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Renato Villano

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2581-6623

Accepting PhD/HDR Students

1999 …2025

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Biographical Details

Rene Villano is a Professor of Economics focusing on the area of agricultural economics, applied econometrics, development economics, and socio-economics. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) and has over 25 years of experience conducting research for development projects across Asia, the Pacific, and Africa. His work focuses on the analysis of farmer behaviour, farming systems, gender, poverty and food security, agribusiness, impact evaluation, and social and poverty analysis. Recently, he was a member of a multidisciplinary project funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) in Indonesia, South Africa, India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
 
He is an educator and active higher degree research supervisor. He has successfully supervised to completion more than 30 PhD and several dozens of Masters and Honours students. He continues and enjoys teaching in the area of business analytics and statistics, econometrics, and research methods. He was a recipient of the UNE’s Awards for Teaching Excellence and the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (ALTC Citation). He is currently a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE).
 
He has published in leading international and regional journals. He was a former Assistant Scientist and Visiting Research Fellow at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) at Los Baños, Philippines. He is also an Honorary Professor at Shandong Institute of Business and Technology, China. He was formerly an Associate Editor of the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics and currently on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics and the ASEAN Journal of Economics, Management, and Accounting.
 

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  3. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  4. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  5. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  6. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  7. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

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  • Improving Adoption and Scaling of proven beef production technologies in Nusa Tenggara Barat and Kalimantan Selatan

    Burrow, H. (UNE Lead Investigator), Askina, B. (Co-Investigator), Dahlanuddin, D. (Co-Investigator), Do Amaral Valerio, E. (Co-Investigator), Edriantina, R. (Co-Investigator), Fachry, A. (Co-Investigator), Fatah, L. (Co-Investigator), Fauzan, M. (Co-Investigator), Hamdan, A. (Co-Investigator), Hasbiyanto, A. (Co-Investigator), Hermansyah, H. (Co-Investigator), Hilmiati, N. (Co-Investigator), Maskur, M. (Co-Investigator), McGilchrist, P. (Co-Investigator), Nugroho, S. (Co-Investigator), Panjaitan, T. (Co-Investigator), Prior, J. (Co-Investigator), Putra, R. (Co-Investigator), Rahmatullailah, R. (Co-Investigator), Saramba, M. A. (Co-Investigator), Subahan, A. (Co-Investigator), Sukri, M. (Co-Investigator), Sumantri, I. (Co-Investigator), Supriyadi, D. (Co-Investigator), Susanti, F. (Co-Investigator), Sutaryono, Y. (Co-Investigator), Syahdan, R. (Co-Investigator), Taqiuddin, M. (Co-Investigator), Thei, S. (Co-Investigator), Uyun, J. (Co-Investigator), Villano, R. (Co-Investigator) & Yanti, N. (Co-Investigator)

    20/05/20 → 14/07/22

    Project: Grant

  • LS/2015/047: Improving cattle production and smallholder livelihoods in crop-based farming systems in Indonesia

    Burrow, H. (UNE Lead Investigator), Baker, D. (Co-Investigator), Chang, C. (Co-Investigator), Coleman, M. (Co-Investigator), Cowley, F. (Co-Investigator), Freitas Gerber, P. (Co-Investigator), Griffith, G. (Co-Investigator), Halliday, M. (Co-Investigator), Hegarty, R. (Co-Investigator), Lobry De Bruyn, L. (Co-Investigator), McGilchrist, P. (Co-Investigator), Morales, E. (Co-Investigator), Murphy, A. (Co-Investigator), Prior, J. (Co-Investigator), Roschinsky, R. (Co-Investigator), Ruhnke, I. (Co-Investigator), Sheridan, A. (Co-Investigator), Villano, R. (Co-Investigator), Walkden-Brown, S. (Co-Investigator) & Wilson, R. (Co-Investigator)

    1/10/18 → 28/02/21

    Project: Grant

  • Project Agreement relating to ACIAR CSE/2012/108 Enhancing farm-household management decision-making for increased productivity in the Eastern Gangetic Plains

    Villano, R. (UNE Lead Investigator)

    1/07/18 → 30/06/23

    Project: Grant

  • CropCow initial training and project development activities

    Burrow, H. (UNE Lead Investigator), Chang, C. (Co-Investigator), Coleman, M. (Co-Investigator), Cowley, F. (Co-Investigator), Halliday, M. (Co-Investigator), Prior, J. (Co-Investigator), Roschinsky, R. (Co-Investigator), Villano, R. (Co-Investigator), Anggraeny, Y. N. (Partner Investigator), Antari, R. (Partner Investigator), Dahlanuddin, D. (Partner Investigator), Fachry, A. (Partner Investigator), Gregory, A. (Partner Investigator), Higgins, S. (Partner Investigator), Hilmiati, N. (Partner Investigator), Panjaitan, T. (Partner Investigator), Prameswari, F. (Partner Investigator), Rohaeni, E. S. (Partner Investigator), Sumantri, I. (Partner Investigator), Syamsal, N. (Partner Investigator) & Taqiuddin, T. (Partner Investigator)

    12/06/18 → 30/06/19

    Project: Grant

  • Improving smallholder beef supply and livelihoods through cattle-palm system integration in Indonesia

    Ackerman, J. (UNE Lead Investigator), Chang, C. (Co-Investigator), Coleman, M. (Co-Investigator), Cowley, F. (Co-Investigator), Halliday, M. (Co-Investigator), Lobry De Bruyn, L. (Co-Investigator), Morales, E. (Co-Investigator), Murphy, A. (Co-Investigator), Prior, J. (Co-Investigator), Roschinsky, R. (Co-Investigator), Villano, R. (Co-Investigator) & Wilson, B. (Co-Investigator)

    1/05/18 → 28/02/21

    Project: Grant

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