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Broadacre farm productivity trajectories and farm characteristics

Islam, Nazrul; Kingwell, Ross; Xayavong, Vilaphonh; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013

Improving farm productivity is often touted as essential for the future prospects of Australian agriculture, particularly for the export-oriented broadacre farm sector. This paper draws on farm panel data for the period 2002 to 2011. The annual components of productivity of the same group of 223...

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The Cost and Trade Impacts of Environmental Regulations: Effluent Controls and the New Zealand Dairy Sector

Cassells, Sue M.; Meister, Anton D.; Rae, Allan N. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2000

In New Zealand the Resource Management Act 1991 has put standards in place regarding surface and ground water quality. Nitrogen leaching from dairy effluent compromises these standards; consequently the nation-wide aim is to have all dairy farms operating land-based effluent disposal. An...

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Another Look at the WTO Negotiations on Agriculture

Vanzetti, David; Peters, Ralf - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006

The WTO negotiations on the reform of agricultural tariffs, export subsidies and domestic support is proving to be increasingly frustrating with little progress since prior to the Cancun Ministerial of August 2003, apart from an agreement to keep talking. In this paper a possible outcome in the...

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Adjustment of Exchange Rate and its Impact on Sri Lanka’s Agriculture under Policy Reforms

Yamaguchi, Mitoshi; Sanker, M.S. SriGowri - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006

This paper empirically evaluates the performance of the Sri Lanka’s agricultural sector under policy reforms with respect to the exchange rate implications. Under the policy reforms, the exchange rate reforms made considerable impact on the agriculture exports, input and food imports and...

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Open Wide: Vietnam’s Agricultural Trade Policy

Vanzetti, David - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006

Vietnam is about to join the WTO. As a major exporter of rice, coffee, cashew nuts and pepper, accession to the WTO will have little impact on these export markets, as tariffs on these exports are already low. However, accession will require Vietnam to expose some of its inefficient agricultural...

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Rising interest in credence qualities in agricultural products and the role for government

Cole, Anne; Harris, Jane - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005

Consumers are increasingly interested in the impacts of agricultural production on the environment, animals, workers, health etc – all examples of credence attributes. While governments set and enforce minimum requirements regarding these attributes, roles for government in markets for...

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China's Regional Feedgrain Trade Patterns and Responses to Price Changes

Xin, Xian; Wan, Guang Hua; Liu, Xiao-Yun - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2002

Using a hypbrid transport model, this paper examines feegrain trade flows among regions in China and possible responses to likely price falls on China's accession to the WTO.

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Exchange Rates and Foreign Direct Investment: Theoretical Models and Empirical Evidence

Phillips, Shauna; Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society …

Over the past decades, growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) has stimulated significant attempts at developing theories that explain this trend. One line of this research explores the relationship between exchange rates and FDI. There is no consensus about the nature of this relationship in...

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Determining the Role of Social Capital in Linking Smallholders with Agribusiness

Patrick, Ian; Marshall, Graham R.; Abdurrahman, Muktasam; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006

agribusiness has been variable. Two recent ACIAR studies concluded that there may be more to linking smallholders with the … agribusiness sector than individual smallholder characteristics. This paper hypothesizes that social capital influences the ability … of individual smallholders to take advantage of emerging agribusiness opportunities. It outlines a project proposed by …

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Optimal Feed Mill Blending

Tozer, Peter R.; Stokes, Jeffrey R. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006

Commercial feed blending is a complex process consisting of many potential raw ingredients and final products. The sheer number of daily orders and final products at a typical feed mill means that raw ingredients cannot be mixed to directly produce final products in an economical fashion. As a...

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