This paper discusses the pathways to agri-food sustainability in the context of the historical broadacre farming region of Mid North South Australia. Using notions of sustainable agriculture and multifunctional rural transitions to explore the geohistorical development trajectory of the region, it ...
Cocoa production Cocoa, a native to the Americas, was a valuable crop in the earliest South American cultures. The term cocoa originated from the Nahuatl word “cacahuatl”. Many believe that the plant first grew in the Amazon and upper Orinoco basins but the Mayans and the Aztecs eventually...
South Australian politicians are being accused of letting down the state’s farmers during one of the worst dry spells on record. Legislation to wind back a moratorium on GM Crops in the state failed to pass through the upper house.
wool, lamb and mutton) plus beef cattle) and the pastoral zone (characterised by low rainfall, less fertile soils, and large scale pastoral activities involving the grazing of beef cattle and sheep for wool and mutton). An indicator of viability of agriculture in the state of South Australia ...
In this context, farm forestry was intended to provide the opportunity to integrate smaller-scale plantations into agricultural landscapes on private land. Against this background, a study was undertaken to analyse the socio-economic returns from farm forestry in a case study in south-east Australia...
Victoria - Agriculture, Manufacturing, Tourism: Victoria has a broadly based economy with well-developed primary, manufacturing, and service sectors; it contributes about one-fourth of Australia’s gross domestic product (GDP). Since the mid-1960s the st
A case study of socio-economic returns from farm forestry and agriculture in south-east Australia during 1993-2007 In Australia, a national policy was launched in 1997 to enhance regional wealth and international competitiveness of forest industries through a sustainabl... Stewart,HTL,Race,... -...
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Such changes will best be achieved, and ongoing education will most effectively address emerging issues in agriculture, if there is rationalisation of institutions to one faculty within each Australian state or perhaps two faculties in New South Wales. We might also plan towards placing agricultural...
Irrigated agriculture in South Asia depends on meltwater, monsoon rains and groundwater. Climate change alters the hydrology and causes shifts in the timing, composition and magnitude of these sources of water supply. Simultaneously, socio-economic growth increases water demand. Here we use a high-...