Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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Year: 2012
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Author: Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Dercon, Stefan
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Publisher: International Food Policy Research Institute
Recent research on the intertemporal dynamics of poverty using microeconomic data often hints at the existence of poverty traps, where some find themselves trapped at a low-level stable equilibrium while others enjoy a higher stable equilibrium. Without a sizable positive shock to well-being, those trapped at the low equilibrium will not automati ....
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Year: 2010
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Author: Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Northern Australia
The Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce has been charged with finding new opportunities for economic development in northern Australia based on water availability and sustainability. It is to report on the potential impact of new development on water balance and quality, the environment, existing water users and the broader community. It ....
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Year: 2006
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Author: Bristow KL (CSIRO Land and Water, Aitkenvale); Camkin J (CSIRO Land and Water, Wembley); Kellett B (Cooperative Research Centre for Irrigation Futures, Melbourne); Petheram C (CSIRO Land and Water, Aitkenvale); Cook F (CSIRO Land and Water, Indooroopilly)
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Publisher: Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation
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ISBN: 1921253185
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Northern Australia
The Northern Australia Irrigation Futures project has been established as a collaborative arrangement between the Australian, Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australian Governments to provide new knowledge, tools and processes, including an overarching framework, to support debate on irrigation related issues in Northern ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Peter Rufford. PEECE Pty Ltd
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Publisher: PEECE Pty Ltd, RDA Northern Inland
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Published Location: Warners Bay, NSW
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: New South Wales
This report is the draft final report for the Northern Inland Region of NSW regional freight study. It includes a strategic overview of the freight drivers in the region, the road freight network, the list of high priority freight projects in the region, a $40million priority
investment program and a freight strategy.   ....
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Year: 2013
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Publisher: RDA Northern Rivers
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Published Location: Lismore, NSW
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: New South Wales
The Northern Rivers Regional Profile 2013 supports the Northern Rivers Regional Plan 2013-2016. It presents a myriad data on our population, income, employment, housing, health, transport, business and industry, the regional economy, energy, infrastructure, the environment and our natural and cultural heritage. Many of the tables and charts compa ....
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Year: 2013
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Publisher: Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries
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Published Location: Darwin, NT
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Northern Territory
Northern Territory Derpartment of Primary Industry and Fisheries Industry Development Plan 2013-2017 supports the Department's position of improving growth in primary industries and fisheries industry in the Northern Territory.
Report Locationhttp://www.nt.gov.au/d/Content/File/p/pi/DPIF_Development_Plan1.pdf ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Livestock Health and Pest Authorities
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Publisher: NSW Department of Primary Industries
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: New South Wales
‘Animal biosecurity’ means protecting the economy,
environment and community from negative impacts
of diseases and pests that affect animals. The
NSW Animal Biosecurity and Welfare Strategic
Plan (‘Strategic Plan’) guides priority activities to
safeguard the economy, environment and community
from diseases and pests that affec ....
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Year: 2006
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Author: Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety
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Publisher: NSW Farmers Mental Health Network
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Published Location: Sydney, NSW
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: New South Wales
The Blueprint was launched in May 2006 by the NSW Farmers Association along with 18 other organisations. It is a simplified summary of key issues to address and major actions to take that the Rural Mental Health Network considers necessary to ease a 'mental health crisis' in regional areas - evidenced by farm male owners and manage ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Davis-Lameloise, Nathalie; Philpot, Benjamin; Janus, Edward D; Versace, Vincent L; Laatikainen, Tiina; Vartiainen, Erkki A; Dunbar, James A
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Journal Name: BMC Public Health
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Journal Number: 13
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Publisher: BioMed Central
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Published Location: London, United Kingdom
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ISBN: 14712458
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Country: Australia
Background: In rural and remote Australia, cardiovascular mortality and morbidity rates are higher than metropolitan rates. This study analysed cardiovascular and other chronic disease risk factors and related health behaviours by occupational status, to determine whether agricultural workers have higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk than oth ....
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Year: 2005
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Author: Foskey, Roslyn
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Publisher: Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
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Published Location: Canberra, ACT
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ISBN: 1741511054
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: New South Wales
This is a report of a research project about retirement for people in transition in farming by drawing on the key issues emerging from the literature and fieldwork in two regions of NSW - this involved research and the development, pilot and evaluation of a retirement planning peer education program for farmers. The report discusse ....
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Year: 2007
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Author: Geldens, Paula
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Journal Name: People and Place
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Journal Number: Vol.15, No.1
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Victoria
Studies of the out migration of young people from rural areas rely heavily on the push and pull factors of the need to move for higher education and jobs. But the broad brush picture these studies provide misses much of the complexity of the young people's decision making. Questionnaire data and interviews with young people living ....
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Year: 2011
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Author: Macken-Walsh, Anne
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Journal Name: Rural Society
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Journal Number: Vol.21, No.1
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Country: Europe
In accordance with the principles of partnership and subsidiarity, the governance and rural development model claims to foster representative and economically diverse rural development largely on the basis of its involvement of a variety of local stakeholders as decision-makers in the design and implementation of development action. The capacity ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Wandby H, Petit S, Robinson G
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Journal Name: The Rangeland Journal
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Journal Number: 35:4
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Country: Australia
Indicator species have been used for several decades as measures of ecosystem health. In arid Australian rangelands, which are dominated by commercial grazing enterprises reliant on native pastures, the development of efficacious indicators is particularly important to monitor production and biodiversity values. The high temporal and spatial clim ....
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Year: 2011
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Author: Coventry, Donald H
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Journal Name: Rural Society
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Journal Number: Vol. 20, No. 3
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Country: Australia
The peaking of world oil supply will have significant economic and social impacts for rural Australia. This paper looks at the peaking of world supply, the role of energy in our global industrial society and its use in agriculture. It further looks at replacement fuels and how we will be unable to sufficiently replace conventional ....
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Year: 2013
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Publisher: RDA PEEL, Western Australia
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Western Australia
Plan outlines areas for improvement of the Peel region, outlining issues such as increasing local employment, educational outcomes, maintaining and preserving the environmental assets of the region, improving social outcomes for the region, and ensuring the ongoing sustainability of the region. The plan also outlines flagship projects such as the ....
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