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Summary of the report
A Pilot Study of the
Relationship Between
Farmer Education
and Good Farm Management
By Geoff Bamberry, Tony Dunn
and Annette Lamont
RIRDC Research paper No
97/030
Published in May 1997
Re-Published in November
2006
Research done in some developing countries pointed to a link between levels of education and agricultural output. This report deals with the literature on that relationship.
It sets out to define “farmer education” and “good farm management” and describes the nature and sources of farmer education.
It looks at how much formal education Australian farmers generally have and how much of their learning has been acquired informally and “on the job”.
The report concludes that Australian farmers are not as poorly educated as statistics on their formal education would suggest. Farmers placed much importance on life-long learning and the need for future farmers to be more highly educated.
The connection with productivity could be in the extent to which skills and competencies are developed and applied. This would need further research and this project sets out a framework for a comprehensive investigation into the relationship between farmer education and good farm management.
 
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