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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Exploring Environmental-Economic Benefits from Agri-Industrial Diversification in the Sugar Industry: An Integrated Land Use and Value Chain Approach
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| Autores: |
Roebeling, Peter C.
Smith, D. Mark
van Grieken, Martijn
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| Data: |
2006-06-20
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Spatial economics
Environmental economics
Value chains
Agri-industries
Water quality
Environmental Economics and Policy
Land Economics/Use
C6
O18
Q13
Q53
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| 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.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
22573
http://purl.umn.edu/25755
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia
Contributed Paper
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| Formato: |
16
application/pdf
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