#Social
Sharing responsibility for managing roadside weeds
Roadside weeds affect landscape-scale weed management and are consistently raised as a concern by weeds has been identified as vital […]
Grower attitudes and practices toward area-wide management of cropping weeds in Australia
The mobility of weeds, use of biological controls and spread of herbicide resistance mean that weed management is a landscape-scale […]
Meanings, materials and competences of area-wide weed management in cropping systems
This paper uses Social Practice Theory (SPT) as a framework to understand how cropping land managers engage with the practices of AWWM, and what the drivers and barriers are to their participation.
Understanding social attitudes related to the success of area-wide weed management
The need for weed management to work effectively across property and institutional boundaries, means that an in-depth understanding of the attitudes, practices and relationships of various actors involved in weed management is needed.
Is a group effort the key to better weed control?
An innovative social survey is exploring the attitudes of a range of people involved in weed control from grain growers to orchardists, cotton producers, vineyard operators and local government agencies.
Opportunities for area-wide management of cropping weeds: a survey of growers in Australia
The mobility of weeds, use of biological controls and spread of herbicide resistance mean that weed management is a landscape-scale […]
Area-wide Weed Management in Cropping Systems Project Findings
Exploration of cross-sector collaboration on the ever-evolving challenge of weed control across private and public land.
What’s holding back area-wide management?
Although many grain growers believe area-wide weed management has benefits, they are equally concerned over its potential costs – with time constraints the biggest worry. New social science research is uncovering why, in a bid to help design and implement better management strategies.
Farmer attitudes to Area Wide Management of weeds in Sunraysia
A novel approach to weed management in Australia is being investigated with the start of a project that aims to research the management, economic and social benefits of tackling weeds on a broader scale.
Opportunities to Manage Herbicide Resistance through Area-Wide Management: Lessons from Australian Cropping Regions.
Herbicide resistance management is often understood as a decision for individual land managers, but their decisions have far-reaching impacts for […]