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230 – Future climate change and wheat yields in Western Australia

16 December, 201218 December, 2012 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

The wheat-growing areas of Western Australia are predicted to experience adverse climate change during the 21st century. Of the three components of change (rainfall, temperature

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Agriculture, Climate change, Latest

229 – Past climate change and wheat yields in Western Australia

10 December, 201215 June, 2022 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

The wheat-growing areas of Western Australia experienced substantial climate change (particularly rainfall decline) during the 20th century. However, the resulting impacts on wheat yields were

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Climate change, Environment, Natural resource management, Policy, Research

228 – Majority opinion

22 November, 201211 December, 2012 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

This week I saw a senior bureaucrat try to counter dissenting views on a government report by arguing that the great majority of people agreed

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Agriculture, Behaviour, Environment, Latest, Natural resource management, Policy

227 – ‘Disadoption’ after a project ends

22 October, 201228 March, 2018 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

There are various programs and projects around the world that aim to encourage farmers to adopt a new practice of one sort or another. It’s

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Climate change, Environment, Latest, Natural resource management, Policy, Politics, Research

226 – Modelling versus science

16 October, 201211 March, 2023 by David Pannell9 Min Reading

Mick Keogh, from the Australian Farm Institute, recently argued that “much greater caution is required when considering policy responses for issues where the main science

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Latest, Music

225 – It was 50 years ago today

5 October, 201220 June, 2016 by David Pannell11 Min Reading

October 5, 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ first proper release. The single Love Me Do came out in England to no outstanding

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