Australia is the best country in the world to grow rice.

Environmental Sustainability

  • The Australian rice industry was the first Australian agricultural industry to initiate a regional biodiversity plan and greenhouse reduction strategy, outlining the future direction of rice growing in harmony with the environment.

  • Rice Crops and irrigation infrastructure provides up to 80,000 ha of surrogate wetland habitat in full allocation years.

  • Australian rice farms support a diverse range of native animals, birds and insects including the endangered Southern Bell Frog (Litoria raniformis) and Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus).

  • Six rice farmers have taken up #bitternfriendlyrice incentives this season to support this endangeredspecies.@llsRiverina@AusLandcare  This project is supported by Riverina Local Land Services, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.

  • The Australian rice industry pursues a balance between food production and the environment in the Murray-Darling Basin.

  • Rice growers are implementing measures on and around their farms that will ensure native plants and creatures can live in harmony with the rice-growing environment.