The cash was to pay for facilitators and experts.
Called RMPP Action Network, it involved groups of seven to nine farmers with a shared focus led by a qualified facilitator who, along with experts, would be paid for by the RMPP.
An RMPP spokesman said the action network would progressively be rolled out but what made it different to other information extension programmes was the small number of participants, having trained facilitators and the ability to employ expertise as required.
Each group would decide its aims and goals for the coming year. They would be submitted to the RMPP for approval. The organisation would pay costs up to $4000 for each farm business member.
Facilitators were essential to the project with research showing gaps in previous discussion structures in following up whether individual farmers had met their goals.
The first stage being rolled out this month involved the establishment of 50 groups.
Each group would identify a topic it wanted to explore in a process designed to test RMPP systems and the ease of joining and getting groups started.
Phase two would begin in January creating groups for anyone wanting to be involved.
