Published - 23 June 2020 By Gavin Beever Agricultural Extension impacts from COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our lives dramatically. It has had a wide and ever evolving range of consequences, including for the field of Extension. … Read More Extension planning, Innovation, Online tools Home, Methods & Tools, Resources
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 … Read More 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 … Read More 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 … Read More 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 … Read More 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 … Read More Design thinking, Extension planning, Innovation Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory
Published - 30 September 2016 By 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 … Read More Continuous improvement, Evaluation, Extension planning, Innovation Methods & Tools
Published - 28 September 2016 By 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 … Read More ADOPT, Adoption and Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool, Evaluation, Extension planning, Innovation, Prediction, Target markets Methods & Tools
Published - 7 September 2016 By 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 … Read More Actors, Communication for Innovation, Extension planning, Group Facilitation, Innovation, Intervention, Social Theory
Published - 5 September 2016 By Diffusion of Innovations Theory – Adoption and Diffusion The Diffusion of Innovations theory was the leading theory in agricultural extension post World War II until the 1970s. It is still used today in … Read More Adoptions categories, Communication, Innovation, Social system, Technology transfer, Time Theory
Published - 1 September 2016 By 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 … Read More Actors, Collaborative action, Collaborative learning, Critical engagement, Extension planning, Framework, Innovation, Learning process approach, New extension approaches Theory
Published - 31 August 2016 By Extension is Capacity Building Capacity Building and Community Engagement is seen as a key development in the contemporary extension space and so is described in more detail as an … Read More Capacity building, Enabling change, Extension planning, Facilitation and Empowerment Model, Group Facilitation, Increasing capacity building, Information Access, Innovation, Programmed Learning, Technological development Theory
