Projects: Capacity building

Packaging Soil CRC tools to enhance the extension and adoption of improved soil management practices

This project will support four grower groups (including AIR EP) to critically evaluate their current extension practices used to engage farmers and to identify which extension tools developed in Program 1 of the Soil CRC can be combined to improve the adoption of innovation. Many significant learnings and outcomes have been developed in Program 1…

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Soil CRC Agricultural Farm Practices Survey 2024

This project considers the actual and intended practice of a broad base of farmers across Australian farming systems via a mail-based survey. The survey will be a modified but largely similar survey to one conducted on Eyre Peninsula in 2020 (see results of 2020 survey). Improved understanding of farmers and their practices in our partner…

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EP Ag Chats – Connecting Generations of Farmers on Eyre Peninsula

Production of a podcast series of six episodes connecting the younger generation of Eyre Peninsula farmers with the experienced generation of Eyre Peninsula farmers. This would be series 2 of the successful “EP Ag Chats” podcast produced in 2022 as part of the Young Farmer Networking Project. Listen to the previous podcasts here.      …

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Eyre Peninsula internship in applied grains research 2024

2024 Internship to be hosted by EPAG Research. This project anuually engages a recent graduate to work for 12 months as an intern/trainee in applied grains research, development and extension, located on Eyre Peninsula.   During the 12 months the intern will gain skills in trial design, trial management, sampling, statistical analysis, general crop agronomy,…

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RiskWi$e: National Risk Management Initiative – Action Research Groups Eyre Peninsula

RiskWi$e: the National Risk Management Initiative (NRMI) is a GRDC initiative extending over five years that aims to understand and improve risk-reward outcomes for Australian grain growers through participatory action research (PAR). Explicitly the NRMI aims to: 1. Develop an improved understanding of the risk-reward relationships for important on-farm management practices and decisions 2. Inform…

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Enterprise choice and sequence strategies that drive sustainable and profitable southern Australian farming systems

Southern Farming Systems Project Edillilie Site – Lower Eyre Peninsula Farm profitability can be improved by identifying the factors that drive profit and adopting management that optimises returns and mitigates risks. Growers are under mounting pressure to maintain profitability due to constraints such as input costs, herbicide resistance, declining soil fertility, increasing soil-borne pathogens and…

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Eyre Peninsula internship in applied grains research 2023

Summary This project will annually engage a recent graduate to work as an intern/trainee in applied grains research, development and extension, located on Eyre Peninsula. To improve the capacity of grains research, development and extension in the Eyre Peninsula region. To further develop applied research skills of recent graduates so they will be able to…

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Building Drought Resilience in Agriculture-Dependent Communities through Mapping Young Farmer Information and Support Networks

This project will map young farmer and AIR EP’s information and support networks, and through two interactive co-design workshops, deliver a young farmer network-strengthening action plan.This project aims to:– Better understand young farmer’s existing networks.– Identify opportunities for building stronger networks between young farmers and AIR EP.– Co-design a suite of strategies for AIR EP…

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Knowledge-Sharing for Good Soil Stewardship

The project aims to address challenges and opportunities associated with knowledge-sharing efforts directed at improving the uptake of new innovations and best-practice soil management. In order to support knowledge-sharing efforts for grower-groups across four case-study regions, this project will co-develop and test a range of knowledge-sharing modes and processes, from digital strategies to field days,…

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Sustainable Agriculture program – a three year agriculture extension program

Delivery of the Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board’s Sustainable Agriculture program, funded by the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program Regional Land Partnerships (RLP) initiative, which includes a project work order to deliver the Regenerative Agriculture Program (RAP). Project components: Soil acidification General agricultural support to EP Landscape Board Soil organic carbon and mixed species demonstrations Mallee…

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