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Halpin, Darren Richard. "Authenticity and the representative paradox : the political representation of Australian farmers through the NFF family of interest groups /." View thesis View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030527.163228/index.html.

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Mackrell, Dale Carolyn, and n/a. "Women as Farm Partners: Agricultural Decision Support Systems in the Australian Cotton Industry." Griffith University. Griffith Business School, 2006. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20070305.131533.

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Australian farmers are supplementing traditional practices with innovative strategies in an effort to survive recent economic, environmental, and social crises in the rural sector. These innovative strategies include moving towards a technology-based farm management style. A review of past literature determines that, despite a growing awareness of the usefulness of computers for farm management, there is concern over the limited demand for computer-based agricultural decision support systems (DSS). Recent literature indicates that women are the dominant users of computers on family farms ye

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Mackrell, Dale Carolyn. "Women as Farm Partners: Agricultural Decision Support Systems in the Australian Cotton Industry." Thesis, Griffith University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365290.

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Australian farmers are supplementing traditional practices with innovative strategies in an effort to survive recent economic, environmental, and social crises in the rural sector. These innovative strategies include moving towards a technology-based farm management style. A review of past literature determines that, despite a growing awareness of the usefulness of computers for farm management, there is concern over the limited demand for computer-based agricultural decision support systems (DSS). Recent literature indicates that women are the dominant users of computers on family farms ye

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Halpin, Darren Richard. "Authenticity and the representative paradox: the political representation of Australian farmers through the NFF family of interest groups." Thesis, View thesis View thesis, 1999. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/22.

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This thesis examines the political representation of Australian farmers. The NFF family of interest groups is charged with the political representation of farmers in Australia.Given that their state affiliates are the only organisations that farmers can directly join, this study takes the case of the New South Wales Farmers' Association (NSWFA) as its major reference point. A paradox is immediately confronted. On one hand, both the state and commentators refer to the NFF family as an exemplar of a successful modern interest group. However, on the other, the NFF family is being confronted with

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Zadnik, Elizabeth, and n/a. "In disunity, weakness." University of Canberra. Management, 1990. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061112.112712.

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The National Farmers Federation (NFF) is a peak producer organisation. Its executive has purported to represent all Australian farmers with a unified voice. This thesis argues that primary producers are too heterogeneous a group ever to have developed much solidarity in articulation of or action for the furtherance of common interests and that this fact is reflected in the NFF. Heterogeneity results from farm size, product specialisation, level of technology adopted, geographical location and special needs. Successive farm organisations and the National Party (and predecessors) have attempted

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Grieve, Aaron. "The role of psychological variables in help-seeking amongst farmers and farming families." Thesis, University of Ballarat, 2005. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/64134.

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This study investigated the role of psychological variables in help-seeking behaviour and attitudes in a rural population, with particular emphasis as to whether differences existed between farmers and non-farming rural residents. These groups were contrasted, as research suggests that farmers appear to be a sub-group of the Australian population at increased risk of chronic health problems and suicide, even in comparison to other rural residents.<br>Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)

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Halpin, Darren Richard, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture, and School of Agriculture and Rural Development. "Authenticity and the representative paradox: the political representation of Australian farmers through the NFF family of interest groups." THESIS_FEMA_ARD_Halpin_D.xml, 1999. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/22.

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This thesis examines the political representation of Australian farmers. The NFF family of interest groups is charged with the political representation of farmers in Australia.Given that their state affiliates are the only organisations that farmers can directly join, this study takes the case of the New South Wales Farmers' Association (NSWFA) as its major reference point. A paradox is immediately confronted. On one hand, both the state and commentators refer to the NFF family as an exemplar of a successful modern interest group. However, on the other, the NFF family is being confronted with

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al, Musawi Hasham. "Information provision and retrieval in the farming industry in Western Australia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2014. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/866.

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Agricultural information dissemination to farmers has been studied extensively. However, farmers preferred methods of delivery has not been investigated thoroughly within a Western Australia (WA) context. Availability of different information delivery channels have led to the overwhelming and overlapping of information available to farmers. As a consequence, the type of information required by WA farmers should be considered as knowing information needs could allow farmers to access relevant, concise and timely agricultural information. To answer the research questions, a survey was designed,

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Ellis, Neville. "Farmers’ sense of place and mental wellbeing in an era of rapid climate change: A case study in the Western Australian Wheatbelt." Thesis, Ellis, Neville (2016) Farmers’ sense of place and mental wellbeing in an era of rapid climate change: A case study in the Western Australian Wheatbelt. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2016. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/30961/.

