Plenary Papers

The Donald Oration

Title: Experiences of Pasture and Crop Production
Author: J.L. Davidson

The Socio-economic Imperative

Title: Agriculture and the Economy
Author: Roy Powell

Title: Who controls our future?
Author: Geoffrey Lawrence

Title: Women: the silent partners of agriculture
Author: M. Alston

Title: Land degradation issues and management concerns for Aboriginal communites of central Australia
Author: S. Wickman

Title: Technology transfer - Perceptions of extension agronomists
Author: G. D. Lacefield1, D. M. Ball2, J. R. Gerrish3, and D. B. Hannaway4

Title: Responding to the wool crisis with a focus on technology adoption
Author: P.J. England

Title: Learning from farmers - the check approach
Author: J.M. Lacy

The Environmental Imperative

Title: The state of the Australian environment
Author: Ian Lowe

Title: Looking for Opportunity and Avoiding Obvious Potholes: Some Future Influences on Agriculture to 2050
Author: Barney Foran

Title: The importance of high farm yields to wildlife conservation
Author: D. T. Avery, Director of Global Food Issues,

Title: Biotechnology risks and benefits: the Ingard cotton example
Author: G A Constable^1, D J Llewellyn² and P E Reid¹

Title: Managing soil water and nitrogen to minimise land degradation
Author: J.B. Passioura^A and A.M. Ridley^B

Title: Farming fragile environments: low rainfall and difficult soils in South Australia
Author: D.R. Coventry¹, R.E. Holloway ² and J.A. Cummins³

The Quality Imperative

Title: The Victorian Dairy Industry - Improving Performance
Author: P. T. Doyle and K. B. Kelly

Title: The liability of agronomists in the light of the helix litigation
Author: P. Long

Title: Accreditation of fertilizer advisers and relationship to quality agronomic advice
Author: D.R. McGuffog

The Future Challenge

Title: The Future Challenge: The Search for System
Author: R.L. Ison