Papers and reports by Hugh Ludford
This report documents a foresighting workshop held in Launceston, Tasmania in April 2014. It was ... more This report documents a foresighting workshop held in Launceston, Tasmania in April 2014. It was one important step
in a process of stakeholder consultation exploring research, development and extension (RD&E) priorities for irrigated agriculture in Tasmania. The workshop used foresighting methods to involve stakeholders in exploring and generating ideas on the kinds of irrigation-related RD&E that could assist in delivering preferred futures for Tasmania. It was intended to be a forum for exploring possibilities. Approximately 40 industry and government stakeholders generated a wide range of priorities for
future RD&E as well as ideas on how to organise, deliver, and structure RD&E. There was consensus that irrigation-related RD&E is critical to Tasmania and to the challenges of creating a more sustainable and prosperous futures. The workshop identified the need for broad partnerships across the research, education, policy and private sectors. There was strong advocacy for the adoption of ambitious goals, and dynamic and responsive implementation.
Four dominant themes emerged. Future RD&E should:
1. Enable decisions that result in more productive, profitable and viable farms;
2. Assist in attracting investment in production, processing, manufacturing and exporting;
3. Protect catchment health and sustain productivity; and
4. Establish effective innovation networks that actively contribute to the above goals.
The following overarching questions encapsulate and summarise the directions identified:
1. How do we achieve more productive, profitable and viable farms that are able to optimise resources (land, water, capital, labour) and sustain production, while also
minimising risks like salinity, eutrophication and soil decline?
2. How can we attract investment in processing, advanced manufacturing, exporting and marketing that sustains demand for Tasmanian primary products?
3. How can we protect catchment health and sustainably manage natural resources at the farm and catchment scale?
4. What approaches and arrangements for RD&E (the innovation systems) are required to achieve the above goals?
This report provides a summary of the workshop and its key findings. It was part of a process of stakeholder consultation exploring research, development and extension (RD&E) priorities for irrigated agriculture in Tasmania.
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Papers and reports by Hugh Ludford
in a process of stakeholder consultation exploring research, development and extension (RD&E) priorities for irrigated agriculture in Tasmania. The workshop used foresighting methods to involve stakeholders in exploring and generating ideas on the kinds of irrigation-related RD&E that could assist in delivering preferred futures for Tasmania. It was intended to be a forum for exploring possibilities. Approximately 40 industry and government stakeholders generated a wide range of priorities for
future RD&E as well as ideas on how to organise, deliver, and structure RD&E. There was consensus that irrigation-related RD&E is critical to Tasmania and to the challenges of creating a more sustainable and prosperous futures. The workshop identified the need for broad partnerships across the research, education, policy and private sectors. There was strong advocacy for the adoption of ambitious goals, and dynamic and responsive implementation.
Four dominant themes emerged. Future RD&E should:
1. Enable decisions that result in more productive, profitable and viable farms;
2. Assist in attracting investment in production, processing, manufacturing and exporting;
3. Protect catchment health and sustain productivity; and
4. Establish effective innovation networks that actively contribute to the above goals.
The following overarching questions encapsulate and summarise the directions identified:
1. How do we achieve more productive, profitable and viable farms that are able to optimise resources (land, water, capital, labour) and sustain production, while also
minimising risks like salinity, eutrophication and soil decline?
2. How can we attract investment in processing, advanced manufacturing, exporting and marketing that sustains demand for Tasmanian primary products?
3. How can we protect catchment health and sustainably manage natural resources at the farm and catchment scale?
4. What approaches and arrangements for RD&E (the innovation systems) are required to achieve the above goals?
This report provides a summary of the workshop and its key findings. It was part of a process of stakeholder consultation exploring research, development and extension (RD&E) priorities for irrigated agriculture in Tasmania.
in a process of stakeholder consultation exploring research, development and extension (RD&E) priorities for irrigated agriculture in Tasmania. The workshop used foresighting methods to involve stakeholders in exploring and generating ideas on the kinds of irrigation-related RD&E that could assist in delivering preferred futures for Tasmania. It was intended to be a forum for exploring possibilities. Approximately 40 industry and government stakeholders generated a wide range of priorities for
future RD&E as well as ideas on how to organise, deliver, and structure RD&E. There was consensus that irrigation-related RD&E is critical to Tasmania and to the challenges of creating a more sustainable and prosperous futures. The workshop identified the need for broad partnerships across the research, education, policy and private sectors. There was strong advocacy for the adoption of ambitious goals, and dynamic and responsive implementation.
Four dominant themes emerged. Future RD&E should:
1. Enable decisions that result in more productive, profitable and viable farms;
2. Assist in attracting investment in production, processing, manufacturing and exporting;
3. Protect catchment health and sustain productivity; and
4. Establish effective innovation networks that actively contribute to the above goals.
The following overarching questions encapsulate and summarise the directions identified:
1. How do we achieve more productive, profitable and viable farms that are able to optimise resources (land, water, capital, labour) and sustain production, while also
minimising risks like salinity, eutrophication and soil decline?
2. How can we attract investment in processing, advanced manufacturing, exporting and marketing that sustains demand for Tasmanian primary products?
3. How can we protect catchment health and sustainably manage natural resources at the farm and catchment scale?
4. What approaches and arrangements for RD&E (the innovation systems) are required to achieve the above goals?
This report provides a summary of the workshop and its key findings. It was part of a process of stakeholder consultation exploring research, development and extension (RD&E) priorities for irrigated agriculture in Tasmania.