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About David Pannell
David Pannell is Professor in the School of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Western Australia, and an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow. His research includes the economics of land and water conservation; environmental policy; farmer adoption of land conservation practices; risk management; policy evaluation; and economics of farming systems. He has been a prominent commentator on environmental policy, arguing for policies that better reflect scientific, economic and social realities.
In 2004, he became the first social scientist to win the W.E. Wood prize for salinity R&D, a national award across all research disciplines. His research is characterised by a high degree of collaboration with other national and international researchers. He also collaborates closely with other research disciplines, including, in recent projects, with bio-physical modellers, plant scientists, hydrologists, environmental scientists, and sociologists. He was President of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society in 2000, a member of the WA Government’s Salinity Taskforce in 2001, and a director on the Board of Land and Water Australia 2002-05.
He has received prizes for outstanding published journal articles from professional societies in four countries: the American Agricultural Economics Association, the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, the Agricultural Economics Society (UK) and the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. He has published five books and 130 journal articles and book chapters. He holds B.Sc.Agric., B.Ec. and PhD degrees from the University of Western Australia.
David was co-editor of the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 2003-06, and is a member of editorial boards for Agricultural Systems and the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics.
View symposium presentation 1: Understanding Practice Change by Rural Landholders
Abstract
This presentation will provide an overview of core research findings from the enormous research literature on adoption of new practices by rural landholders. It integrates findings and lessons from rural sociology, social psychology and economics, providing a strong consensus position. Adoption depends on a range of personal, social, cultural and economic factors, as well as on characteristics of the innovation itself. Non-adoption or low adoption of a number of practices is readily explicable in terms of their failure to provide a relative advantage (particularly in economic terms), and/or a range of difficulties that landholders may have in trialling them.
Further reading
Pannell, D.J., Marshall, G.R., Barr, N., Curtis, A., Vanclay, F. and Wilkinson, R. (2006). Understanding and promoting adoption of conservation practices by rural landholders. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46(11): 1407-1424.
If you or your organisation subscribes to the Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture you can access the paper at: www.publish.csiro.au/nid/72/paper/EA05037.htm (or non-subscribers can buy a copy on-line for A$25). Otherwise, email david.pannell@uwa.edu.au to ask for a copy.
View symposium presentation 2: Policy Perspectives on Practice Change
Abstract
This presentation will discuss rural practice change from the perspective of policy makers. It will highlight some of the key implications for policy of the research outlined throughout the symposium. It will also consider the choices that policy makers must make about policy mechanisms to encourage (or in some cases inhibit) practice change, and provide a framework for considering this question. Versions of the framework will be outlined for commercial and lifestyle landholders. David will also discuss the issue of anticipating adoption issues when conducting technical research.
Further reading
Pannell, D.J. (2008). Public benefits, private benefits, and policy intervention for land-use change for environmental benefits, Land Economics 84(2): 225-240.
The above article and other related documents can be downloaded here.
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