About Extension Practice

These Extension Practice web pages have been developed to provide a suite of resources for extension and adoption practitioners working across agriculture in rural and regional Australia.

The resources cover a range of extension topics including extension theories, change management information, practical guides and evaluation guidance. The original suite of resources was curated by the University of Melbourne and Cumbre Consultants, and is now collectively housed by AgriFutures Australia.

This web site and resource curation was developed as part of an AgriFutures (previously the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation) project called Extension and Adoption for Australian Farmers and Fishers. A working group of Australian extension experts partnered with AgriFutures, utilising funding from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources as part of its Rural R&D for Profit Programme, in developing the site.

This site will be further developed, with additional resources added, through a reinvigorated focus on adoption for impact. AgriFutures has a long tradition of investing in people in rural Australia. AgriFutures has funded projects related to extension, rural leadership, women, education and training, safety and capacity building to achieve innovation.

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