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View article: Review: Attracting and retaining a farm workforce for the pork industry
Review: Attracting and retaining a farm workforce for the pork industry Open
This review examines factors involved in attracting and retaining the farm workforce, with implications for the pork industry, which faces unique challenges related to skills requirements, migrant workforce reliance, and public perceptions…
View article: Smart farming technologies and changes to farm work: New insights into on-farm experiences
Smart farming technologies and changes to farm work: New insights into on-farm experiences Open
The intersect between technologies and the future of work is a key topic for both practitioner and scholarly communities. In this paper, we explore this intersect within agriculture by examining the changes to work for farmers implementing…
View article: Digiwork: how agriculture 4.0 is changing work for farm advisers
Digiwork: how agriculture 4.0 is changing work for farm advisers Open
Introduction Advisers are commonly involved in supporting farmers navigate the smart farming transition, however their experiences in such roles, and any changes to their working lives, has not received a great deal of empirical attention.…
View article: Strengthening the role of innovation brokers in the livestock advisory services system of Pakistan
Strengthening the role of innovation brokers in the livestock advisory services system of Pakistan Open
Context This article assesses development and implementation of a non-traditional training ‘whole-family extension approach’ (WFEA) that contributes to the innovation-brokering capacity of farm advisors within the current livestock advisor…
View article: Analysis of the Impact of Devolution of the Agriculture Extension System in Nepal
Analysis of the Impact of Devolution of the Agriculture Extension System in Nepal Open
The political changes and reformation initiated the agriculture extension devolution to a lower level in the 2000s in Nepal. The federal system devolved the agriculture extension to local government to bring changes in the delivery system,…
View article: Editorial: Work in agriculture: New perspectives
Editorial: Work in agriculture: New perspectives Open
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View article: Practice insights for the responsible adoption of smart farming technologies using a participatory technology assessment approach: The case of virtual herding technology in Australia
Practice insights for the responsible adoption of smart farming technologies using a participatory technology assessment approach: The case of virtual herding technology in Australia Open
The concept of responsible innovation is gaining traction in the Smart Farming field to address emerging socio-ethical issues such as power asymmetries between farmers and technology development companies in farm data ownership, and animal…
View article: Selecting methods of agricultural extension to support diverse adoption pathways: a review and case studies
Selecting methods of agricultural extension to support diverse adoption pathways: a review and case studies Open
This paper presents results from a review of methods of agricultural extension, including the evidence for the effectiveness of methods in supporting farm practice change, how they affect the change process, and the critical success factor…
View article: Which perspectives for work in agriculture? Food for thought for a research agenda
Which perspectives for work in agriculture? Food for thought for a research agenda Open
The 2 nd International Symposium on Work in Agriculture (March 29–April 1 2021) was a moment for debate on the perspectives of work in agriculture. In this article, we propose to summarize the exchanges that outline the major issues from t…
View article: The Multiple Influences on the Future of Work in Agriculture: Global Perspectives
The Multiple Influences on the Future of Work in Agriculture: Global Perspectives Open
In this introductory paper, we discuss changes in work in agriculture arising from the influence of a wide variety of factors: global food chains and societal controversies about farming models, the status of agricultural work as a profess…
View article: A call to expand disciplinary boundaries so that social scientific imagination and practice are central to quests for ‘responsible’ digital agri‐food innovation
A call to expand disciplinary boundaries so that social scientific imagination and practice are central to quests for ‘responsible’ digital agri‐food innovation Open
This editorial introduces a special issue (SI) concerning quests for responsible digital agri‐food innovation. We present our interpretations of the concepts of responsible innovation and digital agri‐food innovation and show why they can …
View article: Factors associated with farmers’ use of fee-for-service advisors in a privatized agricultural extension system
Factors associated with farmers’ use of fee-for-service advisors in a privatized agricultural extension system Open
The privatization of agricultural advisory and extension services in many countries and the associated pluralism of service providers has renewed interest in farmers’ use of fee-for-service advisors. Understanding farmers’ use of advisory …
View article: Governing Australia’s Dairy Farm Workforce: A New Terrain for Negotiating Rural Community Sustainability
Governing Australia’s Dairy Farm Workforce: A New Terrain for Negotiating Rural Community Sustainability Open
Amidst heightened policy interest in the future of agriculture, there is an emerging new focus on the topic of the farm workforce in Australia. Will agricultural industries have the people – both farm business owners and employees – that t…
View article: How private-sector farm advisors change their practices: An Australian case study
How private-sector farm advisors change their practices: An Australian case study Open
There is increasing interest in the extent to which private-sector farm advisors support farmer responses to emerging challenges, such as climate variability or new forms of agricultural production. However, scholars have paid limited atte…
View article: Governance dynamics and the quest for coordination in pluralistic agricultural advisory systems
Governance dynamics and the quest for coordination in pluralistic agricultural advisory systems Open
The functioning of agricultural extension, henceforth referred to as agricultural (or rural) advisory systems, is of renewed interest to researchers and agricultural policy-makers in many countries...
View article: Enacting resilience for adaptive water governance: a case study of irrigation modernization in an Australian catchment
Enacting resilience for adaptive water governance: a case study of irrigation modernization in an Australian catchment Open
Adaptive governance relies on the collaboration of a diverse set of stakeholders in multiple institutions and organizations at different times and places. In the context of unprecedented water policy and management reform in Australia over…
View article: Doing water research differently for innovation in regional water productivity in Australia
Doing water research differently for innovation in regional water productivity in Australia Open
Research in innovation studies suggests that appropriate starting conditions are required if alignment of research to practice and policy is to be enabled. To achieve this alignment, a scoping exercise is required and must involve those pe…
View article: Dairy Businesses for Future Climates
Dairy Businesses for Future Climates Open
The Australian dairy industry has been on an intensification pathway over recent decades, utilising higher levels of inputs to produce milk, however this pathway has been questioned in light of projections for warmer and more variable futu…