<!--The Official Report of Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia are covered by parliamentary privilege. Republication by others is not afforded the same protection and may result in exposure to legal liability if the material is defamatory. You may copy and make use of excerpts of proceedings where (1) you attribute the Parliament as the source, (2) you assume the risk of liability if the manner of your use is defamatory, (3) you do not use the material for the purpose of advertising, satire or ridicule, or to misrepresent members of Parliament, and (4) your use of the extracts is fair, accurate and not misleading. Copyright in the Official Report of Parliamentary Debates is held by the Attorney-General of South Australia.-->
<hansard id="" tocId="" xml:lang="EN-AU" schemaVersion="4.0" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="hansard_1_0.xsd" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2022-11-02T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
  <venue></venue>
  <reviewStage>published</reviewStage>
  <startPage num="1333" />
  <endPage num="1391" />
  <dateModified time="2023-07-06T09:37:30+09:30" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>AgTech Adoption Program Funding</name>
      <text id="2022110263930b6f5ef24acf90000768">
        <inserted>
          <heading>AgTech Adoption Program Funding</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2022-11-02T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="129">
            <name>AgTech Adoption Program Funding</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2022110263930b6f5ef24acf90000769">
          <inserted>129 <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) </by>().28 September 2022).  </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2022110263930b6f5ef24acf90000770">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;What is the funding allocation for the AgTech adoption program over the forward estimates?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2022110263930b6f5ef24acf90000771">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Where is the AgTech adoption program in the budget?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2022110263930b6f5ef24acf90000772">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;What is the current total unallocated funding for the AgTech adoption program for 2022- 23?</inserted>
        </text>
        <page num="1383" />
        <text id="2022110263930b6f5ef24acf90000773">
          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;Who has received funding under the AgTech adoption program in 2022-23?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2022110263930b6f5ef24acf90000774">
          <inserted>5.&amp;#x9;When will applications for the AgTech adoption program open?</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Forest Industries</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2022-11-02T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="129">
            <name>AgTech Adoption Program Funding</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2022110263930b6f5ef24acf90000775">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries):</by>  I am advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2022110263930b6f5ef24acf90000776">
          <inserted>The AgTech adoption program has a budget allocation of $2.4 million over three years commencing 2020-21.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2022110263930b6f5ef24acf90000777">
          <inserted>The program sits under Sub-program 1.1: Agricultural Services in the Agency Statements and $750,000 is allocated for 2022-23 to support the startup program, demonstrations farms and test-beds to nurture the regional AgTech startup community and showcase integration of technology and best practice farm management for producers.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2022110263930b6f5ef24acf90000778">
          <inserted>A number of contractors have been engaged to support the AgTech adoption program on a fee for service basis.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
</hansard>