PROGRAM WHAT WE SAID WE’D DO WHY WE DID IT WHAT DID WE ACHIEVE? Rural Innovation and Change Provide an in-house research capability for understanding and enabling the three elements of farm business management (physical, financial, social) and facilitate linkages and integration across all Farm Productivity & Delivery program areas Improve sustainable wealth creation decision making in balancing the physical, financial and family elements of farming Delivered the Achieving Sustainable Change project to improve partnerships between public and private sector service providers in the design, delivery and evaluation of national projects Developed a professional development mentoring program for advisors using the research results from the Co-operative Venture for Capacity Building Provided an explanation of resilience in communities and farming systems using three case study projects Identified the on-farm strategies to adjust to changes in water security Developed a joint approach to work on climate change with the DPIV systems group Published a special edition of the group’s work in the international Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension (Vol 13, No 3. June 2007) Vocational Education and Training Provide a full compliment of quality courses to meet dairy industry needs Elevate skills base to assist in balancing the physical, financial and family elements of farming Achieve higher levels of sustainable productivity through better education The National Centre for Dairy Education – Australia (NCDEA) is the industry-established national body for vocational education and training (VET) in dairy farming and dairy processing The NCDEA strategic plan was established with key performance indicators, approved by the Industry Education Steering Committee Commenced VET courses under the auspices of the NCDEA in Victoria, South Australia and Queensland Increased the number of student contact hours (SCH) delivered by the NCDEA from 150,000 in the 2005 calendar year to 260,000 in 2007 calendar year Completed an agreement with South West Institute of TAFE to deliver under the auspices of NCDEA – providing an additional 50,000 SCH potential for calendar year 2008 (taking the planned total to more than 300,000 – SCH) Established in principle agreements with VET providers in each state of Australia Relocated activities in south west Victoria to the Demo Dairy site at Terang; in cohabitation with WestVic Dairy and DPIV research teams Through GOTAFE investment, NCDEA gained access to processing education facilities at Werribee
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