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McKellar, Lisa, Bark, Rosalind H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9876-9322 and Watson, Ian
(2015)
Agricultural transition and land-use change:Considerations in the development of irrigated enterprises in the rangelands of northern Australia.
Rangeland Journal, 37 (5).
pp. 445-457.
ISSN 1036-9872
Abstract
The factors affecting the adoption of irrigation by landholders, using a case study of a government-managed irrigation water release in north-west Queensland, Australia, where current land use is dominated by extensive beef-cattle production, were investigated. The study was based on multiple data sources - interview data from family-owned agricultural enterprises, historical and contemporary documents and contemporary media analysis, workshop participation and field work. The study revealed multiple drivers and constraints, which affect the rate, timing and location of adoption of irrigation by family-owned grazing enterprises. The key finding was that there are individual, group and regional interests in irrigation development but that considerable social and individual learning is required for adoption of irrigation to occur. It was found that there is a prominent role for knowledge brokers - as individuals, irrigator groups, and trusted brokers of science information - in facilitating learning and change. An insight, relevant to governments that support irrigation developments is that interventions that aid and support learning can play a role in facilitating the land-use transition for individual grazing properties to irrigated agriculture.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Publisher Copyright: © Australian Rangeland Society. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | adoption,boundary object,group evolution,irrigation development,learning,northern australia,ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics,ecology,sdg 15 - life on land ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1105 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2021 01:56 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2022 03:18 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/82166 |
| DOI: | 10.1071/RJ14129 |
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