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Practice Change Research
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Welcome to the Practice Change Research web pages of the Department of Primary Industries website.
Purpose
The Practice Change Research group provides advice to government, industry and community on factors related to landowners in rural Victoria that influence the achievement of social, economic and environmental outcomes.
The team consists of about 25 social research staff based in Bendigo, Tatura, Rutherglen and Melbourne. The group integrates an understanding of rural Victoria with a knowledge of social science to provide novel solutions to complex problems in agriculture and natural resource management.
Structure
The Practice Change Research group sits with the Capacity Building and Evaluation Units in the Practice Change Platform within Catchment and Agricultural Services (CAS). CAS is the service delivery division of the Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI).
The Practice Change Research group has links with over 700 scientific and extension DPI staff based at 72 locations around Victoria. Practice Change Research also works with a broad range of partners and collaborators from other government departments and agencies, the community and the private sector.
Research Areas
The team focuses on 4 key research areas –
| 1. | Economic, social and land use trends in rural Victoria and their implications |
 | Our current focus is on understanding the three emerging social landscapes in rural Victoria – amenity, production and transition landscapes – and their implications for government services.
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| 2. | Adoption of innovations |
| The focus in this area is on identifying factors that influence the adoption of agricultural innovations by farmers, in particular those innovations providing resource benefits.
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| 3. | Implementation of agricultural and natural resource management policy |
| Here we focus on identifying factors related to landholders’ and organisations’ responses to policies with a current interest in market-based mechanisms.
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| 4. | Governance and strategic management of networks |
| In this area we are developing approaches to operating in a networked environment. |
Contact Details
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Mail: | Ian Dreher
Practice Change Leader
(03) 5336 6606
+61 3 5336 6606
ian.dreher@dpi.vic.gov.au
Department of Primary Industries
402-406 Mair St
Ballarat, 3350
Victoria
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