Extension and training
Extension and training
Effect meaningful change, such as increased participation in training or faster adoption of new technologies.
Effect meaningful change, such as increased participation in training or faster adoption of new technologies.
Scarlatti specialises in extension and training with a strong focus on evaluation. Our extension team is led by an award-winning extension specialist with over 25 years’ experience.
Extension is the process of supporting change by sharing knowledge, technology, and innovation. In New Zealand and Australia extension is most often associated with agriculture and aims to improve farming systems.
It involves understanding on-farm problems and co-developing solutions and support with farmers. Extension practitioners work with and for farmers, researchers, rural businesses such as farm advisors, fertiliser and chemical resellers, industry organisations as well as policy and regulators.
Improves the process of developing, sharing and supporting the adoption of knowledge and technology
Develops, tests and pilots design and frameworks for extension and evaluation of extension
Trains to build capability in extension
Drive, measure and achieve change
"Scarlatti has been a huge help to understand our customers’ needs and issues in the current environment, and has helped us to ensure our funds are targeted in the best possible way."
Dr Liz Clayton
Ministry for Primary Industries
“Our primary industry connections are deep, and this gives us range which means we often bring unseen extras to projects."
Denise Bewsell
Extension and Training Lead, Scarlatti
“We have ways of thinking and frameworks to unpack clients’ problems to give them insights into why some things work for some and not for others."
Denise Bewsell
Extension and Training Lead, Scarlatti
We often hear the terms collaboration and co-design as we plan and undertake projects, but what do these mean in practice?
Our extension programme design projects have a strong focus on evaluation.
Thinking about extension programme design in the wellbeing space?
Contact Scarlatti’s extension and training lead Denise Bewsell to discuss your needs.
