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Professor Kevin Parton

Office location:
Head of Campus Office
Orange Campus

and

Room: G28
Mansfield Building (C2)
Bathurst Campus

Consultation times:
Tuesdays (Bathurst)
Fridays (Orange)

Full mail address:
CSU
PO Box 883
Orange
NSW 2800

Telephone: (02) 6365 7500 (Orange); (02) 6338.4496 (Bathurst)
Fax: (02) 6365 7885 (Orange); (02) 6338 4769 (Bathurst)
Email: kparton@csu.edu.auEmail Me

Qualifications:

Brief Professional biography:

Head of the Orange Campus of CSU
Strategic Research Professor Institute of Land Water and Society
Research interests in the economic policy related to the reduction of greenhouse gases, climate change and health, and the value of weather information

Teaching:

Admin responsibilities


Recent Research

Books:

  1. 1. Gariyali, C.K. (editor Parton, K.A.) (2007), Wealth for Women from Wasteland, University of Madras.

Journal articles

  1. Bi, P., Tong, S., Donald, K., Parton, K.A. and Ni, J. (2003), “Climatic variables and transmission of malaria: a 12-year data analysis in Shuchen County, China”, Public Health Reports 118 (1) 65-71.
  2. Bi, P., Tong, S., Donald, K., Parton, K.A. and Ni, J. (2003), “Climate variability and transmission of Japanese encephalitis in eastern China”, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 3(3), 111-115.
  3. Bi, P. and Parton, K.A. (2003), “The El Nino-Southern Oscillation and the historic haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome transmission in China: an early warning system for future epidemics?” Journal of the American Medical Association 289 (2), 176-177.
  4. Bi, P. and Parton, K.A. (2003), “Climate variations and the transmission of Ross River virus infection in coastal and inland regions of Queensland--an analysis from Townsville and Toowoomba”, Environmental Health 3 (4), 73-79.
  5. Bi, P., Parton, K.A. and Whitby, M. (2004), “Co-existing conditions for death from infectious and parasitic diseases in Australia”, International Journal of Infectious Diseases 8, 121-125.
  6. Charry, A., Murray-Prior, R. and Parton, K.A. (2004), “The process of standardized refereeing of professional publications”, The Australian Farm Business Management Journal 1 (1), 5-11.
  7. Kemp, D.R., Girdwood, J., Parton, K.A. and Charry, A. (2004), “Farm management: Rethinking directions?” The Australian Farm Business Management Journal 1 (1), 32-39.
  8. Bi, P., and Parton, K.A. (2004), “El Nino Southern Oscillation and vector-borne diseases in Australia. Evidence-Based Preventive Medicine” 1 (2), 81-84.
  9. Bi, P., Parton. K.A. and Donald, K. (2004), “Climate variability and the transmission of Ross River virus infection in coastal regions of Queensland, Australia.”, Environmental Health 4 (2), 90-96.
  10. Parton, K.A. (2004), Book Review of The Environment in Corporate Management: New Directions and Economic Insights, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 48 (2), 376-377.
  11. Peng, B, Parton, K.A. and Hiller, J. (2004) Is El Nino Southern Oscillation a driving force behind SARS transmission in 2003? Epidemiology, 15 (4), S111-S112.
  12. Bi, P., Parton, K.A. and Donald, K. (2005), “Secular trends in mortality rates for diabetes in Australia, 1907-98”, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 70, 270-277.
  13. Bi, P., Parton, K.A. and Tong, S. (2005), “El Nino Southern Oscillation and vector-borne diseases in Anhui, China”. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 5(2), 95-100.
  14. Frost, M and Parton, K.A.(2005), “The role of local production and the world price in setting local wool, wheat and beef prices”, Farm Business and Farming Systems Management 2(1), 41-48.
  15. Deblitz, C., Charry, A.A. and Parton, K.A. (2005), “Farming systems across the world: an expert assessment from an international co-operative research project (IFCN), Extension Farming Systems Journal 1(1), 1-14.
  16. Jie, F., Parton, K.A. and Cox, R. (2005), “Developing a suitable methodology for supply chain analysis in the Australian beef industry,” The Winners Journal 6(2), 114-122.
  17. McCown, R.L., Brennan, L.E. and Parton, K.A.(2006), “A century of learning to make Farm Management research and intervention relevant to farm management practice: 1. The rise and demise of intervention using theoretical models.” Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57, 143-156.
  18. McCown, R.L. and Parton, K.A.(2006), “A century of learning to make Farm Management research and intervention relevant to farm management practice: 2. Systems approaches.” Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57, 157-72.
  19. Gong, W., Parton, K.A., Zhou, Z-Y, and Cox, R.J. (2006), “Economic evaluation of beef cattle production systems in China”, Farm Business and Farming Systems Management 3(2), 33-43.
  20. Lui, H., Parton, K.A. and Cox, R.J. (2006), “Chinese consumers’ perceptions of beef”, Farm Business and Farming Systems Management 3(2), 58-67.
  21. Gong, W., Parton, K.A., Cox, R.J. and Zhou, Z. (2007), “Transaction costs and cattle farmers’ choice of marketing channels in China: A Tobit analysis”, Management Research News 30(1), 47-56
  22. Khan, L., Parton, K.A. and Doran, H. (2007), “Cost of particulate air pollution in Armidale: a clinical event survey”, Environmental Health 7(2). 11-21.
  23. Bi, P, Zhang, Y. and Parton, K.A. (2007), “Weather variables and Japanese encephalitis in the metropolitan area of Jinan City, China”, Journal of Infection 55, 551-556.
  24. Hayman, P., Crean, J., Mullen, J. and Parton, K.A. (2007), “How do probabilistic seasonal climate forecasts compare with other innovations that Australian farmers are encouraged to adopt?”, Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 58, 975-984.

