Project Cane Changer is an evidence-based behaviour change program for the Queensland sugar industry. It is an initiative of Queensland CANEGROWERS Organisation, carried out in partnership with Evidn. The project is designed to better understand growers and help increase adoption of best management farming practices.
The Cane Changer project draws on evidence-based principles of psychology and human behaviour to design, implement, and evaluate an industry wide program to understand the day-to-day challenges facing cane farmers and to recognise, value, and accelerate their efforts to adopt farming practices that help protect the Reef.
Growers can participate in the program by signing their own "Cane Changer Commitment". This is a document that asks growers to record their history of practice change and commit to ongoing change. Signing a commitment means that these growers will be recognised for the changes they have already made, and are committing to help the industry pave a path toward a brighter future.
Government officials are also asked to sign their own commitment to the industry, to recognise the cane industry for their positive change and stewardship of their land over generations.
Cane Changer commitments are just one of the strategies of Project Cane Changer. Cane Changer comprises four behaviour change strategies that are built on behavioural science evidence, and are designed to propel the Queensland cane industry forward toward positive change.
Each strategy has a range of activities that the Cane Changer team tailors and disseminates to cane growing regions across Queensland. The project officially commenced in early 2016 with seed funding from the Queensland Government's Department of Environment and Science.
Funding from the partnership between the Australian Government’s Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation ensured Cane Changer continued momentum in 2019 & 2020 throughout the Wet Tropics while expanding further south into the Mackay, Burdekin and Southern sugarcane regions of Queensland.
Our Partners
It's simple. We are nothing without our partners.
Cane Changer is based on the notion that true and lasting change needs to come from within.
By making collaboration an essential part of the process, we make sure that we're working toward a desirable future for everyone involved. Our partners inform, shape, and lead every single aspect of the project, from start to finish.
We work with everyone in the system to create the positive environment needed for widespread change to occur. We work with leaders in the grower community, major industry bodies, government departments, and extension officers. Each stakeholder is responsible for doing their bit and being the difference they want to see in their community. So far, they have done just that.
Working with established partners means that we're able to draw on their decades of insight and experience. We also believe that the values of Cane Changer must continue to live on through the local initiatives owned and driven by our partners - they are the ones that are here to stay.
Here are some of our highly valued partners who are passionate about making the industry better for all. These groups are Cane Changer's legacy for change.
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