The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is working on emissions reduction strategies in consultation with the WA agriculture sector, including producers, business, industry, banking, research institutions and other key stakeholders.

DPIRD seeks your input on the relevance, value and adoptability of these potential actions to support net zero emissions by 2050 in the agricultural component of the Western Australian State Government’s Sectoral Emissions Reduction Strategies (SERS).

Please read the consultation document for suggested emissions reduction options for agriculture.

The survey has

general questions, followed by industry-specific questions on:

• extensive livestock: includes beef, sheep and dairy production
• intensive livestock and horticulture: includes livestock industries of pork, chickens, eggs and perennial and annual horticulture
• cropping: includes all broadacre grain production
• on-farm carbon opportunities: includes carbon sequestration by vegetation and soils as well as building healthy, productive soils and new markets for biofuels.

The feedback from this survey, outputs from prediction modelling being undertaken in early 2023, and input from experts in the field will be used to develop a pathway for the agriculture sector aligned with net zero emissions by 2050.

Responses to the survey questions will only be published in an aggregated and de-identified format, unless prior consent is sought.

If you have any questions about the consultation document that need clarification, please ask via the Questions tab below.

Note that you need to register on the YourSay site first (or sign in if you have previously registered on the YourSay site). If you experience any difficulty completing the survey, please email emissions@dpird.wa.gov.au(External link).

If you are interested in receiving more information about SERS, emissions reduction, agriculture research and DPIRD events, subscribe to the Climate resilience mailing list.

Feedback closes Friday 14 April 2023 – and responses to the survey will be used to shape the agricultural component of the WA State Government’s Sectoral emissions reduction strategies (SERS).

If you have questions about agricultural emissions email: emissions@dpird.wa.gov.au