Associate Professor Guy Roth
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Sydney Institute of Agriculture.
Guy Roth is the Director Northern Region Agriculture at The University of Sydney’s Narrabri Campus. He has worked for 25 years as a scientist, research manager and educator in agriculture.He is Chair of the National Primary Industries Water Use in Agriculture, Research and Development & Extension strategy and leads a national “Smarter Irrigation for Profit” project related to the cotton, dairy, rice and sugarcane industries. Guy was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of the Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative Research Centre and and in 2016 Guy was awarded the Cotton Industry’s Researcher of the Year Award.
Dr Roth’s interests are focused on improving the productivity of farmers, fostering healthy and sustainable rural communities, contributing to agricultural education and facilitating research – industry collaborations.
His specific research interests span crop water relations, soil management, dryland cropping systems, remote sensing, digital and precision agriculture, food provenance, irrigation scheduling and agricultural sustainability reporting.
Dr Roth is a science in agriculture communication specialist and also has experience in knowledge and adoption strategy for rural industries. He has written and edited publications for journals, books, conferences and has run a number of forums/conferences for researchers and farmers.
Earlier in his career Guy was a Lecturer at The University New England, Armidale in agronomy and soil science. His main role was teaching the Cotton CRC cotton course undertaken by consultants, agronomists, and the agribusiness sector. He has completed a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education at UNE, which helped place a greater emphasis on adult learning principles, problem solving skills, communication, group work and evaluation.
The course won the National Award, Business & Higher Education Round Table Award (BHERT Achievement in Collaborative Education and Training) and he was presented the “Corporate Citizenship” award by the Chief Executive.
Dr Roth also taught the Agricultural Systems Unit to final year Rural Science Students, and was a member of UNE Farms Committee, Patron of Rural Science Undergraduate Society.
He has co supervised 7 PhD students, 4 masters students and around 40 Honours students.
Cotton Reseracher of Year Award 2016. http://www.australiancottonawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Case-Study-Dr-Guy-Roth-Final.pdf
Publications
Journals
- Simmons, A., Brandão, M., Ritchie, Z., Roth, G. (2023). Environmental consequences of a consumer shift from dairy- to soy-based products. Crop and Pasture Science. [More Information]
- Shrestha, A., Simmons, A., Roth, G. (2023). Water Use in Australian Irrigated Agriculture—Sentiments of Twitter Users. Water, 15(15). [More Information]
- Verhoeven, E., Wardle, G., Roth, G., Greenville, A. (2022). Characterising the spatiotemporal dynamics of drought and wet events in Australia. Science of the Total Environment, 846(157480). [More Information]
Conferences
- van der Sluijs, M., Roth, G. (2022). COMPARING DRYLAND COTTON UPLAND FIBER QUALITY FROM ON-BOARD SPINDLE AND STRIPPER HARVESTING SYSTEMS. The 2022 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Texas: National Cotton Council of America.
- Filippi, P., Jones, E., Ginns, B., Whelan, B., Roth, G., Bishop, T. (2019). A novel approach to map the depth to a soil pH constraint – a useful tool for understanding yield variability. 19th Australian Agronomy Conference 2019, Wagga Wagga: Australian Society of Agronomy.
Research Reports
- Roth, G., Day, P., Foley, J., Gall, L., Hills, J., Jamali, H., Jaramillo, A., McAllister, A., McCarthy, A., et al (2018). Smarter Irrigation for Profit: A snapshot of research, Narrabri, Australia: Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC).
- Roth, G., Jenson, M., Foley, J., Gall, L., Hills, J., Jamali, H., Jaramillo, A., McAllister, A., McCarthy, A., et al (2018). Smarter Irrigation for Profit: Case Studies, (pp. 1 - 15). Narrabri, Australia: Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC).
