Dr Hanabeth Luke
Project Leader
Southern Cross University
The collective behaviour of individual farmers can have a significant impact on the broader health of the economy and natural resources of Australia. It is with this understanding that practices and products are being developed within the Soil CRC to influence some of these behaviours.
This project initiated the process of surveying a range of land managers to better understand their current practices, the influences on their decision-making, and how they believe they will be farming in the future. Three regions were surveyed as part of this project: the Western Australian Wheatbelt, the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia and North Central Victoria.
A follow-on project, ‘What drives farmer decisions?‘, surveyed three additional regions to complete the first round of surveys. Land managers across all six regions will be surveyed again to help develop a longitudinal understanding of farmer practices, aspirations and motivations.
The data from the survey project is being used by the Soil CRC and our partners to better target our innovations and communications and inform strategic planning.