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A positive ‘sense of place’ is vital for good mental health and wellbeing, particularly amongst people who maintain close living and working relationships with the Earth. However, environments important to peoples’ health and wellbeing are under threat from anthropogenic climate change. Shifting rainfall patterns, rising temperatures and more frequent severe weather events are desolating environments at a faster rate and on a greater scale than at any time in recorded human history. While climate-driven loss of place is understood in the academic literature to have negative emotional and psych

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Fulwood, Jo. "Ditching the Plough: A social history of how Western Australian farmers started a revolution in their paddocks that gave us modern farming." Thesis, Fulwood, Jo (2021) Ditching the Plough: A social history of how Western Australian farmers started a revolution in their paddocks that gave us modern farming. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 2021. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/63949/.

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For thousands of years, farmers have ploughed their paddocks prior to planting a crop. This method of planting crops, using soil cultivation, was passed down through the generations, almost as a cultural ritual, with the primary purpose of burying the weeds to create a clean seed bed. Documented research results in Western Australia (WA) from as early as the late 1920s, demonstrated the yield advantages of planting a crop at the break of the season (April/May). Because few other options were available to them, growers had no choice but to wait until the weeds germinated before cultivating (plo

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O'Malley, Timothy Rory. "Mateship and Money-Making: Shearing in Twentieth Century Australia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5351.

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After the turmoil of the 1890s shearing contractors eliminated some of the frustration from shearers recruitment. At the same time closer settlement concentrated more sheep in small flocks in farming regions, replacing the huge leasehold pastoral empires which were at the cutting edge of wool expansion in the nineteenth century. Meanwhile the AWU succeeded in getting an award for the pastoral industry under the new arbitration legislation in 1907. Cultural and administrative influences, therefore, eased some of the bitter enmity which had made the annual shearing so unstable. Not all was plain

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O'Malley, Timothy Rory. "Mateship and Money-Making: Shearing in Twentieth Century Australia." University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5351.

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>After the turmoil of the 1890s shearing contractors eliminated some of the frustration from shearers recruitment. At the same time closer settlement concentrated more sheep in small flocks in farming regions, replacing the huge leasehold pastoral empires which were at the cutting edge of wool expansion in the nineteenth century. Meanwhile the AWU succeeded in getting an award for the pastoral industry under the new arbitration legislation in 1907. Cultural and administrative influences, therefore, eased some of the bitter enmity which had made the annual shearing

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Salam, Kawsar Parveen. "Improving the fit of new annual pasture legumes in Western Australian farming systems: experience from Cadiz and Casbah." Thesis, Curtin University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1953.

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Annual pasture legumes (APLs) are important in Western Australian farming systems, with subterranean clovers and annual medics being dominant. However, due to potential environmental, economic and biological constraints of these species, alternatives have been sought, with a second generation of new species being introduced since 1991. Despite the views of researchers about the advantages in WA conditions of the newly released annual pasture legumes over traditional pastures, there is a perception by some industry decision makers that their level of adoption has been lower than expected. Howev

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Pollock, Kirrily Suzanne. "The economic cost of farm-related fatalities and the perceptions and management of health and safety on Australiam farms." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7146.

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Farm-related fatalities are a significant problem in Australian agriculture. Over the period 2001–04, there were 404 fatalities that occurred as a direct consequence of visiting, residing or working on a farm. This research is comprised of two separate, but related components; the economic cost of farm-related fatalities and the farm health and safety study; a qualitative study into farmer perceptions and behaviour relating to farm safety. This study employed a human capital approach to establish the economic costs of farmrelated fatalities to the Australian economy. Fatalities were selected f

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Perceval, Meg. "Translating evidence into practice: Wellbeing and suicide prevention in rural Australia." Thesis, Griffith University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/386230.