2023
- Simmons, A., Brandão, M., Ritchie, Z., Roth, G. (2023). Environmental consequences of a consumer shift from dairy- to soy-based products. Crop and Pasture Science. [More Information]
- Shrestha, A., Simmons, A., Roth, G. (2023). Water Use in Australian Irrigated Agriculture—Sentiments of Twitter Users. Water, 15(15). [More Information]
2022
- Verhoeven, E., Wardle, G., Roth, G., Greenville, A. (2022). Characterising the spatiotemporal dynamics of drought and wet events in Australia. Science of the Total Environment, 846(157480). [More Information]
- van der Sluijs, M., Roth, G. (2022). COMPARING DRYLAND COTTON UPLAND FIBER QUALITY FROM ON-BOARD SPINDLE AND STRIPPER HARVESTING SYSTEMS. The 2022 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Texas: National Cotton Council of America.
- Gallagher, D., Roth, G., McBratney, A. (2022). Interactive soil moisture interface of multi-depth change over time. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 204(107508). [More Information]
2021
- van der Sluijs, H., Roth, G. (2021). Comparing dryland cotton upland fibre quality from on-board spindle and stripper harvesting systems. Journal of the Textile Institute, 112(2), 192-199. [More Information]
- Marang, I., Filippi, P., Weaver, T., Evans, B., Whelan, B., Bishop, T., Murad, M., Al-Shammari, D., Roth, G. (2021). Machine learning optimised hyperspectral remote sensing retrieves cotton nitrogen status. Remote Sensing, 13(8), 1586. [More Information]
2019
- Filippi, P., Jones, E., Ginns, B., Whelan, B., Roth, G., Bishop, T. (2019). A novel approach to map the depth to a soil pH constraint – a useful tool for understanding yield variability. 19th Australian Agronomy Conference 2019, Wagga Wagga: Australian Society of Agronomy.
- Filippi, P., Jones, E., Ginns, B., Whelan, B., Roth, G., Bishop, T. (2019). Mapping the Depth-to-Soil pH Constraint, and the Relationship with Cotton and Grain Yield at the Within-Field Scale. Agronomy, 9(5), 1-15. [More Information]
- Roth, G. (2019). Seizing water research opportunities - a necessary grand challenge. Farm Policy Journal, 16(2), 24-34.
2018
- Roth, G., Day, P., Foley, J., Gall, L., Hills, J., Jamali, H., Jaramillo, A., McAllister, A., McCarthy, A., et al (2018). Smarter Irrigation for Profit: A snapshot of research, Narrabri, Australia: Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC).
- Roth, G., Jenson, M., Foley, J., Gall, L., Hills, J., Jamali, H., Jaramillo, A., McAllister, A., McCarthy, A., et al (2018). Smarter Irrigation for Profit: Case Studies, (pp. 1 - 15). Narrabri, Australia: Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC).
2013
- Roth, G., Harris, G., Gillies, M., Montgomery, J., Wigginton, D. (2013). Water-use efficiency and productivity trends in Australian irrigated cotton: A review. Crop and Pasture Science, 64(43080), 1033-1048. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2023
- One Basin Cooperative Research Centre - Tier 1-2 Partners Agreement, Membership & Side letter ONLY (1BCRC), Becker J, Roth G, One Basin CRC Ltd/Research Grant
- Seeking regionally specific guidelines for cover crops through cotton-farmer-led best practice and soil security, McBratney A, O'Donoghue T, Roth G, Cattle S, Cotton Research and Development Corporation/Research and Development Projects
2022
- PRO-016279 The Industrial Hemp Variety Trials - Trial Provider - New South Wales and Queensland, Roth G, AgriFutures Australia/Research and Development Projects
- Roth G (2014) Australian Grown Cotton Sustainability Report, Cotton Research and Development Corporation, Australian Government. 76 pp. http://www.crdc.com.au/publications/australian-grown-cotton-sustainability-report
In the media
http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/rural-news/2016-12-27/urban-wheat-crop-grown-on-narrabri-footpath-provides-harvest/8142332
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/.../f18a6c0eb6ba426c41ab9bfb49555400
https://farmers.org.au/community/blog/producing-food-for-the-world.html
