Rabi Maskey is an Irrigation Extension Officer with Agriculture Victoria located in Tatura.  Rabi has been working as an extension officer in the area of irrigation and drainage technology and was recently involved in developing a series of benefit-cost case studies focusing on different irrigation infrastructure technologies adopted by farmers in northern Victoria. These studies focused on understanding the benefits and impact of irrigation infrastructure investment on farm profitability.

He is interested in exploring the possibilities of linking research results to extension activities.  He has more than 15 years of experience with Agriculture Victoria, assisting irrigators to improve water use efficiency on farm, developing irrigation related information packages and Whole Farm Planning related activities including extension, catchment programs, irrigation hydrology and soil and water interactions.