Dr Esperanza Vera-Toscano, Senior Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute, Faculty of Business and Economics, is a member of a cross-discipline research team that recently secured funding for an ARC Linkage project.
Dr Esperanza Vera-Toscano, Senior Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute, Faculty of Business and Economics, is a member of a cross-discipline research team that recently secured funding for an ARC Linkage project.
The project, led by Professor Ruth Nettle of the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, aims to investigate why and how people aged 15-35 years come to work in the agriculture and food sector.
It expects to generate knowledge that will improve career paths for youth and inform policy decisions related to the industry.
This in term should lead to sustainability and growth in the agri-food sector and economic growth in regional communities.
The project secured over $400,000 in funding from the ARC and partner organisations, and will be conducted over 3 years.
The full research team is:
- Professor Ruth Nettle (Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences)
- Associate Professor Hernan Cuervo (Faculty of Education)
- Dr Esperanza Vera-Toscano (Faculty of Business and Economics)
- Dr Margaret Ayre (Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences)
- Dr Michael Santhanam-Martin (Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences)
- Mrs Melva Tyson (Murray Dairy)
- Mrs Kelly Angel (Birchip Cropping Group)
- Professor James Kinsella (University College Dublin).