To help drought-affected farmers, we need to support them in good times as well as bad
- Written by Jacki Schirmer, Associate Professor, University of Canberra
Farmers need help to plan for droughts, not just to respond to them when things get desperate.Stephenallen75/Shutterstock.comWith the New South Wales government announcing that drought is now affecting the entire state, the federal government’s crisis assistance payments have been described by some as too little, too late. The National...