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GRDC is seeking a supplier or multidisciplinary team to undertake an independent opportunity analysis examining the barriers, enablers and pathways influencing practical integrated pest management (IPM) adoption in Australian grain systems. The analysis must draw on existing evidence, current and previous GRDC and industry investments, available tools and resources, relevant experience from other agricultural industries and international cropping systems, and the perspectives of growers, advisers, researchers, extension and adoption practitioners and other relevant stakeholders. The work must consider technical, behavioural, advisory, commercial and broader system-level factors; establish a contemporary understanding of current IPM adoption capability, barriers and enabling conditions; assess what has changed since previous IPM adoption and extension investments; and identify the audiences, circumstances and delivery approaches where future effort is most likely to improve practical adoption outcomes. GRDC requires practical, evidence-based and decision-ready recommendations to guide the design of future research, development, extension and adoption investments. The work should focus on adoption and practice-change pathways rather than detailed technical reviews of individual pests, while identifying technical limitations that may require further research and development.