Refereed Conference papers:

  1. Gong, W., Parton, K.A., Zhou, Z-Y. and Cox, R.J. (2006), “Marketing channel selection by farmers in China: a transaction cost approach”, Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Association for Chinese Economic Studies (Australia), Victoria University, Melbourne.
  2. Lui, H., Parton, K.A. and Cox, R.J. (2006), “Food consumption changes in China: a case for beef”, Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Association for Chinese Economic Studies (Australia), Victoria University, Melbourne.

Working Papers:

  1. Parton, K.A. (2004), “Rural marketing: the Indian challenge”, paper presented at the National Symposium on Emerging Trends and Challenges in Rural Marketing, February 2004, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
  2. Goldney, D. and Parton, K.A. (2004), “Australian experience in rehabilitation of degraded land” paper presented at the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce, June 2004, Chennai.
  3. Goldney, D. and Parton, K.A. (2004), “The need for an integrated approach to sustainable landscape management”, paper presented at the Swaminathan Foundation World Environment Day Seminar, June 2004, Chennai.
  4. Parton, K.A. (2004), “The problem of water for the driest continent”, International Symposium on EcoTopia Science, October 2004, Nagoya.
  5. Hayman, P., Parton, K., Crean, J. and Mullen, J., 2004, “Communicating Probabilistic Climate Forecasts to Farmers - Is There a Role for Spinning Disks and Decision Trees?” Paper presented at meeting of World Meteorological Organisation Expert team on Weather Climate and Farming, November 2004, Geneva
  6. Parton, K.A., Hayman, P., Mullen, J. and Crean, J. (2004), “A discussion of the necessary conditions to make climate forecasts valuable”, paper presented at the 16th Australia-New Zealand Climate Forum, December 2004, Lorne, Victoria.
  7. Hayman, P., Mullen, J., Parton, K.A., Crean. J. and Truscott, M. (2004), “How do probabilistic seasonal climate forecasts compare with other innovations that farmers are encouraged to adopt?” paper presented at the 16th Australia-New Zealand Climate Forum, December 2004, Lorne, Victoria.
  8. Jie, F., Parton, K.A. and Cox, R.J. (2007), “Supply chain practice, supply chain performance indicators and competitive advantage of Australian beef enterprises: A conceptual framework”, paper presented at the 51st Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand.
  9. Gong, W., Parton, K.A., Cox, R.J. and Zhou, Z. (2007), “Identifying processors’ procurement preferences: implications for developing a forward contracting scheme for China’s beef industry”, paper presented at the 51st Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand.
  10. Wang, D. and Parton, K.A. (2007), “Forecasting dairy herd development in China”, paper presented at the 51st Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand.
  11. Liu, H. and Parton, K.A. (2007), “An empirical study of Chinese beef consumption”, paper presented to the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) 2007 conference, Beijing.
  12. Liu, H., Parton, K.A., Zhou, Z. and Cox, R. (2007), “Dynamics of food consumption in China: the case of meat”, presented to the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) Conference, Beijing.
  13. Crean, J., Parton, K.A. and Jones, R. (2007), “Are seasonal climate forecasts valuable to farmers in Central West NSW?” presented to the Annual Conference of the Central West Conservation Farming Association, Wellington, NSW.
  14. Jie, F., Jenkins, R. and Parton, K.A. (2007), “A systems dynamics approach to modelling in the Australian beef supply chain”, presented to the ANZAM Symposium, Melbourne.
  15. Jie, F., Parton K.A., Jenkins, R. and Cox, R. (2007), “Supply chain performance indicators for Australian beef industry: an empirical analysis” presented at the ANZAM Conference, Sydney.

Research Grants:

2004-06Land and Water Australia, $84,000, Valuing long-range weather forecasts for landholders in Australia
2004-08ACIAR, $160,000, Valuing seasonal climate forecasts in the Philippines 2008-11 ARC Discovery, $189,000, Extreme weather and population health in Australia: risk assessment, prediction of health impacts and disease burden, and adaptive strategy exploration
2008-11ACIAR, John Allwright Fellowship, $84,000, Seasonal climate forecasts and rice policy in the Philippines

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