New Zealand MAF announces new Sustainable Farming Fund round

Almost $10-million worth of funding is now available to rural sector community groups under the Government's Sustainable Farming Fund programme. The Fund, entering into its fifth year, provides support to community-driven projects aimed at improving the financial and environmental performance of the land-based sectors. In this round another $9.5-million has become available to applicants for projects beginning on or after 1 July 2004. In the last round there were 80 successful applicants out of a total pool of 267 proposals.