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    • Future Drought Fund programs
      • Future Drought Fund Communities Program
      • Strengthening Drought Resilience on Country Program
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Future Drought Fund programs

We achieve the goals of the Future Drought Fund (FDF) through delivering a variety of programs that build drought and climate resilience.

Explore our current and past programs.

Current programs

Communities

Communities Program

Strengthening Drought Resilience on Country Program

Regional Drought Resilience Planning

Farms and landscapes

Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs

Farm Business Resilience

Drought Resilience Innovation Challenges Pilot Program

Drought Resilience Scholarship Program

Climate Services for Agriculture

Long-term trials of Drought Resilient Farming Practices Grants

Resilient Landscapes Grants

Scaling Success Program

Measuring success

National enabling activities

Past programs

Drought Resilience Commercialisation Initiative

Innovation Grants

Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes

NRM Drought Resilience Program - Landscapes

NRM Drought Resilience Program - Grants

Drought Resilience Self-Assessment Tool

Extension and Adoption of Drought Resilience Farming Practice Grants

Case studies

Explore the experiences, insights and outcomes emerging from FDF programs across Australia.

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The FDF is part of a broader range of programs for farmers and rural communities. These programs help to prepare for, navigate and recover from drought.

See all Australian Government drought programs.

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We’d love to hear from you, email droughtresilience@aff.gov.au. 

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Page last updated: 06 October 2026

We acknowledge the continuous connection of First Nations Traditional Owners and Custodians to the lands, seas and waters of Australia. We recognise their care for and cultivation of Country. We pay respect to Elders past and present, and recognise their knowledge and contribution to the productivity, innovation and sustainability of Australia’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries.

Artwork: Protecting our Country, Growing our Future
© Amy Allerton, contemporary Aboriginal Artist of the Gumbaynggirr, Bundjalung and Gamilaroi nations.

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