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Institute for Rural Futures

Sweetpotato Value Chain Research

Overcoming constraints to improve the sweetpotato value chain in Papua New Guinea.

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Cost-effective environmental water

Cost-effective recovery programs for wetlands and rivers in NSW.

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Beef markets in South East Cambodia

Increasing smallholder involvement in domestic and international markets.

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About Us

The Institute for Rural Futures is an independent research centre concerned with better understanding change in rural and regional communities...

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International Development Research

The Institute works closely with international partners to research, develop and implement sustainable farming, marketing and community systems…

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Australian Research

The Institute has a long-standing interest in research on Australian rural social, economic and environmental issues…

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Our People

Institute staff and adjuncts have strong collective track records in Australian and international development research…

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Research Seminar Series

Regular seminars are presented by Institute staff, and guest presenters from other areas of UNE, elsewhere in Australia, and around the world…

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Our Publications

Find out more about books and book chapters, journal papers, conference papers, reports, and other publications of Institute staff…

Rural Crimes

The Institutes enduring research into rural crimes and their impacts...

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The University of New England respects and acknowledges that its people, programs and facilities are built on land, and surrounded by a sense of belonging, both ancient and contemporary, of the world's oldest living culture. In doing so, UNE values and respects Indigenous knowledge systems as a vital part of the knowledge capital of Australia.