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4.2 Resilient
Agricultural Systems Research Reports
(See
also archived reports from 1996-2000)
(as PDF, MS Word6 or RTF files)
AgFacts
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See our new section on free
fact sheets from around Australia on a huge range of agricultural topics.
Please note that you will need MS Word 6 or a later version to read most of these these files. Most new additions are posted as PDF files and you will need the free Acrobat reader. Many of the files are large and might take some time to download. This service is offered in an effort to make as much of our research results available to the relevant public.
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VEMAs - Voluntary
Environmental Management Arrangements (01/139 CSL-15A)
Full
report (500kb) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (8k)
Opportunities for Tourism
on Agricultural Land through Mammal Reintroductions (06/013 SUS-1A)
Full
report (1meg) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (8k)
Future Broadacre Agricultural
Landscapes (06/028 DAW-109A)
Full
report (2.7meg) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (8k)
Developing free-range
animal production systems (04/058
SAR-30A)
Full
report (600k) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (8k)
Spillway
Design and Review Procedures for Australian Farm Dams — Preliminary Results
(04/051 USA-10A and USA-12A)
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Full
report (1meg) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (12k)
Marketing
Agricultural Sustainability (04/050 EAR-1A)
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Full
report (700Kb) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (12k)
Emerging
challenges for farming systems: lessons from Australian and Dutch Agriculture
(03/053 UQ–90A)
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Full
report (1.7meg) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (12k)
Land
Tenure and Land Management Alternatives (03/027
UT-32A)
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Full
report (1.7meg) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (12k)
Income
related loans for drought relief - Repayment projections (UCA-10A
04/053
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Full
report (900k) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (12k)
Taxation
of Primary Producers and Landholders - Improving Natural Resource Management
Outcomes (04/026 ASH-2A)
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Full
report (300k) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (12k)
EcoRange: Market-Oriented Environmental Certification for Rangeland Pastoral Industries - 5. Australian environment group survey (04/016 DAQ-276A) - Full report 560k) - PDF file needs Acrobat Reader Executive Summary (12k)
Food,
health, functional foods and Australia’s rural industries - (MKH-1A
03-140)
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Full
report 560k) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (12k)
Market-Oriented
Environmental Certification for Rangeland Pastoral Industries - 1.
Project Overview (03/132 DAQ-276A)
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Full
report 560k) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (12k)
EcoRange:
Market-Oriented Environmental Certification for Rangeland Pastoral Industries
- 2. A review of on-farm standards (03/132
DAQ-276A)
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Full
report 560k) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (12k)
Market-Oriented
Environmental Certification for Rangeland Pastoral Industries - 4. Australian
rangeland grazier survey (03/130 DAQ-276A)
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Full
report 560k) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (12k)
Adoption
of Environmental Management Systems in Agriculture: Part 1: Case Studies
from Australian and New Zealand Farms
Only
introduction to sections is available for download (PDF 213k) -
full report can be purchased
(look under "Resilient Agricultural Systems) - Summary
(12k)
Options
for Change New ideas for Australian farmers (03/030
RMA-1A)
Only
Parts 1 and 2 (PDF 213k) available free online - full report
can be purchased (look under
"Resilient Agricultural Systems)
Summary
(12k)
Successful
Land Leasing in Australia A Guide for Farmers and their Advisers (03/080
ASH-1A)
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Full
report 560k) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (12k)
Integrated
Wastewater Treatment and Aquaculture Production (03/026 SAR-16A)
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Full
report (600k) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Executive
Summary (12k)
Integrated
Agri-Aquaculture Systems - A Resource Handbook for Australian Industry
Development (03-012 MFR-2A)
-Full
report (4meg) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Foreword
(12k)
NyPa
Distichlis Cultivars: Rehabilitation of Highly Saline Areas for Forage
Turf and Grain (02/154 NYP-1A)
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Full
report (440k) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Summary
(12k)
Biofertilisers
in Action (02/086) - Executive Summary only available
online. You
can buy the full report from the RIRDC online
bookshopat www.rirdc.gov.au/eshop
(look under Resilient Agricultural Programs) or by phone on 02 6272 4819
Impact
of Climate Change on Important Plant Diseases in Australia (02/010 CST-4A)
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Full
report (975k) - PDF file needs Acrobat
Reader Summary
(24k)
National
electronic modelling network for pest, disease and weed management ( 02/030
CSE-83A)
- Full
report -250k - PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 8 kb
EMS and Land Valuation:The potential for land valuation to drive the adoption of Environmental Management Systems in Agriculture (02/040 DAW-99A) - Full report -130k - PDF file needs Acrobat Reader - Summary Report is 8 kb
New
food and pharmaceutical products from agriculture - Papers from Outlook
2002
- Full
report -130k - PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 8 kb
Environmental
Partnerships Combining sustainability and commercial advantage in the agriculture
sector
- (Full
report - 500 kbs - PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 24 kb)
Integrated
biosystems for sustainable development - Proceedings of the InFoRM
2000 National Workshop on Integrated Food Production and Resource Management
(01/174 MS001-14)
- Full
report -2.16 - PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 24 kb
Combining
sustainability and commercial advantage in the agriculture sector (02/004
ACL-1A)
- Full
report -478k - PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 24 kb
Rejuvenating
soils with MinplusTM - A
rock dust and soil conditioner to improve the productivity of acidic,
highly
weathered soils (01/173 UJC-4A) - Full report
- 2.16meg - PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 24 kb
Community
participation in rangeland management (01/118 QDL-2A)
(Full report - 688k -
PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 24 kb)
Re-use
Potential of Agri-Industry Wastes In the Melbourne / Metropolitan Region
(01/144 RIRDC RMI-10A)
(Full report - 1.37meg
- PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 24 kb)
Impact
of Rare Earth Elements on plant physiology and productivity (01/145
DAV-122A)
(Full report - 317 kbs
- PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 24 kb)
Hydroponics
as an Agricultural Production System (01/141 HAS-9A)
(Full report - 317 kbs
- PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 24 kb)
Soil
Structure, Fungi, Fauna & Phosphorus in Sustainable Cropping Systems
(01/130 ANU-30A)
(Full report - 320 kbs
- PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 24 kb)
VEMAs
- Voluntary Environmental Management Arrangements (CSL-15A
01/139)
(Full report - 500 kbs
- PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 24 kb)
Biological
Control of Blue Heliotrope (01/119 RIRDC CSE-82A)
(Full report - 348 kbs
- PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 8 kb)
Genetically
Modified Plants - Farm and Resource Management Issues (
01/108 HAS-7A)
(Full report - 690 kbs
- PDF file needs
Acrobat
Reader - Summary
Report is 33 kb)
