Innovation Archives - Extension Practice

Topic: Innovation

published - 29 June 2019
By Gavin Beever

An Approach to Encouraging Innovation

This program is a good example of using incentives to encourage development and adoption of practice change. The Victorian Food Innovation Network is a Victorian State Government led initiative, to encourage the development and implementation of innovation in the food sector in Victoria. A core element of the initiative is …
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Incentives, Innovation, Privatised Extension

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources

published - 12 December 2018
By James Turner, Gavin Beever

Co-Innovation

Interested in ways innovation and the pace of practice change can be fostered? Then this Webinar, presented by Dr James Turner from AgResearch in New Zealand, is for you.
It introduces work from the Primary Innovation project, led by James, who is a Senior Resource Economist. The project worked with a cross discipline team (pastoral, …
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Co-innovation, Innovation, Practice Change, Webinar

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

published - 30 July 2018
By Gavin Beever

Diffusion of Innovations Theory: Case Studies and Discussion

The Diffusion of Innovations theory was the leading theory in agricultural extension post World War II until the 1970s and there is still considerable interest in it today in agricultural extension, as these case studies demonstrate. It is particularly relevant when extension is concerned with adoption of a particular technology …
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Diffusion of Innovation, Extension planning, Extension Principles, Innovation

Home, Theory

published - 22 June 2018
By Dr James Turner, Gavin Beever

Co-innovation, a Way to Accelerate the Pace of Practice Change and Innovation

Co-innovation is a systemic approach used to facilitate and accelerate the pace of practice change and innovation. It has been used to tackle the more complex challenges and opportunities that agriculture is facing.
In this approach the problem or opportunity is put at the centre of the whole process, rather than …
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Action learning, Co-innovation, Innovation, Practice Change

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

published - 13 February 2018
By Gavin Beever

Design Thinking and Innovation

Design thinking is a five step method for innovating to solve complex (“wicked”) problems and is being used successfully in agricultural extension. It approaches challenges by understanding the needs of users and then developing insights to meet those needs. It proposes that only by contact, observation and empathy with end …
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Design thinking, Extension planning, Innovation

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

published - 30 September 2016

Continuous Business Improvement Model

The concept of Continuous Business Improvement (CBI) in a project setting is a structured and methodical process for developing profitable farm businesses. It draws on innovations in business and relationships with people. Its single most distinguishing feature is the in-built phase of reflection.
CBI in projects provides information on design and evaluation. …
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Continuous improvement, Evaluation, Extension planning, Innovation

Methods & Tools

published - 28 September 2016

Adopt (Adoption and Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool)

ADOPT has been designed to help evaluate and predict the likely level of adoption and spread of specific agricultural technologies and practices for particular target markets and where adoption will peak and the time it is most likely to. ADOPT is an MS Excel-based tool developed by CSIRO, the Victorian …
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ADOPT, Adoption and Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool, Evaluation, Extension planning, Innovation, Prediction, Target markets

Methods & Tools

published - 7 September 2016

Extension as Communications

Improving food production and fostering economic development is not just a matter of individuals receiving messages and adopting the ‘right’ technologies, but more to do with altering interdependencies and coordinating the different actor roles. Societal issues arise from multiple localities and at various points in time and bring about a …
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Actors, Communication for Innovation, Extension planning, Group Facilitation, Innovation, Intervention, Social

Theory

published - 1 September 2016

Cow Up a Tree – Collaborative Learning

A key argument within this theory is that the current extension situation has changed since the linear model of extension (adoption and diffusion model) was adopted worldwide after WWII. Cow up a tree argues that new issues are emerging such as:

Environmental crises
Food safety and quality
Rural and urban relationships, and
Multi-functionality of …
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Actors, Collaborative action, Collaborative learning, Critical engagement, Extension planning, Framework, Innovation, Learning process approach, New extension approaches

Theory

Topic: Innovation

An Approach to Encouraging Innovation

Co-Innovation

Diffusion of Innovations Theory: Case Studies and Discussion

Co-innovation, a Way to Accelerate the Pace of Practice Change and Innovation

Design Thinking and Innovation

Continuous Business Improvement Model

Adopt (Adoption and Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool)

Extension as Communications

Diffusion of Innovations Theory – Adoption and Diffusion

Cow Up a Tree – Collaborative Learning