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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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Econometric analysis on economies of scale: An application to rice and shrimp production in Thailand
Mekhora, Thamrong - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1999
Shrimp production in Thailand has historically been undertaken in the saline and brackish waters of coastal mangroves. In recent years rising demand and prices for shrimp and falling productivity of mangrove areas have motivated an expansion of shrimp production into the fresh-water margins of...
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FARM DAMS - ARE THEY AN OPTION FOR THE QUEENSLAND SUGAR INDUSTRY
Schuurs, Mark; Wegener, Malcolm K. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1999
Sugar cane farms are the single biggest user of irrigation water in Queensland. Recent drought and unreliable rainfall patterns in areas traditionally reliant on rainfall for crop production has resulted in increasing interest in, and adoption of supplementary irrigation to help underpin...
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Economic Analysis of Honey Bee Disease Management Strategies for the South Australian Apiary Industry
Ronan, Glenn; Petrenas, Elena - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1999
South Australia’s Minister for Primary Industries, Natural Resources and Regional Development in 1996 delegated to an industry based Apiary Task Force the role to develop and implement a cost effective disease control strategy. Underlying this broad term of reference was the need to increase...
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Accounting for Growth in Australia’s Grape and Wine Industries, 1986 to 2003
Wittwer, Glyn; Anderson, Kym - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1999
This paper seeks first to quantify the relative importance of the different factors contributing to growth in Australia’s wine industry over the ten years to 1996. This growth accounting exercise uses an economy-wide model for Australia that separately distinguishes nonpremium from premium red...
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National Competition Policu and its effects on rural Australia: A comparative analysis of three industries
Purcell, Tim; Beard, Rodney - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1999
In this paper we review some recent studies of the impact of National Competition Policy on rural Australia. National Competition Policy has tended to assume that both domestic and international deregulation of industry leads to a shift from a noncompetitive to a competitive industry structure....
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Modelling profitable and sustainable farming systems in Central Queensland
Chudleigh, Fred; Cox, Howard W.; Chapman, Veronica J. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2002
Central Queensland’s dryland farming systems are subject to high levels of climatic variability, are seen as being relatively risky and also suffering falling profitability due (in part) to the rapid decline of nutrient content and physical structure of soils. This suggests that many farming...
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Catch, Efficiency and the Management of the Australian Northern Prawn Fishery
Kompas, Tom; Che, Nhu - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2002
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A Hedonic Price Analysis of Quality Characteristics of Chickpea in India
Agbola, Frank W.; Kelley, Timothy G.; Bent, Martin J.M.; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2002
This paper examines consumer attitudes to quality characteristics of chickpea in India. A linear hedonic price functional form was estimated using price and quality data of 52 kabuli chickpea and 128 desi-type chickpea samples obtained from major chickpea markets in India. Empirical results...
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