Michael Santhanam-Martin

The Work Assessment Method shows potential to improve performance and social sustainability on Australian dairy farms

Michael Santhanam-Martin, Ruth Nettle, Jason Major, Jocelyn Fagon, Emmanuel Beguin, Patten Bridge

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANIMAL PRODUCTION SCIENCE

Context: Social aspects of livestock farming systems, including farm workforce and how work is organised, have received less resea..

Working with stuckness: lessons from an intervention to support intergenerational transitions on Australian dairy farms

Michael Santhanam-Martin, Patten Bridge

Journal article  |  2019  |  CANADIAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES-REVUE CANADIENNE D ETUDES DU DEVELOPPEMENT

Intergenerational succession/transition is a critical process for the success and longevity of family and smallholder farming. We ..

Vulnerability Amidst Plenty? Food Security and Climate Change in Australia

Ruth Beilin, Michael Santhanam-Martin, Tamara SYSAK

Book Chapter  |  2019

This volume is the first centralized source of technological and policy solutions for sustainable agriculture and food systems res..

Making “middle managers”: workforce development for agricultural industries in transition

Michael Santhanam-Martin, Lisa Cowan

Conference Proceedings  |  2018

The availability of suitably skilled people is being increasingly recognised as a critical element for success in agriculture, yet..

Understanding Apple and Pear Growers' Climate Change Adaptation Decision-Making

M Santhanam-Martin

Report  |  2017

Meeting the Capstone Challenge in Postgraduate Food Science Education

Peter McSweeney, Joaquin Calvo, Michael Santhanam-Martin, Helen Billman-Jacobe

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE EDUCATION

Project work and work placements can help prepare tertiary food science students for the workplace. Programs in the curriculum sho..

Understanding Skilled Workforce Issues in the Goulburn Valley Fruit Industry

M Santhanam-Martin, L Cowan

Report  |  2017

Starting a process: Practice and policy lessons from a farm succession planning intervention in the Australian dairy industry

M SANTHANAM-MARTIN

Conference Proceedings  |  2016

Learning from the Alpine Valleys Dairy Succession Project

M Santhanam-Martin

Report  |  2016

Community sustainability and agricultural landscape change: insights into the durability and vulnerability of the productivist regime

Michael Santhanam-Martin, Margaret Ayre, Ruth Nettle

Journal article  |  2015  |  SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

Food is produced in material places: distinct combinations of landform, soil, climate, hydrology and biota. However, agricultural ..