Dookie Farms 2000 Project Fund
It is our vision to see a redesign of the Dookie Campus landscape, to ensure it becomes the premier agricultural learning and research institution within Australia and acknowledged throughout the world as an essential part of an important global University. Incorporating a productive and profitable farm, with a range of enterprises, Dookie Campus will be an integrated part of the educational process, at the leading edge of technological and environmental innovation.
Mr Peter Tallis established the Dookie Farms 2000 Project Fund to raise a target pool of $10 million. The interest from the funds raised will be used to initiate ongoing research programs into innovative, profitable and productive farming systems. Profitability and sustainability will be achieved by the integration of enterprises across the landscape focusing on quality assurance, innovative production techniques, business and marketing management performance, all balanced with environmental consideration. Utilising and building on solid partnerships and foundations within Dookie Campus, this existing industry advisory groups will continue to establish and develop benchmark procedures and ensure conformance with industry standards.
The net annual income of the fund will be expended fulfilling one or more of the following objectives:
- Development of the farm at Dookie Campus as a farming systems model for Australia
- Research and development of optimum productivity practices for farming in conjunction with the maintenance of the viable natural resources of the Dookie Campus Farm Estate
- Research and promotion of sustainable farming systems
- Education and training in land use development
- Research and promotion of soil conservation and ancillary environmental issues
Expenditure by the Dookie Farms 2000 Project Fund has already resulted in the purchase of animal pens and refurbishment of the campus glasshouse.
The pens can be utilised by students undertaking research and for the safe housing of animals on the Dookie Campus Farm Estate. The refurbishment of the Dookie Campus Glasshouse will assist honours and postgraduate students with the research of crops and weeds.
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Lely Automatic Feeder |
Dookie Campus Glasshouse Refurbishment |
The University of Melbourne - Dookie Campus welcomes financial and like support to develop the potential of future agricultural professionals. For further enquiries or if you would like to support the Dookie Farms 2000 Project Fund please contact The University of Melbourne - Dookie Campus on 03 5833 9200 or the Melbourne School of Land and Environment on 1800 815 803. |