Department of Agriculture submission to the State Sustainability Strategy

Anne Bennett, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
Ross George, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

Abstract

The following report was written in response to the Focus on the Future, a consultation paper for the State Sustainability Strategy for Western Australia.

The report discusses:

• recommendations for the Sustainability Policy Unit to consider when developing the State Sustainability Strategy.

• defining sustainability and the implications for agriculture;

• opportunities for moving towards a sustainable industry;

• trends and challenges faced by agriculture; and

• some case studies of how the agricultural sector is currently developing and implementing sustainable agricultural practices.