Projects

Developing capability of students in preparation for future agricultural advisory and extension roles presents pedagogical and practice challenges

Will provision of the structured one-to-one follow-up advisory support alter the chance of the farmer having a plan, increase the quality of their plan, improve decision-making and/or change perceptions of the value of planning?

This project is investigating mechanisms for building the capability of extension staff (Regional Development Officer) in the Australian vegetable industry.

Understanding the value and contribution of Indigenous land and sea management to biodiversity conservation along with social and cultural wellbeing.

The Dairy-Beef project builds on ten years of relationships and investment into capacity and understanding of the smallholder dairy farming system in Pakistan.

Investigating how and why young people aged 15-35 years enter, stay or leave jobs and careers in the agri-food sector.

Two sub-projects on farmer emergency response and supporting excellence in service.

This research is designed to provide information to the government of Lao PDR about the economic and social impacts of changes in the inputs used in growing rice and more.

A project designed to identify, build, and sustain community capacity to lead and implement strategic resilience planning and action.

Developing criteria, indicators and methods to account for the contributions and effectiveness of Indigenous-led firing practices in Dja Dja Wurrung Country in Victoria, Australia.

Describing elements of effective partnerships at LHS and how they support community goals, self-determination goals alongside student achievement and well-being outcomes.

Understanding Australian farmers’ human resources management and attitudes and opinions on the support farmers need to implement ‘best practice’ people management.

Reviewing literature related to attracting and retaining a farm workforce.

Interdisciplinary collaborative research to create practical strategies to influence practice change, governance and institutional arrangements to support the goal of Net Zero emissions from agriculture.

Trials of farming systems practices (with a focus on mixed farming) that are hypothesised to improve drought resilience and protect natural capital.

RIRG will co-develop a professional eLearning developer, the content for an ‘Introduction to Extension’ training package including an eLearning module.

Increasing production and improving the livelihoods of smallholder farming households in the Indonesian dairy sector.

Conducting a structural and functional analysis of the innovation system in the Australian Vegetable industry to identify opportunities to strengthen innovation in the sector.

Contributing social science research to cooperative extension models, advisory adaptation and addressing the human and social dimensions of digital irrigation.

Addressing knowledge and practice gaps that have led to the intractable challenge of effectively engaging CALD communities' members in jobs and careers in agriculture.

This study aimed to identify who Australian farmers trust for information, advice and support related to farm emissions management and carbon farming and understand the reasons behind this trust.

This project brings together a team of social scientists collaborating closely with the Producer Demonstration Sites (PDS) Program and industry stakeholders to characterise and then strengthen the enabling environment for adoption and scaling of low emissions solutions.