May 2019 Insights

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Published 1 May 2019

Climate Finance Irrigation MDB NRM Regional Risk Water

Vol. 16 | No. 2 | May 2019

Weathering the new storms: risks and culture in agribusiness

Climate, culture and risk are now mainstream governance issues in agriculture and natural resource management. In a recent risk and governance forum held in Australia, experts highlighted that organisations should undertake rigorous review of their non-financial risks, in particular those related to culture and climate. While some sectors – including banking and agriculture – were directly called out in terms of their impact, there were implications for all sectors of industry.

Weathering the new storms: risks and culture in agribusiness

Published 1 May 2019

Climate Finance Irrigation MDB Natural Resource Management NRM Regional Risk Water

The changing landscape of the MDBP

Published 1 May 2019

Zara Lowien and Noel Baxter give their views on the MDBP: > Is it responsive enough to account for ongoing climate variability and likely changes in inflows and still meet the needs of all stakeholders? > Are disruption and adjustment, within the MDB irrigation areas, inevitable without changes to water…

Climate Finance Irrigation MDB Natural Resource Management NRM Regional Risk Water

The value of irrigated agriculture

Published 1 May 2019

Irrigated agriculture is currently facing significant public scrutiny. However, the public and policy discussion on water use is happening largely in the absence of reliable evidence about the value of irrigated agriculture and the consequences to communities of an increased diversion of consumptive water away from irrigation.

Climate Finance Irrigation MDB Natural Resource Management NRM Regional Risk Water

The changing skillset of the agricultural workforce

Published 1 May 2019

In this Hindsight article, we look back at past AFI publications on the agricultural workforce and delve further into future skillsets and changing perceptions of regional or agricultural careers. Skillsets incorporating increased knowledge in areas of technology, environment and management will be increasingly demanded in agriculture.

Climate Finance Irrigation MDB Natural Resource Management NRM Regional Risk Water

Profile: Teresa Fox

Published 1 May 2019

Teresa Fox joined AFI as a researcher in February. Teresa grew up on her family’s sugarcane farm located halfway between Mackay and Proserpine in North Queensland, which is where her passion for agriculture began. Since moving to Sydney, the divide between country and city has become more apparent, highlighting the…

Reframing farmers’ role in land management

Published 1 May 2019

Of the many “us versus them” frames often triggered in agriculture, one of the most divisive is “farming versus the environment”. Australian agricultural producers manage almost half of the country’s landmass. But in mainstream media and policy debate, the environment is discussed as something quite separate from farmers as people…

Climate Finance Irrigation MDB Natural Resource Management NRM Regional Risk Water

May 2019 Insights

Published 1 May 2019

Vol. 16 | No. 2 | May 2019

Weathering the new storms: risks and culture in agribusiness

Weathering the new storms: risks and culture in agribusiness

The changing landscape of the MDBP

The value of irrigated agriculture

The changing skillset of the agricultural workforce

Profile: Teresa Fox

Reframing farmers’ role in land management

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