Farm Systems Research & Adoption Investment Priorities 2009-15
1st Year Investment: $8.6 million
Proportion of Levy: 16%
Investment in Farm Systems aims to increase industry productivity by focusing on assisting farmers to adopt new technologies, ideas and skills in ways that benefit this individual farm business.
| Activity | Objective | Benefit |
| Creating and testing options for future farm systems | Develop regionally-specific technology and ideas to address issues such as increasing production, climate change and managing people. | Farmers have a range of new tools and options to help them succeed in their businesses over the next decade. |
| Demonstrating current best practice future farm systems options | Set-up regional demonstration activities where farmers can see: 1) other farmers implementing best practice and new technologies (see map). 2) future farm systems tested at farmlet scale which demonstrate new ideas and technologies enabling easy adoption. | Farmers are more likely to achieve gains from new ideas and technologies when they can see them in action in a familiar environment. Researcher learn from farmers testing new ideas. |
| Supporting farmer adoption through the Consulting officer network. | Provide a quick and effective way for getting new knowledge and ideas out to farmers and help them put changes in place on-farm | Farmers get maximum benefit by effective adoption of technologies that suit their farm. |
