Australian social scientists survey how people responsible for rural land have been changing their management practices, gathering into one volume information to make it easily accessible to policy makers, extension officers, agricultural consultants, agriculture research scientists, and other land managers. Among the common themes are the need to appreciate the diversity of land managers and their contexts, and for this to be reflected in how policy, governance arrangements, and extension programs are designed. The topics include understanding and promoting the adoption of conservation practices, identifying potential adopters of an agricultural innovation, enabling change in family farm businesses, women in agriculture, and policy perspectives on changing land management. Distributed in the US by Stylus. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)