The study brought together a multi-disciplinary team of research, development and extension specialists from a range of Australian and Indonesian agencies to work with smallholder communities in six villages in Eastern Indonesia: Lompo Tengah, Pattappa and Harapan villages in Barru Regency, South Sulawesi; Mertak village in Central Lombok Regency, Lombok and; Lemoa and Manyampa villages in Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi. The paper describes the principal steps, tools and techniques that comprised the approach and the outcomes that arose from its application across the six villages.