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Title:
Drivers of practice change in land management in Australian agriculture. Synthesis report-Stages I, II and III
Series:
Research reports
Series Issue:
14.5
Publication Date:
26/06/2014
Description:
Overview This study was commissioned by the Sustainable Resource Management Division of the Department of Agriculture (through the Caring for Our Country initiative) and focuses on the key factors landholders consider when making decisions to adopt specific land management practices. The management practices examined included best practice for cropping, grazing, management of native vegetation and management of weeds of national significance across broadacre, dairy and horticulture industries. This report presents a synthesis of results from the project including results from a national survey conducted in 2012-13 and comparison of these results with previously reported results from the same survey conducted in 2010-11. Key Issues This study captured information on influences on uptake of recommended farm management practices including information on the degree to which financial motivations interact with environmental factors and personal motivations. Key results included: * most farmers were influenced by a multiplicity of motivations relating to financial, personal and environmental goals * both financial benefits and environmental factors rated highly in influencing land and soil management practice decisions * personal motivations which included a range of individual, family and community related motivations were of less influence, but still were important to some * farmer production groups and landcare groups were selected by the majority of respondents as the most important source of support for land and soil management decisions. The report also details profiles of adopters versus non adopters for each of the management practices investigated
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ABARES : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences : Department of Agriculture
Author:
KANCANS Robert

ECKER Saan Dr

DUNCAN Alixaandrea

STENEKES Nyree Dr

ZOBEL-ZUBRZYCKA Halina Dr
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Other constraints: All material in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, save for content supplied by third parties, logos and the Commonwealth Coat of Arms

Other constraints: This publication (and any material sourced from it) should be attributed to: ancans R, Ecker S, Duncan A, Stenekes N & Zobel-Zubrzycka H, 2014, Drivers of practice change in land management in Australian agriculture: Synthesis report-Stages I, II and III, ABARES Research report 14.5, Canberra, June. CC BY 3.0
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ISBN 978-1-74323-185-2

ISSN 1447-8358
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