Refereed contributed papers

Developing effecting learning programs: What extension can learn from the fields of adult education and learning communities
Author: Sue Kilpatrick¹, and Amabel Fulton²

Coordinating Action Research and Extension Practice with NSW Dairy Farmers
Author: Jess Jennings

The inter-relationship between Capacity Building and Institutional Arrangements, and the implications for Extension and Adult Education
Author: Bob Macadam, John Drinan, Neil Inall and Bruce McKenzie

Information and library services for extension officers in NSW Agriculture: developments to meet their needs
Author: Sally Anderson ¹

New experiences in working with horticultural farmers to improve NRM practices in Queensland
Author: Susanne Heisswolf¹, Stewart Lindsay², John Bagshaw³ and Noel Vock⁴

Shrinking Extension to Fit a Growing Small Farm Sector
Author: Hollier, C., Francis, J. and Reid, M.

How do you know you’re having an impact? Evaluation of the Grapecheque program.
Author: Vanessa Hood¹, Paul Blackshaw², Rosie Hannah³, Megan Hill⁴, Sally Dickinson ^4,5, Angie Grills⁴ and John Whiting⁴

Personality and innovation in agriculture
Author: Geoff Kaine¹, Jean Sandall² and Denise Bewsell³

Effective farmer groups for defining best practices for sustainable agriculture
Author: Sue Kilpatrick¹, Liz Bond², Rowena Bell¹, Jacqui Knee² and Greg Pinkard²

Reshaping rural extension: New players – new roles
Author: Judy Lambert and Jane Elix

Negotiation – The Hallmark of NRM Extension
Author: Greg Leach¹

Enabling Effective Participation, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Advocacy in Participatory Research: Tools and approaches for Extension Professionals
Author: Greg Leach¹ and Jessica Wallwork²

Farmers’ perceptions about irrigation scheduling in the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
Author: B. Maheshwari¹, M. Plunkett² and P. Singh¹

Rural Water Use, A Systems Approach to Three Years of Challenges with Triumphs, a Queensland Dairy Perspective.
Author: Malcolm Martin¹, Ross Warren², Greg Stanley³

Extension - finding solutions or co-creating pathways for change
Author: Amanda May¹, Heather Shaw², Yvonne Orlando¹ and Lucia Boxelaar ³

One extension approach does not fit all - what can help decide which to use?
Author: Helen Murdoch¹, Chris Linehan¹, Lucy Finger¹ and Allison Long²

Groups or one to one? Rethinking extension delivery – learning’s from the dairy industry
Author: Ruth Nettle¹, Jane Weatherley², Mark Paine¹

Discourses of sustainability: a foucauldian approach
Author: Dr Len Palmer

Dairy Farmers’ Evaluation of Biodiversity Practices in South West Victoria
Author: Terry Parminter, and Tim Nelson

Appreciating the influence of our own and others’ world views upon extension strategies
Author: Terry Parminter, Neels Botha, and Bruce Small

From engaging the public - to supporting citizens in collaborative partnerships. Insights for extension from community forestry.
Author: R. John Petheram¹, Peter Stephen¹, Fleur Maidment²

Linking Geographical Information Systems and Social Research: Investigating the Small Farm Sector
Author: Michael Reid ¹, Carole Hollier¹, Julie Francis¹ and Brian Furze²

Online opportunities: the case for re-configuring extension in a web environment
Author: Darren Schmidt¹, Peter Holden² and Tonia Grundy³

Challenges after the research is “ready”
Author: Sergio Rustichelli Teixeira¹ Tom Cowan², Helen Ross³.

Information sources and dispersal channels in the extension of pasture weed management technologies in south- eastern Kenya rangelands
Author: Joseph W. Munyasi ¹, David Lloyd², Nichols J. Doland³