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In Australia, farmers have been recognised as a particular at-risk group for suicide. A greater understanding is needed as to why this is the case so that contextually sensitive suicide prevention strategies may be developed. Further evaluation of suicide prevention initiatives is necessary to demonstrate their effectiveness. This project will advance current understanding of farmer suicide in Australia, develop a culturally appropriate suicide prevention program tailored specifically for this audience, and provide an evaluation measuring its impact. A mixed methods multiphase approach will be

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Phakdeewanich, Titipol. "The role of farmers groups in Thai politics : a case study of domestic and global pressure on rice, sugarcane, and potato farmers." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2004. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/55736/.

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The thesis studies the political participation of Thai farmers and focuses on two main factors, namely the domestic and the external impacts, which inform the case studies of rice, sugarcane, and potato farmers groups. Overall, the research has established that farmers groups have felt the impacts of domestic factors far more strongly than external factors. Furthermore, through comparative studies in relation to the case studies of rice, sugarcane, and potato farmers groups in Thailand, differences emerged between these three Thai farmers groups, in terms of the degree to which domestic factor

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Baker, Tagen Towsley. "The Farm as Place in a Changing Climate: Capturing Women Farmers' Experiences in Idaho, United States and Victoria, Australia." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7675.

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In Australia and the US, women play a vital role in the agricultural sector. However, historically farmwomen’s contributions to agriculture as well as their individual knowledge and social resilience to stressors like climate and climate change have been unrecognized and rendered invisible. Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship from geography and the humanities, this dissertation explores the farm as place in a changing climate, drawing on women farmers’ experiences, under three distinct themes: identity, place, and photography. The dissertation research includes three distinct parts. First

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Parfitt, Claire. "Genetic enclosures in agriculture: Are farmers becoming propertied workers?" Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10145.

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This thesis examines the political economy of genetically modified (GM) crops. Its empirical focus is their impact on farmers in Australia. It also considers and compares the experiences of Canada and the United States where GM crops are more prevalent but which have comparable legal, political and agrarian economies to that in Australia. Investigating the question of whether farmers are being proletarianised due to the proliferation of GM crops, the thesis engages with the concept of enclosures and how enclosures are mobilised, through the prevailing corporate food regime, to respond to the

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Hatwell, Diane. "The relationship between attitudes and behaviours towards environmental conservation amongst farmers and urban dwellers in Western Australia." Thesis, Hatwell, Diane (2000) The relationship between attitudes and behaviours towards environmental conservation amongst farmers and urban dwellers in Western Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2000. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/50385/.

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The original work of Thurstone ( 1928) on the measurement of attitude has been continued by many researchers. Although Thurstone immediately cautioned against the prediction of behaviour from attitude, and argued that the measurement of attitude in its own right was important, many researchers have studied the relationship between attitude and behaviour. Their general conclusion is that, except in specific situations where the behaviour and attitude are linked in particular ways, attitude and behaviour are not strongly correlated, and therefore, have suggested that they are different din1ensio

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Khatoonabadi, Ahmad, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture, and School of Agriculture and Rural Development. "Systemic communication and performance : a humanist learning approach to agricultural extension and rural development." THESIS_FEMA_ARD_Khatoonabadi_A.xml, 1994. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/641.

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This study posits a model of 'rural extension' which begins from humans, not from technology or information. The model has been used to facilitate community development at the village level. The research illustrates the potential of drama and participative forms of theatre as empowering 'action' learning/researching tools to reach people in rural communities, and as a means of involving those communities in creativity and learning about themselves and their environment collaboratively. The writer seeks to integrate participatory approaches with community development and human inquiry, humanist

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Ranjbar, Nezhad Isfahani Shahab. "Lameness in Pasture-Based Dairy Farms in NSW, Australia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17084.

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Lameness is one of the most important welfare issues in the dairy industry with all cows being at risk during their productive life. It decreases milk production, compromises fertility and increases the chance of being culled. To reduce the likelihood of lameness in cows, a thorough knowledge of the risk factors is essential. Risk factors have been found to differ between farming systems which highlighted the need for a project to identify risk factors of lameness in NSW pasture-based dairies. The thesis reviews the literature on risk factors pertaining to lameness in dairy cattle worldwide w

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Mai, Van Ha. "Growth-dependent haemolymph physiology in freshwater crayfish farmed in Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70727.

