- Title
- Identifying farmer typologies, perspectives and aspirations of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline : A report prepared for the Department of Primary Industries, Horsham
- Creator
- Schwarz, Imogen; McRae-Williams, Pam
- Date
- 2007
- Type
- Text; Book; Report
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/166540
- Identifier
- vital:13452
- Identifier
- ISBN:
- Abstract
- The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is implementing a project – Sustainable Agribusiness Opportunities from the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline (SAOW) – funded through the Provincial Victoria Growth Fund, Regional Development Victoria (RDV) which aims to assist Wimmera Mallee farmers to maximise the opportunities that can be derived from this major change in water supply. As part of this project, the Water in Drylands Collaborative Research Program (WIDCORP) was commissioned by DPI to undertake research that provides insight into how farmers might react to such changes and what expectations they may have for their farming enterprises. This research informs DPI in developing a targeted and insightful approach to extension programs to assist farmers and farming groups connecting to the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline (WMP). The study involved an extensive literature review of socio-economic benefits of pipeline infrastructure and a multimode survey (telephone and online) of Wimmera Mallee farmers (n=527) to establish farmer typologies using farming style theory. Follow-up semi-structured interviews (n=16) were conducted with representative farmers from each of the defined ‘farming styles’. These interviews contextualised the characteristics of the styles, explored the implications for farm innovations and perceived opportunities, and identified key barriers and drivers influencing the uptake of innovation as a consequence of the WMP.
- Publisher
- Water in Drylands Collaborative Research Program (WIDCORP) for Department of Primary Industries
- Relation
- No. 2
- Rights
- Copyright Water in Drylands Collaborative Research Program © 2007 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without permission from Water in Drylands Collaborative Research Program. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Research Director, Water in Drylands Collaborative Research Program, University of Ballarat, VIC 3400.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Farmer typologies; Wimmera Mallee Pipeline
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