Biosecurity In Language Resources

The Northern Australia Biosecurity Strategy of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry funded the NT Farmers Association to deliver a biosecurity engagement and capacity building project in northern Australia for growers from non- English-speaking backgrounds, primarily Cambodian and Vietnamese. 
Through Northern Territory growers from non-English speaking backgrounds sharing their stories, NT Farmers have compiled a series of resources in video, print and digital resources. Sharing the growers’ biosecurity experiences and practices aims to better educate growers about some topics in the broad topic of biosecurity in Northern Australia and recommended best practices.

Project Overview

This projects aims to:

1. Give growers from a non-English speaking background in Northern Australia the tools to:

  • understand risks;
  • recognise signs and symptoms; and
  • have the capacity, confidence and trust to report on pests/diseases (especially notifiable pests and diseases, and priority pests and diseases);

2.Build relationships between growers and government

3.Reinforce that biosecurity is everyone’s responsibility 

4. Provide information and resources to help growers understand, prepare and respond to biosecurity incursions;

5. Create communication channels between multicultural growers in Northern Australia and relevant Government and Industry bodies;

6.Identify barriers to implementing good biosecurity practices in Northern Australia, and solutions to these barriers.

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