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Five experiments on crayfish under laboratory and outdoor field conditions were conducted to (1) establish relationships between moult stages and haemolymph osmolality (2) evaluate the interactions among size-dependent haemolymph ionic profile and physiology, feed ingestion and foregut evacuation rate and (3) evaluate the effects of abiotic and abiotic factors on the productivity of yabby populations. Moult stages significantly affected the haemolymph physiology, growth and health status. Zooplankton density and phosphorus influenced the yabby productivity.

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Hayman, P. T. "Dancing in the rain : farmers and agricultural scientists in a variable climate /." View thesis View thesis, 2001. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030506.144613/index.html.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 2001.<br>A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture, University of Western Sydney, in fulfilment of the rquirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 2001. Bibliography : p. 252-276.

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Smith, Erin. "Structuring for serendipity: family wealth creation, farmer autonomy and the pursuit of security in an uncertain Australian countryside." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/13363.

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The social and economic particularities of family farms have captured researchers’ attention for many years; but rural scholarship still lacks a clear, analytical sense of how and why family farms are organised in the ways that they are. This thesis critically examines the internal logics underpinning the socio-economic organisation of Australian farms. It adopts Johnsen’s (2003) conceptualisation of farm enterprises as three-way coalitions between farm businesses, farm households and the respective property holdings. Changes to the Australian agricultural property regime are used as the lens

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Silburn, D. M. "Characterising pesticide runoff from soil on cotton farms using a rainfall simulator." Thesis, University of Sydney, 2003. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/24339.

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This study considered runoff of pesticides from cotton fields using a rainfall simulator. The Australian cotton industry is based on clay soils on low sloping land and uses a hill-furrow surface geometry. These conditions are unlike those in many studies of pesticide dissipation, sorption and runoff and there has been little previous research into hydrology, erosion and pesticide runoff in the industry. Of particular interest was to characterise runoff of different pesticides, clarity the underlying factors controlling pesticide runoff, and investigate management practices to reduce runof

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Johnstone, Kelly Rose. "Organophosphate exposure in Australian agricultural workers : human exposure and risk assessment." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16345/1/Kelly_Johnstone_Thesis.pdf.

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Organophosphate (OP) pesticides, as a group, are the most widely used insecticides in Australia. Approximately 5 000 tonnes of active ingredient are used annually (Radcliffe, 2002). The OP pesticide group consists of around 30 identifiably distinct chemicals that are synthesised and added to approximately 700 products (Radcliffe, 2002). OP pesticides are used on fruit, vegetable, grain, pasture seed, ornamental, cotton, and viticultural crops, on livestock and domestic animals, as well as for building pest control. OP pesticides all act by inhibiting the nervous system enzyme acetylcholine

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Johnstone, Kelly Rose. "Organophosphate exposure in Australian agricultural workers : human exposure and risk assessment." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16345/.

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Organophosphate (OP) pesticides, as a group, are the most widely used insecticides in Australia. Approximately 5 000 tonnes of active ingredient are used annually (Radcliffe, 2002). The OP pesticide group consists of around 30 identifiably distinct chemicals that are synthesised and added to approximately 700 products (Radcliffe, 2002). OP pesticides are used on fruit, vegetable, grain, pasture seed, ornamental, cotton, and viticultural crops, on livestock and domestic animals, as well as for building pest control. OP pesticides all act by inhibiting the nervous system enzyme acetylcholinester

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Sell, Cameron W., University of Western Sydney, of Science Technology and Environment College, and School of Environment and Agriculture. "An investigation into the Australian duck industry with particular reference to the energy and amino acid requirements of commercially farmed Australian pekin ducks (Anas Platyrhynchos)." THESIS_CSTE_EAG_Sell_C.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/522.

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Limited published data exists on the Australian duck industry, particularly in relation to the nutritional requirements of the commercial duck (Anas Platyrhynchos). A series of seven experiments was designed to determine whether current nutritional recommendations for energy, lysine, methionine, threonine and tryptophan were sufficient to optimise growth, feed efficiency, and carcass characteristics of the duck. The ability of the duck to perform diet self selection was then examined for its potential use in the Australian industry. The outcome of the diet self selection experiments showed tha

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Sell, Cameron W. "An investigation into the Australian duck industry with particular reference to the energy and amino acid requirements of commercially farmed Australian pekin ducks (Anas Platyrhynchos)." Thesis, View thesis, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/522.

