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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Exploring Environmental-Economic Benefits from Agri-Industrial Diversification in the Sugar Industry: An Integrated Land Use and Value Chain Approach
Autores: | Roebeling,   Peter C.; Smith,   D. Mark; van Grieken,   Martijn.
Data: | 2006-06-20
Ano: | 2006
Palavras-chave: | Spatial economics; Environmental economics; Value chains; Agri-industries; Water quality; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; C6; O18; Q13; Q53.
Resumo: | The sugar industry in Queensland (Australia) is confronted with increasing economic pressure and environmental constraints. To explore whether agri-industrial diversification of the sugar industry provides a sustainable development pathway for the region, we develop a spatial environmental-economic approach that integrates a land use and value chain model with a hydrological model. Results indicate that agri-industrial diversification can lead to substantial increases in regional income, while at the same time increasing the resilience of a sugar industry facing decreasing sugar prices. Agri-industrial diversification drives land use diversification, which under current sugar prices does not lead to a reduction in sugarcane production. Water quality benefits from this land use diversification are mixed, and depend on the economic viability and erosion characteristics of the concerned production systems.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

22573

http://purl.umn.edu/25755

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

International Association of Agricultural Economists&gt;2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia

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Formato:

16

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