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DR RUTH NETTLE



Contact Details

Organization: Agriculture and Food Systems
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
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Homepage: http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/staff/nettle.html
Work: 8344 4581
Building: Institute Of Land And Food Resources
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Agricultural Science New England 31-Dec-1987
Master of Applied Science University of Western Sydney 31-Dec-1997
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2001

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Innovation and change mananagement research Chief Investigator AUST DAIRY CORP Out of session Project Grant (DAIRY AUSTRALIA) 04/11/2002
Water and the Australian Dairy Industry: A scoping study to identify dairy research development and extension (R,D and E) properties for change managt Chief Investigator DAIRY AUSTRALIA Out of session Project Grant 01/10/2003
WATER SECURITY-DAIRY FARM DECISION MAKING AND THE ROLE OF EXTENSION Chief Investigator DAIRY AUSTRALIA Out of session Project Grant 01/01/2005
Enhancing the resilience of dairy farm businesses across rural landscapes Chief Investigator DAIRY AUSTRALIA Out of session Project Grant 25/07/2005
Innovation and change management research Chief Investigator DAIRY AUSTRALIA Senior Research Fellowship 01/01/2006
FARMER DECISION MAKING FOR THE SELECTION OF GENETICS IN AUSTRALIAN DAIRY HERDS Chief Investigator DAIRY AUSTRALIA Project Grants 01/02/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Collaboration in action: the Dairy Moving Forward response to drought
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Empowerment of rural actors: a renewal of Farming Systems perspectives
    Conference Publication: 8th European IFSA Symposium
    Page numbers: 55-62
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  • The role of customers committees in policy implementation
    Year: 2008
    Event name: IRRIGATION AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE 2008
    Conference Publication: The strategic importance of irrigation customer service committees in policy implementation
    Page numbers: 1-7
    Author(s):

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • FutureDairy: a national, multidisciplinary project to assist dairy farmers to manage future challenges - methods and early findings
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 1025 - 1031
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Extension as a knowledge partner in farming systems research: Early lessons from "FutureDairy" Australia
    Year: 2006
    Book: Changing European farming systems for a better future New visions for rural areas
    Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers(Wageningen)
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Journal Articles

  • Improving Employment Relationships: findings from learning interventions in farm employment
    Year: 2006
    Journal: New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 21-36
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Knowledge Partnerships1: What can knowledge partnerships offer agricultural industries? - Early learnings from the FutureDairy project
    Year: 2006
    Event name: APEN International Conference 2006
    Conference Publication: Practice change for sustainable communities: Exploring footprints, pathways and possibilities
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: Australasia-Pacific Extension Network(Wodonga)
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  • Knowledge partnerships 2: extension juggling multidisciplinarity in the field - early learning's from FutureDairy project
    Year: 2006
    Event name: APEN International Conference
    Conference Publication: Practice change for sustainable communities: Exploring footprints, pathways and possibilities
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: Australasia-Pacific Extension Network(Wodonga)
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    URL - open access http://www.regional.org.au/au/apen

Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • The employment relationship - a conceptual model developed from farming case studies
    Year: 2005
    Journal: New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 19-35
    Publisher: ER Publishing(Auckland)
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Publications in 2004

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Learning and professional development in advisory services: revisiting the reflective practitioner
    Year: 2004
    Event name: European Farming and Society in search of a new social contractLearning to manage change
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 2004 IFSA European Symposium
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 687-697
    Publisher: International Farming Systems Association(Vila Real)
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  • Learning from change - A case study method to support learning and evaluation within systems projects
    Year: 2004
    Event name: European Farming and Society in search of a new social contract - Learning to manage change
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Sixth IFSA European Symposium
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 687-697
    Publisher: International Farming Systems Association(Vila Real)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Public response to plantation forestry on farms in south-western Victoria
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Forestry
    Volume: 66
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 93-99
    Publisher: Institute of Foresters of Australia
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Groups or one to one? Rethinking extension delivery - learning's from the dairy industry
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Extending extension: beyond traditional boundaries, methods and ways of thinking APEN National Forum 2003
    Conference Publication: Extending estension: beyond traditional boundaries, methods and ways of thinking
    Page numbers: 1 - 10
    Publisher: Australasian Pacific Extension Network(Hobart)
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  • Respect for extension in farming systems research - findings from the dairy industry
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Australian Farming Systems Conference
    Conference Publication: 2003 AFSA conference Papers Database
    Page numbers: 1 - 11
    Publisher: Australian Farming Systems Association(Toowoomba)
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Publications in 2002

Conference Publications/Papers

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