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Limited published data exists on the Australian duck industry, particularly in relation to the nutritional requirements of the commercial duck (Anas Platyrhynchos). A series of seven experiments was designed to determine whether current nutritional recommendations for energy, lysine, methionine, threonine and tryptophan were sufficient to optimise growth, feed efficiency, and carcass characteristics of the duck. The ability of the duck to perform diet self selection was then examined for its potential use in the Australian industry. The outcome of the diet self selection experiments showed tha

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Sell, Cameron W. "An investigation into the Australian duck industry with particular reference to the energy and amino acid requirements of commercially farmed Australian pekin ducks (Anas Platyrhynchos) /." View thesis, 2003. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20051007.105841/index.html.

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Wong, Frank Yet Kheong. "Study of non-halophilic Vibrio in Australian freshwater crayfish farms : distribution, epidemiology and virulence /." [St. Lucia, Qld. : s.n.], 2001. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16642.pdf.

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Ingram, Gloria. "Farm tourism in the South West Tapestry Region, Western Australia : experiences of hosts and guests." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2001. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1064.

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This thesis describes a research project in the South West Tapestry Region of Western Australia which uses phenomenological method to investigate the experiences of farm tourism hosts and guests. The overall aim of the research was to identify motivations of both hosts and guests in order to determine to what degree farm tourism in the SWTR provides the kind of holiday experience people are seeking. Phenomenology was chosen as a flexible yet rigorous methodology for researching lived experience, which would enable an in-depth understanding of motivations surrounding hosting farm tourism and ch

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Nascimento, Joao Manuel Morim do. "Wave Energy Resource along the Southeast Coast of Australia." Thesis, Griffith University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365734.

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The Australian Government has set a 20% target for renewable energy by 2020 as part of a long-term commitment to decrease Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 60% on 2000 levels by 2050. In order to accomplish such goal, Australia will need to generate an additional 45 MWh of renewable energy yearly by 2020 where wave energy may play a significant role. Coastal waters of Australia’s southeast margin have been recognised to be suitable for exploiting wave energy resources and potentially capable of significantly contributing to Australia’s annual electricity generation. Nevertheless, until n

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McHenry, Mark. "Integrating climate change mitigation and adaptation options into farms in the Southwest of Western Australia." Thesis, McHenry, Mark (2011) Integrating climate change mitigation and adaptation options into farms in the Southwest of Western Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2011. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/6125/.

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This research reviews existing climate change literature and quantifies the climate change mitigation and adaptation potential of specific agricultural diversification activities at an individual farm level. It comprises modelling and simulations of net emission reductions and discounted market values of a range of small-scale renewable energy and carbon sequestration projects. The research aim is to enable private agricultural entities and governments to compare alternative investment options for both climate change mitigation and adaptation in the southwest of Western Australia. The research

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Carter, Marc Robert. "A process for supporting natural resource management on farms : a case study in the Australian sub-tropical dairy industry /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19115.pdf.

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Parkinson, Anne. "The Lost Stakeholder: A Case Study of Risk and Trust Perceptions Held by Canola Farmers in NSW and the Implications for Policy Making in the Area of Biotechnology, Environment and Agriculture." Thesis, Griffith University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365501.

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The endeavour to ‘redesign’ life at the molecular level has been widely characterised as controversial. Subsequently, agricultural biotechnology has rarely been out of the news in Australia and elsewhere throughout the last few decades during its development. Proponents are certain of the benefits, while critics are equally certain of the costs or hazards. Such polarisation is especially intense with regard to the introduction of genetically modified (GM) food crops. This thesis presents the findings from a survey of Australian canola farmers and their perspectives on the widescale introduct

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Gardos, Amy. "The historical archaeology of the Old Farm on Strawberry Hill : a rural estate 1827-1889, Albany, Western Australia." University of Western Australia. Archaeology Discipline Group, 2004. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2005.0032.

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This thesis presents the results of historical archaeological research at the Old Farm on Strawberry Hill in Albany, Western Australia. The site is an important colonial farm in Western Australia’s history; the location for the first farm in Western Australia (1827) and linked to many important individuals in the state’s colonial past. The site is owned and managed by the National Trust of Australia (W.A.) and is registered on both the West Australian, Heritage Council Register of Historical Places and the Australian Heritage Commission’s National Estate. Past historical and cultural biases ha

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Coppa, Isabel Patricia Maria, and Isabel coppa@csw com au. "The use of remote sensing data for broad acre grain crop monitoring in Southeast Australia." RMIT University. Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, 2006. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20070201.095831.

