding from the Australian Government’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust.