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Biosecurity in agriculture: an economic analysis of coexistence of professional and hobby production
Graziano Ceddia, Michele; Heikkilä, Jaakko; Peltola, Jukka - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society …
One component of biosecurity is protection against invasive alien species, which are one of the most important threats worldwide to native biodiversity and economic profitability in various sectors, including agriculture. However, agricultural producers are not homogeneous. They may have...
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Selling raw wool by forward contract: A qualitative analysis of the pros and cons
Jackson, Elizabeth; Quaddus, Mohammed; Islam, Nazrul; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
Australian farmers have been warned of increases in wool auction price fluctuations since 2000 (Kingwell), yet 85% of producers continue to sell their wool on the highly volatile, open-cry auction system (Bolt 2004). It has been suggested that forward selling is one method available to farmers...
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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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Agribusiness Assets in Investment Portfolios
Johnson, Michael; O'Connor, Ian; Malcolm, Bill - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
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Financing Matters
Malcolm, Bill - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011
Farms systems are open to financial systems. Financing matters. Analysis of questions about management of farms is a multi-dimensional task; focusing on economic efficiency only partly does the job. A financial system channeling funds efficiently from the non-farm sector to the farm sector,...
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Participative research on use of enhanced climate variability information within agribusiness
Brennan, Lisa E.; Carberry, Peter S.; Hochman, Zvi - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2001
agribusiness suppliers, banking and insurance companies. For example, bank lending policy and agribusiness advice was likely … affected by recent El Niño drought events. Through consultation with agribusiness suppliers, banks and insurance companies, it … farmers to agribusiness to determine whether better targeted and costeffective agribusiness services can be provided for the …
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On the economics of agricultural production
Chavas, Jean-Paul - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society …
Agriculture is in the business of using ecosystem services to produce food. Examining how agro-ecosystems function provides useful insights into the economics of agriculture. Of special interest are the presence and nature of scale effects, complementarity effects and convexity effects in...
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Modelling the South African Agricultural Production Structure and Flexibility of Input Substitution
Poonyth, Daneswar; van Zyl, Johan; Vink, Nick; Kirsten, … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2001
This paper evaluates the production structure of the South African agricultural sector for the period 1970-1998, using a translog function. The results show that the production structure is best represented by production technology that is Hicks-neutral and homothetic. This information is useful...
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From Blockades to Supply Chain Integration: Challenges of Co-ordination in the Agrifood Sector
Renwick, Alan - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2015
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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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