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In 2025, there will be almost 8 billion people to feed as the worlds population rapidly increases. To meet domestic and export demands, Australian grain productivity needs to approximately triple in the next 20 years, and this production needs to occur in an environmentally sustainable manner. The advent of Hi-tech Precision Farming in Australia has shown promise in recent time to optimize the use of resources. Most

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Austin, Howard John. "Peak Oil, Agriculture and energy Use: A Comparative Analysis of Organic and Non-Organic Dairy Farms in Australia." Thesis, Griffith University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/368124.

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The question of fossil fuel depletion represents a significant contemporary agricultural problem. Once humans deplete the resources on which agriculture and food production depends, we will be daunted by the complexities of remaking the agricultural system, and faced with the consequences of our failures in the past. Arguably, no other single factor can affect future food production prospects as much as energy supply. In this context, there are growing debates about the extent to which diverse farming systems – including conventional and organic farming systems – may represent more energy effi

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Ajili, Abdulazim School of Fibre Science &amp Technology UNSW. "Aspects of traditional versus group extension approaches on farmer behavioural change in an extensive grazing environment in the Bathurst District of New South Wales, Australia." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Fibre Science and Technology, 2000. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/32906.

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The study on different extension approaches was undertaken in the Bathurst area of New South Wales, Australia. One hundred farmers were surveyed in random pairs according to those who belong to the formal group, ???Landcare???, and those who did not. The survey included questions on personal, physical resources, ecological and economic factors, farm practices and management (including actual practice, use of extension methods and information sources) Focussing on behavioural change over time, attitudes, perceptions and intentions. The impact of extension approach on different levels of innova

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Paxinos, Rosemary, and paxinos rosemary@saugov sa gov au. "Dynamics of phytoplankton in relation to tuna fish farms in Boston Bay and near-shore Spencer Gulf, South Australia." Flinders University. Biological Sciences, 2007. http://catalogue.flinders.edu.au./local/adt/public/adt-SFU20081022.144704.

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Interest in the effect of fish farming practices on the marine environment has arisen because there is concern that the wastes that fish farms produce may be contributing to eutrophication in coastal areas and the problem of harmful algal blooms. The focus of this thesis is an examination of phytoplankton distribution and abundance in relation to tuna fish farms in Boston Bay and near-shore Spencer Gulf. This is the first study in South Australia to define the short-term biomass fluctuations of chlorophyll and in vivo fluorescence, identify phytoplankton species distribution and abundance, inc

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Senge, Laura. "Water Auditing: The first step to effective effluent management on dairy farms in South West Western Australia: An approach of Zero Waste Discharge on a dairy farm in Boyanup, Western Australia." Thesis, Senge, Laura (2017) Water Auditing: The first step to effective effluent management on dairy farms in South West Western Australia: An approach of Zero Waste Discharge on a dairy farm in Boyanup, Western Australia. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2017. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/38690/.

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This project investigates the possibility of achieving zero waste discharge on a dairy farm in south west Western Australia. The current best practices for dairy farm effluent treatment were assessed in a literature review and a water audit and a nutrient balance were conducted on a specific farm in Boyanup, W. A. with 500 cattle. The finding was 52 L/cow per milking of water were used, which is higher than the industry benchmark. Nutrients were leaking into groundwater table at six meters depth at low concentrations. Four different options were assessed in a techno-economic options as

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Sodagari, Hamid. "Monitoring and risk profiling of Salmonella and Escherichia coli in chicken layer farms and retail table eggs in Western Australia." Thesis, Sodagari, Hamid (2021) Monitoring and risk profiling of Salmonella and Escherichia coli in chicken layer farms and retail table eggs in Western Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2021. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/61039/.

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The overall goal of this research was to advance the understanding of Salmonella and E. coli in the egg industry in WA. The first objective of this study is to assess the prevalence, serotype diversity, and genomic characterization of Salmonella in the egg industry (retail and farm environment) in WA. The second objective of this study is to improve the broader understanding of antimicrobial resistance and genomic characterization of E. coli in retail eggs. The results indicated Salmonella recovery of 11.5% (23/200) in collected retail eggs and 35% (93/265) of the environmental samples col

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Son, Vo Thanh, and n/a. "Evaluation of the USLE (Universal Soil Loss Equation) to estimate soil loss from hobby farms and commercial pastoral properties around Murrumbateman, NSW, Australia." University of Canberra. Applied Science, 1993. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061108.171337.

