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Victorian floods 2010-11 : recovery progress report.

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Victoria. Department of Human Services
  • Publisher: Victorian Government
  • Published Location: Melbourne, Victoria
  • ISBN: 9780731163601
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

Torrential rain, riverine and flash flooding took place across Victoria from 4 September 2010 to 23 March 2011, causing major damage to whole communities, roads, rail networks, community infrastructure and the natural environment. Some communities were inundated several times, causing repeated damage to homes, businesses and the agricultural sect ....

"I'd like to participate, but...": women farmers' scepticism towards agricultural extension/education programmes

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Chrysanthi Charatsari, Majda Černič Istenič and Evagelos D. Lioutas
  • Journal Name: Development in Practice
  • Journal Number: Vol. 23, No. 4
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
  • ISBN: 09614524

This mixed research is inspired by our desire to explain why rural women are cautious in their attitudes towards agricultural extension/education. Fifty-two women livestock farmers from Thessaly-Greece were randomly selected to participate in the study. Our results indicate that at one end of the spectrum women express a high willingness to parti ....

[In]Sight: Australia’s Regional Competitiveness Index 2013 Technical Report

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Regional Australia Institute
  • Country: Australia

In establishing the Regional Australia Institute (RAI), stakeholders from the regions, government and academia emphasised the extent to which regional Australia has lacked consistent and accessible national level information to inform the discussion on regional development and to guide policy and investment decisions. To address th ....

[In]Sight: Economic diversification and the competitiveness of regional Australia

  • Year: 2014
  • Author: Regional Australia Institute
  • Country: Australia

[In]Sight is an online index and interactive map tracking the competitiveness of Australia’s 560 Local Government Areas (LGA) and 55 Regional Development Australia (RDA) regions, unlocking thousands of insights into regional Australia.     [In]Sight’s economic diversification indicator (within the Business Sophistic ....

2012 Global Food Policy Report

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: International Food Policy Research Institute
  • Publisher: International Food Policy Research Institute
  • Published Location: Washington D.C.
  • ISBN: 978-0-89629-553-7

IFPRI's flagship report examines the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2012. By putting into perspective the year's food policy successes and disappointments, it suggests how to move forward those policies that improve the food situation for the poor. Report Locationhttp://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/gf ....

2012-2013 PIRSA Annual Report

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Primary Industries and Regions South Australia
  • Publisher: Primary Industries and Regions South Australia
  • Published Location: Adelaide
  • ISBN: 0 7590 1386 1
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: South Australia

Outlines performance summary, organisational structure, outcomes and goals of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia for 2013. Report Locationhttp://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/212062/PIRSA13_AnnRep_FINAL_sept30_small.pdf ....

A case study of trends in the Chinese organic food market

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Chen, Jue, and O'Mahony, Barry
  • Editors: Bruno Mascitelli and Antonio Lobo
  • Journal Name: Organics in the global food chain

This new book “Organics in the global food chain” is a long overdue scholarly treatment of organic food in its many derivations. It provides a multifaceted view of the obscure but growing concept of organic food in our food chain. Today’s society has a greater appreciation of quality in what we eat and consume including a greater appreciati ....

A Joint Australia–China Report on Strengthening Investment and Technological Cooperation in Agriculture to Enhance Food Security

  • Year: 2012
  • Author: Australia-China Joint Working Group
  • Publisher: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • Country: Australia

Dr Emerson, Minister for Trade and Competitiveness and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Asian Century, launched Feeding the Future – A Joint Australia-China Report on Strengthening Investment and Technological Cooperation in Agriculture to Enhance Food Security on 20 December 2012. The report marks a new era in agricultural cooperat ....

A New Perspective to Solve the Issues Concerning "Agriculture, Rural Areas, and Farmers" - Economics Analyses and Policy Proposals

  • Year: 2006
  • Author: Xie, An
  • Journal Name: Seoul Journal of Economics
  • Journal Number: Vol.19, No.3
  • Publisher: Institute of Economic Research
  • Published Location: Seoul, South Korea
  • Country: China

Currently, the consciousness of solving the issues concerning "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" from their outside is getting more and more fierce, which has caused "overemphasis on urbanization, neglect of rural development." If the unhealthy trend cannot get rectified in time, not only the knot of "agriculture, rural areas, and ....

A rapid assessment of the effects of extreme weather on two Great Barrier Reef industries

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Margaret Gooch, Karen Vella, Nadine Marshall, Renae Tobin & Rachel Pears
  • Journal Name: Australian Planner
  • Journal Number: 50.3
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  • Published Location: United Kingdom
  • ISBN: 0729-3682
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland

In coastal areas, extreme weather events, such as floods and cyclones, can have debilitating effects on the social and economic viability of marine-based industries. In March 2011, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority implemented an Extreme Weather Response Program, following a period of intense flooding and cyclonic activity between Dece ....

A review of SME export barriers: the case of Australian small and medium-sized exporters

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Saleh, Ali Salman; Le, Viet
  • Publisher: World Business Institute
  • Country: Australia

There are only few studies that focus on the export underperformance of Australian SMEs. This study attempts to provide a better understanding of the export barriers that face the SME sector in Australia. Hence, this paper reviews the significance contribution of the SME sector to the Australian economy. In doing so, it is important to critically ....

A spatial simultaneous growth equilibrium modeling of agricultural land development in the Northeast United States

  • Year: 2006
  • Author: Hailu, Yohannes G
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: West Virginia University
  • Published Location: United States -- West Virginia
  • ISBN: 9780542763380
  • Country: United States
  • State/Region: Northeast United States

With population growth and expansion of economic activities, urbanized places have expanded; and with growing per capita income, residential location preferences have shifted towards suburban and rural locations. In many places, such new growth has been accommodated with the development of agricultural lands. The concern from natural re ....

A sunburnt country: The economic and financial impact of drought on rural and regional families in Australia in an era of climate change

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Edwards, B, Gray M, Hunter B
  • Journal Name: Australian Journal of Labour Economics
  • Journal Number: Vol.12, No.1
  • Country: Australia

Australia is indeed a sunburnt country, and is arguably becoming increasingly sunburnt. If most climate predictions are correct, much of Australia will experience droughts even more often. This paper uses the Rural and Regional Families Survey to explore the economic and financial implications of drought in regional Australia. Drought has signifi ....

A tool and process that facilitate community building and social learning for natural resource management

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: C Raymond, J Cleary
  • Journal Name: Ecology and Society
  • Journal Number: 18
  • Publisher: Resilience Alliance
  • ISBN: 1708-3087
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: South Australia

This study presents a self-assessment tool and process that facilitate community capacity building and social learning for natural resource management. The tool and process provide opportunities for rural landholders and project teams both to self-assess their capacity to plan and deliver natural resource management (NRM) programs and to reflect ....

A unique rurality: Exploring the role of the horse farm in the post-productivist rural landscape

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Wilton, Bronwynne Leigh
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: University of Guelph (Canada)
  • Published Location: Canada
  • ISBN: 9780494476246
  • Country: Canada
  • State/Region: Ontario

This thesis explores the role of the horse farm in the post-productivist rural landscape of Ontario, Canada. As agricultural landscapes in developed nations around the world evolve to an increasingly consumptive focus as opposed to a productivist landscape, there is an increased demand for recreational and lifestyle land uses in rural r ....

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