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Productivity in the New Zealand Primary and Downstream Sectors

Cao, Kay; Forbes, Rod - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 15 (2007)

In this paper, we report our results in measuring total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the New Zealand primary and … downstream manufacturing sectors. Our results showed strong TFP growth in the agriculture sector during 1988-2006 (2.7 percent … per year). Forestry and loggingâ€™s TFP grew at a lower rate (1.5 percent) which is similar to that of the economy average …

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Production Response and Input Demand in Decision Making: Nitrogen Fertilizer and Wheat Growers

Farquharson, Robert J. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)

The use of economic analysis to aid farm input investment decisions has been contentious because of observed flatness of economic response in the region of the optimum input. In this paper an application of a crop simulation model, to specify the production response, in conjunction with...

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The Cost to the Bali Beef Industry of the October 2002 Terrorist Attack

Ambarawati, I Gusti Agung Ayu; Zhao, Xueyan; Griffith, … - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 12 (2004)

The island of Bali is one of the main cattle producing areas for Indonesia. Bali is also known for its extensive tourist sector. Frozen and chilled beef are imported to fulfil the tourist demand. This imported beef, most of it from Australia, competes with the local beef in the tourist sector....

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Will Genetically Modified Canola be Adopted in WA?

Crowe, Bronwyn; Pluske, Johanna M. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)

Despite approval being given by the Gene Technology Regulator to plant genetically modified (GM) canola varieties in Australia, the question as to whether farmers would be prepared to grow GM canola is still being explored. The purpose of this paper is to establish not only if producers would...

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AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING AND THE WA ECONOMY: A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS

Johnson, Peter; Islam, Nazrul - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 12 (2004)

This paper investigates the impact of an expansion in agricultural processing on the Western Australian economy by modifying and applying a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) economic model of Western Australia (called WAM). WAM was used to simulate the effects of a $1 million expansion in...

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Assessing buyers' requirements for fresh produce in the formal market sector of PNG

Chang, Hui-Shung; Griffith, Garry R. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 19 (2011)

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Modelling the effects of a temporary loss of export markets in case of a foot and mouth disease outbreak in Australia: Preliminary results on costs to Australian beef producers and...

Cao, Liangyue; Klijn, Nico; Gleeson, Trish - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 11 (2003)

The size of the cost to the Australian beef industry of a potential loss of major beef export markets following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Australia is important in determining appropriate precautions. The size of this cost is evaluated with a dynamic bioeconomic model of...

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Quality Assurance Certification and Implementation: Growers' Costs and Perceived Benefits

Kingwell, Ross S. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 11 (2003)

This study reports findings from a mail survey of Western Australian broadacre farmers participating in quality assurance (QA) accreditation. A 50 percent response rate generated a sample size of 78 usable replies. The average farm in the survey spent $13,470 gaining QA accreditation, upgrading...

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Beef Feedlot Supply Response in Australia

Griffith, Garry R.; Coddington, Anna; Murdoch, Scott - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 12 (2004)

Reliable estimates of demand and supply elasticities are required for industry-wide evaluations of new agricultural technologies, new primary product promotion campaigns or new policy initiatives impacting on agricultural industries. In developing an equilibrium displacement model of the...

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Valuing a Test for Nitrogen Status in Rice

Singh, Rajinder Pal; Williams, Robert L.; Mullen, John D.; … - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 13 (2005)

Nitrogen is a crucial input for the efficient production of rice and is generally applied in two split treatments, before flooding the rice paddocks at sowing time and within a week after the beginning of the panicle initiation stage. There is no pre-sowing test to estimate nitrogen requirements...

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