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PATRICK SWALLOW
Patrick.Swallow@education.wa.edu.au
2023 Drought Resilience and Innovation Challenge
Throughout Term 3 Certificate III in Agriculture, students participated in the 2023 Drought Resilience and Innovation Challenge during their theory class. The Challenge required students to identify and explain an innovative tool, system or solution that would increase the resilience of Western Australian farmers in a hotter, drier and more variable climate. Students could work individually or in groups and choose to present their ideas in a written or presentation format.
On Tuesday 19th September, students presented their innovative research/ideas to a panel consisting of Tanya Kilminster (Knowledge Broker SW WA Drought Hub), Graham Ellis-Smith (Community Representative) and Dean Pfitzner (Acting Principal).
Ideas presented included a portable dairy, new species of drought-resilient plants and other innovative water storage and water-use efficiency methods. Thank you to Tanya, Graham and Dean for volunteering their time to be on the selection panel.
Congratulations to the following students for your involvement in the Challenge. Feedback from the panel was excellent.
- Sarah Kett
- Crystal Alexander
- Michael Kilrain
- Rachel Smith
- Amelia Ietto
- Tia Boylan
- Koltyn Te Haara
- Tessa Clifton
- Dylan Emmott
- Maddison Stuchbury
- Kandra Pense
- Caitlin Shales
- Georgia Buchanan
- Mae MacDonald
The 2023 Drought Resilience and Innovation Challenge has been generously sponsored by the Grower Group Alliance and the Southwest WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub. As a result of this sponsorship, the following prize money will be awarded to the winning students from our school:
1st prize - $1000
2nd prize - $700
3rd Prize - $300
In Term 4, the winning submission from the WA College of Agriculture - Harvey will also compete with the winning submissions from other schools participating in the challenge. The overall winner from this competition will receive a further $500 that will be used to purchase new technology for their school.
The winners of the Drought Resilience and Innovation Challenge for 2023 will be announced at the Year 12 Graduation Day on 3rd November.