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Managing Sugarcane Farm Safety (07/152 MS056-38)

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OH&S - A quick reference guide for broadacre agriculture (06/111 ORM – 1A)
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Creating Inspiration: Using the visual and performing arts to promote environmental sustainability (07/186 UNE-85A)
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Farm Management Software for Farm Businesses-Case-studies of the Australian farm software industry (07/163 DAQ-325A)
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The Economic and Social Impacts of Water Trading-Case studies in the Victorian Murray Valley (07/121 FRO-1J)
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Why Do Farming Families Diversify? (07/156 DAV-214A)
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Living Longer on the Land - A health program that works (07/094 WDH-3A)
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Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure in Agricultural Workers – Human exposure and risk assessment (07/154 QUT-5A)
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Designing Extension to Deliver Triple Bottom Line Outcomes (07/100 UM62A)
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Using Computer-based Technologies to Support Farmers' Decision Making (07/104 CSW-38A)
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Using Agricultural Consultants In your Farming Enterprise - A Users Guide for Farm Business Managers (07/103 RRE-3A)
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Capacity Building Resource Manual (07/102)
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Rural Lifestyle and Landscape Change: Emerging Challenges for Extension A National Forum - Rutherglen, Victoria 20-21 July 2005
(07/097 DAV-201A) - Full report - 1.5meg - PDF file needs Acrobat Reader - Summary is 8kb)

Small Lifestyle Farms - Improving delivery mechanisms for sustainable land management (07/098 DAV-201A)
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Evaluating Empowerment - The human element of capacity building (07/063 RRE-3A)
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Better Aligning Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Extension (07/075 RRE-3A)
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Making the most of Agricultural Consultants in your Farm Business (07/073 RRE-3A)
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Farm Succession and Inheritance – Comparing Australian and International Trends (07/066)
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Risk Management and Farming Families - Perceptions & Practices (06/040 FM-5A)
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Effective Use of the Internet- Keeping professionals working in rural Australia (05/171 UWO-5A)
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Internet Field Days - Helping farmers to make better decisions (06/122 BCG-1A)
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Australian Values – Rural Policies – Symposium 2000 proceedings (05/009 SYC-6A)
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A Virtual Meeting Space to Support Farmers Learning About Natural Resource Management (06/113 CSW 40A)
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Funding of capacity building and the implications for institutional arrangements in rural Australia (RRE-4A 06/126)
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Aligning the Extension and Vocational, Education and Training Sectors (06/125 UT-48A)
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Business Operators Still at School - The missing piece of the school–to–work transition puzzle (05/099 SES2A)
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A Pilot Study of the Relationship Between Farmer Education and Good Farm Management (97/030)
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Preparing Entrants to Farming : Scoping Programs and Strategies (06/041 UNE-81A)
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A Responsive Training Market: The role of brokers (06/110 UT-41A)
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Which Farmers Participate When? (06/106 BRR-13A)
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Respiratory Illness in Farmers - Dust and bioaerosols exposures in animal handling facilities (06/107 UWS-19A)
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Farm Machinery Injury:

Injuries associated with posthole diggers (06/036 US-87A)

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Power take-off shaft guards (06/035 US-87A)

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Injuries associated with grain augers in Australia (06/034 US-87A)

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Injury Involving Tractor Run-Over

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Riverina Agricultural Women - Inspiration for women, by women (06/057 IRE-7A)
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Winning Women - Just Scratching the Surface (06/047)
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Hiring Good Quality Farm Labour (05/146 KDI 29A)
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Safe systems of work on farms - Incentives for adoption (04/103 CIE-20)
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Local Community Preparedness for an Emergency Animal Disease Outbreak (05/131 UNE-89A)
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Fostering Collaborative Regional Development in Biobased Industries: A case study - part 1 (05/134 UJC-11A)
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Collaborating to maximise benefits from local government natural resource management projects (05/124 ANU-66A)
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Regional Foods - Australia’s health and wealth (05/045 RFB-1A)
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New Generation Farmers Markets in Rural Communities (05/109)
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Fostering Involvement—how to improve participation in learning (05/105 RPM-2A)
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Agribusiness Role in Extension, education and training: a case study Discusses the role of agribusiness in capacity building in Australia (05/086 GSA-1A) Full report - 570k - PDF file needs Acrobat Reader - Summary is 8kb)

The role for Building Capacity in Extenion - What works and why (05/094 RRE-1A)
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Improving ATV Safety on Australian Farms (05/082 US-122A)
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Community Voice – A new electronic communication model for local communities A web development handbook for rural, regional and micro-communities (05/079 UBA-2A) - Full report - 1meg - PDF file needs Acrobat Reader - Summary Report is 12k)

Fall Related Injuries in Australian Agriculture (US-86A 04/183)
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Commercialisation and Management of Intellectual Property (05-005 UG-5A)
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An Evaluation of the Demand for a National Accreditation Scheme for Professionals in the Natural Resources, Agriculture & Related Sectors (05/042 AIA-11A) - Full report - 914k - PDF file needs Acrobat Reader - Summary Report is 8kb)

