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Abstract:
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The doing more with Agriculture project is an initiative of Monty House, Minister for Primary Industry; Fisheries, designed to foster innovative approaches to diversification in agriculture and small town survival and revival within rural Western Australia. The project came about in response to concerns about issues such as declining rural populations and lack of employment opportunities for young people and what actions could be taken to reverse these trends. A pilot program for doing more with Agricul re was launched on the South Coast in 1996. One of the most successful elements of the south Coast pilot program was a USA study tour in October 1996. The study tour was centred around 5 states (Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska and South Dakota
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