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Title: | An economic analysis of farm forestry as a means of controlling dryland salinity | Contributor(s): | Cacho, Oscar J (author) ; Greiner, Romy (author); Fulloon, Lachlan (author) | Publication Date: | 2001 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1111/1467-8489.00141 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/23136 | Abstract: | Large areas of agricultural land under conventional crops and pastures are at risk of dryland salinisation in Australia. The salinisation problem can be controlled by strategic and large-scale planting of trees; however, farm forestry enterprises evaluated with conventional discounting techniques do not generally rank as an attractive alternative to annual crops on productive land. In this article, an optimal control model that explicitly accounts for decline or improvement in land quality over a period of 40 years is presented. The optimal area planted to trees and the optimal groundwater-table trajectory through time are determined under a variety of scenarios. Implications of the results for policy design are discussed. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 45(2), p. 233-256 | Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1467-8489 1364-985X |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 050207 Environmental Rehabilitation (excl. Bioremediation) 070101 Agricultural Land Management 140201 Agricultural Economics |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960904 Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Land Management 960905 Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Water Management |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article UNE Business School |
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