Effective farmer groups for defining best practices for sustainable agriculture Kilpatrick, Sue, Bond, Liz, Bell, Rowena, Knee, Jacqui and Pinkard, Greg 2003, Effective farmer groups for defining best practices for sustainable agriculture, in APEN 2003 : Extending extension : beyond traditional boundaries, methods and ways of thinking, [Australasia Pacific Extension Network], [Hobart, Tas.]. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Effective farmer groups for defining best practices for sustainable agriculture Author(s) Kilpatrick, Sue Bond, Liz Bell, Rowena Knee, Jacqui Pinkard, Greg Conference name Australasia Pacific Extension Network. Forum (2003 : Hobart, Tas.) Conference location Hobart, Tas. Conference dates 26-28 November 2003 Title of proceedings APEN 2003 : Extending extension : beyond traditional boundaries, methods and ways of thinking Editor(s) [Unknown] Publication date 2003 Conference series Australasia Pacific Extension Network Forum Publisher [Australasia Pacific Extension Network] Place of publication [Hobart, Tas.] Keyword(s) learning farmer groups natural resource management participatory action research Summary Practitioners and farmers are practical people. They are likely to be more comfortable with a process that develops monitoring tools and benchmarks for natural resource management than a process of group development and social capital formation. Yet the two are intrinsically linked. Policy makers and extension workers need to understand the link, and how to use a knowledge of social processes when designing the more concrete process of developing and implementing best practice monitoring and benchmarking with groups. This paper reflects on the experience of establishing and working with farmer groups as they go through a process of identifying environmental issues, setting and monitoring environmental benchmarks and identifying and implementing sustainable farming practices to meet the benchmarks. Language eng Field of Research 070108 Sustainable Agricultural Development Socio Economic Objective 970107 Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30020326 Document type: Conference Paper Collection: Vice-Chancellor and Presidents Office Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 07 Oct 2009, 14:51:19 EST Thu, 15 Oct 2009, 08:39:39 EST Thu, 15 Oct 2009, 08:42:15 EST Mon, 14 Dec 2009, 13:19:23 EST Thu, 29 Aug 2013, 15:44:37 EST Mon, 02 Sep 2013, 10:01:50 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 409 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 07 Oct 2009, 14:51:19 EST

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