Cotton and Sugar
Publications and Reports

During the course of the Sustainable Farm Families projects, reports will be provided to enable monitoring of the projects current status and to celebrate its achievements.

The Living Longer on the Land: Sustainable Farm Families Program in the Sugar and Cotton Industries provides an insight into the current health status of rural farming families within the sugar and cotton industries.  It increases our understanding of what affects farming families' health and identifies meausres to improve their health well-being and safety.  Many of the specific strategies to improve farming family health were provided by farmers themselves.

• May 2008
  Living Longer on the Land: Case studies of the Sustainable Farm Families Program in the Sugar and Cotton Industries
  Full Report (1.9meg),
  Summary Report (8kb)

This project was funded by the RIRDC-managed Joint Research Venture for Farm Health and Safety, whose partners include the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Grains research and Development Corporation, Sugar research and Development Corporation, Cotton Research and Development Corporation, Meat and Livestock Australia, Australian Wool Innovation Corporation and Dairy Australia.