Building Better Aboriginal Business Native Seeds and Nursery Development Grants are now available from the McGowan Government to assist enterprises to satisfy growing demand from the land restoration sector.
Grants of up to $50,000 are on offer to accelerate business development and seed supplies, workforce development, facilitating supply chain partnerships, and business coaching and mentoring.
Established and emerging Aboriginal landowners and businesses from across the agricultural region are encouraged to apply for the grants.
The $250,000 grants program has grown from the Aboriginal Seed and Nursery Industry Forum – held earlier this year by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and Wheatbelt Development Commission – to assist participants in building capacity and establish sound footings for business growth and success.
Aboriginal organisations – with their close connection to country – are well placed to satisfy the burgeoning native seed and seedling demand as investments in land restoration and carbon farming increase.
The grants program forms part of the McGowan Government’s investment in sustainable land management and Aboriginal economic development, assisting regional businesses and communities to pursue opportunities that generate growth, jobs, sustainability, and resilience.
For more information and to apply for a Building Better Aboriginal Business Native Seeds and Nursery Development Grant, visit https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/aboriginal-business-development-0.
Applications close Friday, 9 December 2022.
As stated by Agriculture and Food Minister Alannah MacTiernan:
“This new grant program will help support Aboriginal participation in the flourishing seed and nursery industry, generating far reaching flow-on benefits throughout the regions.
“The ancient land management practices of Aboriginal people are now receiving due recognition and being incorporated into modern farming and environmental systems, improving the ecological health of Western Australia.
“I encourage Aboriginal corporations in the agricultural region to examine what opportunities the Building Better Aboriginal Business Native Seeds and Nursery Development Grants can unearth and how it could support future generations.”