Older Farmers and Retirement (UNE-68A 05/006)
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Mapping of rural industries service providers (05/044 Project No. RRE-2A)
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Reducing All-Terrain Vehicle Injury - A randomized control study of the effect of driver training (04/174 CUT-7A)
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Safe Access Platforms for Tractors (04/180 UMO-29A)
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Good Enough Never Is: Lessons from inspirational businesses in rural Australia (04/137)
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Attitudes to recreational use of rural properties (04/123 UNE-84A)
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Women in Business in Rural and Remote Australia - Growing Regional Economies (04/130 SES–1A)
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Broadband Adoption by Agriculture and Local Government Councils - Australia and the USA (04/127 WHP-7A)
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E–commerce in supply and demand chains - Case studies & how-to’s (04/106 GFA-1A)
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Social profile of people employed in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing industries (04/122 BRR 6A)
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Social profile of Australian dairy regions (04/107 BRR 6A)
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eWork in Regional Australia (04/045 ECU-11A)
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Adding Value: The critical factors for farmers (04/047 UNE-74A)
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Summary of research report: FARMSCAPE Online Interactive internet support for farmers' situated learning and planning (04/048 CST-7A)
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Evaluating Heywire - Reviewing the Program – The ABC Gives Rural Youth a Voice (02/023 FAI-1A)
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Growing the Capital of Rural Australia - The Task of Capacity Building (04/034 RUE-2A)
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Risk and risk perception - A literature review (04/043 BRR 8A)
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Options for Change New ideas for Australian farmers (03/030 RMA-1A)
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Summary (12k)

Agricultural Extension, Learning and Change (02/023 FAI-1A)
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Costs and Beneits of Diversification - Whole Farm Case Studies ( 02/029 ECU-7A)
Foreword, Exectuive Summary, Table of Contents and Introductory Chapter only avilable online (396k)
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Government Responses to Farm Poverty 1989-1998: The policy development process (02/163 ANU-43A)
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Leaving the Land: A study of Western Division grazing families in transition(02/056) 326k PDF file
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Towards Professional Accreditation for Advisers and Consultants in Agriculture, Natural Resource
Management and Related Sectors (02/104 AIA-10A) - (Full report - 266k - PDF file needs Acrobat Reader - Summary Report is 8kb)

The Impact of Changing Farm Business Structures on Rural Communities (02/027 ECU-10A)
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Internet Delivery of Short Courses for Farmers - A case study of a course on Precision Agriculture
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- Sample online course www.rirdc.gov.au/precisionfarming

The Rural and Regional Guide to E-commerce(Table of contents, Foreword, Preface and Chapter 1 only availble online. Buy the complete report at our Eshop or contact RIRDC on phone 6272 4819 or fax 02 6272 5877).
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More than an Education - Leadership for rural school community partnerships (02/055 UT-31A)
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The Internet & Regional Australia - How rural communities can address the impact of the Internet (01/087 RSI-1A)
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Small Town Renewal Overview and Case Studies (01/043 ECU-6A)

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Manual (3.7 meg) - PDF file needs Acrobat Reader

Global Networks and Adoption of the Web (01/16 FM-4A) - (Full report - 77 kbs - PDF file needs Acrobat Reader   ||   Summary Report is 8 kb)
Review of Evaluation in Agricultural Extension (VCA-3A)

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COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP FOR FARMING AND FISHING HEALTH AND SAFETY RESEARCH REPORTS
Farm Health and Safety Joint Research Venture Impact Evaluation (08/141 AGT-12A)
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Living Longer on the Land - Sustainable Farm Families in Broadacre Agriculture (08/048 WDH-1A)
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Living Longer on the Land - Case studies of the Sustainable Farm Families Program in the Sugar and Cotton industries (08/049 WDH-2J)
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Making Farm Machinery Safer - Lessons from injured farmers (07/190 UMO-32A)
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Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure in Agricultural Workers – Human exposure and risk assessment (07/154 QUT-5A)
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Facts and Figures on Farm Health and Safety Series 1-7
Series of booklets provides details on the risks associated with several industries and cross-industry issues, to guide agencies and individuals working to reduce health and safety risks. Read the Introduction to the Series or click on title below to download a PDF version - each one is 1.5 meg in size:
New titles:
8. ATV Injury on Australian Farms - The Facts – 2007 - (Pub No 07-149)
9.Occupational Health and Safety Risk in the Australian Dairy Industry (Pub No 07-148)
10. Health and Safety in Older Farmers in Australia (Pub No 07-150)
11. Traumatic Deaths in Australian Agriculture (Pub No 07-151)
Earlier titles:
1. Occupational Health and Safety Risk in the Beef Cattle Industry (Pub No 05/046)
2. Occupational Health and Safety Risk in the Poultry Industry (Pub No 05/052)
3. Occupational Health and Safety Risk in the Horticulture Industries (Pub No 05/049)
4. Machine Injuries on Australian Farms (Pub No 05/050)
5. Child Injury on Australian Farms (Pub No 05/047)
6. Pesticides and Adverse Health Outcomes in Australia (Pub No 05/051)
7. Injury on Farms in New South Wales (Pub No 05/048) 2005,
Safer Fences for Children on Farms - Effective safe play area fencing options for rural properties (05/008 US-126A)
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Reducing All-Terrain Vehicle Injury - A randomized control study of the effect of driver training (04/174 CUT-7A)
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The Health and Safety of New South Wales Farmers, Farm Families and Farm Workers (04/182 US-86A)
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Safe systems of work on farms - Incentives for adoption (04/103 CIE-20) - not yet available
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Evaluation of farm injury prevention programs (03/139 UMO-22A)
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Safety Promotion -a tale of lost opportunities (03/082 WAC-2A)
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Farm Machinery Regulatory Review (02/169 GAP-1A)
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4th National Farm Injury Prevention Conference (No 02/023 No FAI-1A)
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Welfare and Support Services for Farm Families ( 02/042 UNE-58A)
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Guidelines for evaluation of safety programs for the agricultural industry (01/054 UMO-22A)
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