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Gabriele, Alberto; Vanzetti, David - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005

Numerous solutions to the global coffee crisis have been suggested, including some form of supply constraint. UNCTAD …’s Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (ATPSM) is used to assess the likely changes in coffee prices and export revenues of … long run. Other coffee exporters would increase their exports and therefore would gain proportionally more. Further gains …

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Food Choice and Nutrition in Fiji

Hone, Phillip - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2004

Obesity related health problems are a potentially significant cost to Fiji. The factors driving the trend towards increased obesity are analysed. The potential for reducing the rate of increase in obesity by influincing individual food choice decisions is evaluated and a policy framework is...

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Priorities for Papua New Guinea Agricultural Research - An ACIAR Project

Antony, George; Kauzi, Gae; Prior, Bob - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1988

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Inorganic Fertiliser Inputs to Himalayan Agriculture: Some Issues in Pricing

Dixon, J.M. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1988

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An Analysis of the Technical Efficiency of Cotton Farmers in the Punjab province in Pakistan

Hussain, Muhammad Sajid; Coelli, Tim J.; Simmons, Phil - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1999

In this paper we analyse the technical efficiency of cotton farmers in the Punjab Province in Pakistan. Technical efficiency is measured relative to a stochastic frontier production function (SFPF). The estimated model includes a function in which technical efficiency is made an explicit...

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Variety Choice by Australian Wheat Growers and Implications for Genetic Diversity

Brennan, John P.; Godden, David P.; Smale, Melinda; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1999

Genetic diversity in agricultural systems relies on both the supply of diversity through varieties produced by breeding programs, and the demand for that diversity, through farmers' usage of varieties. Variety choice by farmers is demonstrated through the mix of varieties that is grown in a...

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Farming Options for Ameliorating Acidifying Soils in South - Eastern Australia: An Economic Assessment.

Islam, Q.; Mullen, John D.; Brennan, John P.; Li, G.D.; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1999

Acid and acidifying soils occur extensively in Australia. Currently, some 90 million hectares of agricultural land in Australia is considered to be acidic and around 35 million hectares are considered to be highly acidic which is both a serious agricultural and environmental problem. The nature,...

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Measurement of Crop Genetic Diversity in Economic Analysis

Meng, Erika C.H.; Smale, Melinda; Ruifa, Hu; Brennan, … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1999

In recent years, output on genetic diversity in the economic literature has included conceptual pieces on the definition and measurement of crop genetic diversity, methodologies for estimating its value, and efforts to analyze its contribution to productivity and stability. However, because...

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Wheat breeding, productivity and slow variety change: evidence from the Punjab of India after the Green Revolution

Smale, Melinda; Singh, Joginder; Di Falco, Salvatore; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society …

Variety change and genetic diversity are important means of combating crop losses from pests and diseases in modern agricultural systems. Since the Green Revolution, genetic diversity among wheat varieties released in India has increased but variety change on farms continues to be slow. In this...

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Changing Patterns of Wheat Production and Consumption in China: Trade Implications

Tian, Wei-Ming; Zhou, Zhang-Yue; Cao, Yi-Yang - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2000

In the 1980s and early 1990s, wheat imports accounted for about four-fifths of China's import of cereals, and imported wheat accounts for about 30 percent of wheat supply. As a result of the many recent developments in Chinese government’s policy on wheat production and marketing as well as...

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