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This thesis is an evaluation of the use the USLE to estimate soil loss from two pastoral land uses - commercial properties and "hobby farms" in Murrumbateman. Sensitivity analysis was used to evaluate the USLE components. Sediment measurement in farm dams was taken to estimate sediment yield from several sites, as an alternative approach to study soil loss. The annual soil loss from entire study area was 0.25 t/ha/year whilst these figures from commercial properties and hobby farms were 0.29 t/ha/year and 0.21 t/ha/year, respectively. The annual average sediment yield from three catchments in

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Berrevoets, Hendrik Willem. "The development of the Australian dairy industry with special reference to differences in the structure of dairy farms by state between 1983/84 and 1994/95 /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 1999. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16201.pdf.

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Greentree, Carolyn, and n/a. "Experimental evaluation of fox control and the impact of foxes on lambs." University of Canberra. Science &Design, 2000. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060713.101158.

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Baiting with sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) to protect lambs (Ovis aries) from red foxes (Vulpes vulpes L.) has become more frequent in NSW and other parts of Australia during the last 10 years despite the lack of reported evidence evaluating the effects of fox baiting on lamb survival. NSW Agriculture has developed fox control recommendations aimed at minimising impact, but these guidelines have not been tested experimentally. Defining the extent of a pest problem and the effectiveness of pest control are key components of a strategic approach to vertebrate pest management as it is the damag

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Paraguassu, Ubiratan. "The economics of large-scale PV solar farms in 2019 in the National Electricity Market in Australia – A tool for developers planning to enter into the NEM." Thesis, Paraguassu, Ubiratan (2019) The economics of large-scale PV solar farms in 2019 in the National Electricity Market in Australia – A tool for developers planning to enter into the NEM. Masters by Coursework thesis, Murdoch University, 2019. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/55179/.

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Over the past century, oil and natural gas have been predominantly utilized as the main sources of energy in industries, households and in the transport sector. Ships, aeroplanes and automotive all rely on different variants of coal, oil and natural gas products to operate. However, in the past few decades, the volatility of oil prices, the increased regulatory pressure from environmental organizations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the sharp cost reduction and increased efficiency experienced by the renewable energy (RE) industry, these combined factors have led to the explorati

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Campbell, Robert. "Understanding and disrupting institutional settings : using networks of conversations to re-imagine future farming lives." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2013. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/603.

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Farmers in Australia and elsewhere face the challenge of remaining profitable whilst dealing with adverse structural arrangements and public expectations to better manage environmental degradation. This thesis draws on arguments that dominant paradigms in agricultural science and environmental management have often been ineffective in addressing these apparently competing demands and appear poorly suited to ‘messy’ situations characterized by uncertainty and complexity, and in which diverse stakeholders are motivated by varying goals and values. Engaging with such situations requires a philoso

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Khatoonabadi, Ahmad. "Systemic communication and performance : a humanist learning approach to agricultural extension and rural development." Thesis, View thesis, 1994. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/641.

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This study posits a model of 'rural extension' which begins from humans, not from technology or information. The model has been used to facilitate community development at the village level. The research illustrates the potential of drama and participative forms of theatre as empowering 'action' learning/researching tools to reach people in rural communities, and as a means of involving those communities in creativity and learning about themselves and their environment collaboratively. The writer seeks to integrate participatory approaches with community development and human inquiry, humanist

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George, Laurel. "Applications of solid-state 15N NMR spectroscopy to the study of nitrogen cycling in sub-tropical forest plantations." Thesis, View thesis, 2008. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/39262.

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The aim of this research project was to use 15N nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to better understand nitrogen (N) cycling processes in forest plantations. In particular, the studies were designed to link to the effects of forest management practices and environmental conditions. 15N NMR cross polarization/magic angle spinning (CPMAS) and dipolar dephasing (DD)-CPMAS experiments of some simple N-containing compounds found widely in nature were first undertaken. This was done in order to understand how different sample conditions, such as the presence of moisture, sample mixing and

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