What we do
Coutts J&R provides you with industry leading expertise and tools to collect, interpret and effectively use information to make the best decisions for your project and program. Our expertise is in undertaking reviews, establishing evaluation frameworks, planning and undertaking monitoring and evaluation activities (or mentoring your staff as they undertake the process) and measuring and reporting on impact. Our challenge is to make sure that you have the information you need to make the most informed decisions and meet your reporting requirements.
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Monitoring, Evaluation & Reviews
| M&E planning & frameworks | |
| Program & project evaluations | |
| M&E management & support | |
| Reviews | |
| Benefit Cost Analysis |
Data Management & Reporting
| Planning and managing data collation | |
| Database development and support (YourDATA) | |
| Data analysis and reporting |
Communication Evaluation
| Evaluation plans for communication programs | |
| Defining objectives and KPIs | |
| Reviews of communication programs |
News Updates
- What Constitutes Practice Change
Two-page document developed by Jeff Coutts and the DCAP project on ‘What constitutes Practice Change’. It is intended to be useful in articulating the different practice change levels, definitions of practice change and provide helpful examples in the M&E context of the DCAP project.
- Handbook of Social Impact Assessment and Management
This carefully conceived Handbook presents a state-of-the-art discussion of the field of social impact assessment (SIA), highlighting contemporary understandings and emerging issues in this continually evolving area of research and practice. Experienced SIA practitioners from around the world share their learnings and advice on a comprehensive range of issues faced in social performance practice.
- 2023 CSIRO collaboration award win
We were really pleased to see the Climate Services for Agriculture program that we work on with CSIRO, the Bureau of Meteorology and FarmLink receive the 2023 CSIRO Collaboration Medal. Over the last few years, the collaboration and teamwork between the different organisations has been one of the program’s key success factors. It’s a really good demonstration of the importance and benefits of fostering a positive project team culture, regardless of where people may be based. And just so you can see what it looks like, we’ve included a photo of Jeff’s award.
Latest Post
- My three key takeaways from evokeAG. 2025
This week I attended evokeAG. 2025 in Brisbane and it was inspiring to see all the different types of technology being developed for, and by, the agriculture sector. As a way to reflect (and to practice what we preach in evaluation!) I thought I would share my three key takeaways from the two days.
The first takeaway is that almost everyone is interested in AI and what it can do in agriculture. I think the same can be said for evaluation. It’s going to be really important to continue to evolve how AI is used to increase effectiveness and efficiency in data analysis and insights. I’m also keen to see how contextual data can be brought in – for example bringing policy and or industry trends into the mix.
The second takeaway is that while many people were talking about the economic and production impacts of their products or innovation, there was very little to no focus on how these were being measured or their broader impacts on farming systems. I think it would be valuable to understand what success means for different innovations and approaches and how the data is being or will be collected. An opportunity for evaluation specialists to be more overtly involved in the Ag innovation space perhaps? In Tuesday’s opening plenary, one person in the audience commented:
“Sustainability rests on three pillars: social, economic and environmental.
Yet discussions often focus on one. Makes for a fragile structure.”The third takeaway I already knew, but it was good to hear it being talked about in this forum. The wonderful Leigh Sales (from 7.30 and Australian Story) talked about storytelling and how powerful it is to be authentic and real when telling stories, because it builds trust in what you’re sharing. It also helps to make your story stand out from much of the misinformation floating around. Storytelling was also talked about in relation to farming women and how there is more opportunity for their stories to be shared to break the broader narrative of the farmer’s wife. This conversation resonated closely with my PhD research about how some farming women are purposefully using social media to be authentic and genuine about their climate experiences to educate others about agriculture.
As someone who works in the agricultural industry across a range of different projects and programs it was encouraging to see so many people in one place who are optimistic about and innovating for the future. It was also great to see the Drought Hubs there sharing about their impacts in the innovation space. I’m looking forward to attending again sometime in the future.