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| Gowen, Rebecca; Rolfe, John; Donaghy, Peter. |
| The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) and other carbon trading programs have been promoted as alternative sources of income for agricultural producers, particularly those on marginal land. This paper presents the results of a bioeconomic model developed to compare the relative returns from a beef enterprise against changing regrowth management practices to sequester additional carbon and sell carbon offsets. The model is constructed based on a 1000 hectare parcel of land in Central Queensland and is calculated for two landtypes; Brigalow and Eucalypt. Assuming zero transaction costs and a 20 year contract period, a carbon-cattle enterprise has higher returns that a cattle-only enterprise at relatively low carbon prices for both land types. However, results... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Carbon; Bioeconomic modelling; Grazing economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124311 |
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| Star, Megan; Donaghy, Peter; Rolfe, John. |
| The Fitzroy Basin is one of the largest catchment areas in Australia covering 143,000 km² and is the largest catchment for the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon. Recent research has identified that poor water quality is having negative impacts on the GBR. Grazing beef cattle is the dominant land use in the Fitzroy Basin (90% by area) and has been identified as the major contributor of sediment (~%90) and organic nutrient loads to the GBR lagoon. A bioeconomic model has been developed which determines the cost ($/tonne of sediment) incurred by graziers in implementing strategies that increase ground cover and land condition. The results demonstrate the implications of land type, grazing pressure, tree basal area and enterprise operation on optimal grazing... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59163 |
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| Gowen, Rebecca; Rolfe, John; Donaghy, Peter. |
| This paper reports research seeking to understand the economic implications for central Queensland graziers of participating in a carbon trading scheme and to measure the likely participation of graziers in an emissions trading scheme under various market design scenarios. An initial desktop study was undertaken to compare an enterprise which produced only cattle to one which produced cattle and sequestered carbon. The findings from this analysis were used to inform the design of an experimental auction to test alternative carbon trading scenarios. An experimental workshop was conducted at seven locations across central Queensland with a range of beef producers, extension officers and consultants. Participants were presented with a scenario in which they... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59082 |
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| Donaghy, Peter; Rolfe, John; Gaffney, James. |
| An undesirable consequence of grazing activities in eastern Australia is the quantity of sediment emptying into the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon. One of the challenges to reducing sediment loads stems from the lack of private incentives to improve land management practices. There is also a poor understanding of the financial implications resulting from the adoption of sustainable management practices, and, in particular the lack of scientific and economic knowledge linking on-farm management actions to catchment scale impacts. Bio-economic modelling has been used to identify the economic and environmental trade-offs encountered when grazing strategies are altered to reduce off-farm sediment movement from a black spear grass pasture in central Queensland. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Bioeconomic modelling; Grazing; Economic and environmental; Environmental Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10417 |
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| Rolfe, John; Donaghy, Peter. |
| Australian agriculture has suffered from a long-term decline in its terms of trade and a persistent cost-price squeeze. The effects on farm viability have led to declining and aging rural populations, rising rural unemployment, and substantial agricultural restructuring. To cushion these effects and assist in rural restructuring Australian State and Federal Governments have provided support to primary producers including drought aid, reconstruction aid and other support mechanisms. In Queensland the principle agency responsible for providing this support is the Queensland Rural Adjustment Authority (QRAA). This paper will examine the recent pattern of support QRAA has provided the Queensland beef industry and comment on its effectiveness and flow-on effects. |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Welfare; Restructuring; Beef industry; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123631 |
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