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Managing forests, livestock, and crops under global warming: a micro-econometric analysis of land use changes in Africa
Seo, S. Niggol - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 54 (2010) 2
This paper examines potential land use changes in Africa under climate change by building an integrated model of crop management, animal husbandry, and forestry. Using micro-level decisions from around 9000 household surveys in 11 countries, we analyze the choice of land types across the...
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Economic development lessons from and for North American Indian economies
Anderson, Terry L.; Parker, Dominic P. - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 53 (2009) 1
This paper reviews the literature on economic development as it relates to indigenous people in the United States and Canada, and focuses on how institutions affect economic development of reservation and reserve economies. Evidence shows that strong property rights to reservation and reserve...
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The costs and benefits of land fragmentation of rice farms in Japan
Kawasaki, Kentaro - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 54 (2010) 4
Land fragmentation, in which a farm operates multiple, separate plots of land, is a common phenomenon in Japan and many other countries. Usually, land fragmentation is regarded as a harmful phenomenon as it increases production costs and reduces the advantages of scale economies. However, it is...
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Land tenure and farm management efficiency: the case of paddy and cinnamon production in customary land areas of Sumatra
Suyanto, S.; Tomich, Thomas P.; Otsuka, Keijiro - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 45 (2001) 3
This study attempts to identify the impacts of land tenure institutions on the efficiency of farm management based on a case study of lowland paddy (rice) and upland cinnamon production in customary land areas of Sumatra. While the traditional joint‐family ownership system is found to exist in...
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Modelling socially optimal land allocations for sugar cane growing in North Queensland: a linked mathematical programming and choice modelling study
Mallawaarachchi, Thilak; Quiggin, John C. - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 45 (2001) 3
A modelling framework is developed to determine the joint economic and environmental net benefits of alternative land allocation strategies. Estimates of community preferences for preservation of natural land, derived from a choice modelling study, are used as input to a model of agricultural...
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Charging for the use of plant varieties
Kingwell, Ross S. - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 45 (2001) 2
Private and many publicly funded plant breeding organisations charge farmers for use of varieties they develop. This article compares four alternative charging mechanisms and outlines responses to these alternatives by farmers and plant breeders. Risk‐averse farmers and breeders are shown to...
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Crop genetic resource policy: the role of ex situ genebanks
Wright, Brian D. - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 41 (1997) 1
The world-wide capacity of genebanks for ex situ conservation of crop genetic resources has increased greatly since the 1970s, improving the access of crop breeders to landraces and wild and weedy relatives. But utilization of genebank resources has not kept pace. The set of popular cultivars in...
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Economic contribution of French serradella ( Ornithopus sativus Brot.) pasture to integrated weed management in Western Australian mixed-farming systems: an application of compress...
Doole, Graeme J.; Pannell, David J.; Revell, Clinton K. - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 53 (2009) 2
Sowing phases of French serradella ( Ornithopus sativus Brot.) pasture between extended cropping sequences in the … use. The objective of this article is to investigate the profitability of rotations involving this pasture under a variety … densities and with increasing levels of herbicide resistance. A single year of pasture in the rotation is optimal if resistance …
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Evaluating combined land conservation benefits from perennial pasture: lucerne ( Medicago sativa L.) for management of dryland salinity and herbicide resistance in Western Australi...
Doole, Graeme J.; Pannell, David J. - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 53 (2009) 2
The inclusion of perennial pasture phases in cropping rotations has been widely promoted throughout Australia for … herbicideresistant weeds. No previous economic analysis of perennial pasture has considered both of these benefits. This study combines a … assess the economics of herbicide-resistance management. We present a case study of the perennial pasture lucerne ( Medicago …
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Exploring the cost effectiveness of land conservation auctions and payment policies
Connor, Jeffery D.; Ward, John R.; Bryan, Brett - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 52 (2008) 3
This article evaluates the cost-effectiveness of the Catchment Care Australian conservation auction. It provides evidence of auction cost effectiveness, and estimates cost savings from two discrete components: (i) the opportunity cost revelation incentive provided by the auction mechanism, and...
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