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Towards a Better Understanding of Current and Future Human Resource NeedsTowards a Better Understanding of Current and Future Human Resource Needs of Australian Agriculture aims to shed light on the labour situation in Australian agriculture and to identify actions that could be taken to improve it. The research, jointly funded by Horticulture Australia Limited, AgriFood Skills Australia and the Institute, involved a detailed examination of labour demand and supply statistics for the agriculture sector, an industry survey, and the development of future labour and demand supply scenarios over the next decade. $60.00 |
Making Decisions About Environmental Water AllocationsMaking decisions about environmental water allocations is a report stemming from the collective work of two economists - Professor Jeff Bennett and Professor Mike Young - and two environmental scientists - Professor Richard Kingsford and Professor Richard Norris. $60.00 |
Agriculture, Greenhouse and Emissions Trading Conference 2009 - ProceedingsThe 2009 AGET conference took place on the 6th and 7th of may 2009 in Maroochydore, thanks to the sponsorship of the National Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industry (CCRSPI). $60.00 |
Essential Services in Urban and Regional Australia – a Quantitative Comparison
Newly released research has for the first time quantified the extra costs faced by Australia’s non-metropolitan residents in accessing essential Government services, and highlighted the need to find better ways to deliver essential services in regional Australia. The research, commissioned by the Australian Farm Institute and carried out by the National Institute of Industry and Economic Research (NIEIR), used census and other objective data to calculate the costs faced by all Australian residents in accessing essential services such as doctors, hospitals, schools, TAFE colleges and universities. These costs were then compared between metropolitan, urban and rural residents.
In releasing the report, Australian Farm Institute Executive Director Mick Keogh explained that the focus of the research was on developing a method to enable essential service accessibility to be compared between regions, and over time.
'This means that both politically and practically, the provision of essential services to non-metropolitan and especially rural residents is a major challenge.'
'Lack of transport infrastructure investment, and a likely increase in fuel costs as climate change policies are implemented will also reduce the accessibility of essential services in regional Australia, and necessitate more efforts by governments to improve service accessibility or to compensate rural residents for the lack of service access' says Mick Keogh, Australian Farm Institute Executive Director. Full ReportNovember 2009, pp. 1 - 81 (81 pages) Publisher: Australian Farm Institute Author: National Institute of Economic and Industry Research (NIEIR) ISBN 978-0-9806912-5-2 (Print) ISBN 978-0-9806912-6-9 (Web) $60.00 |
The Australian Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - An Introduction for Farmers and Agribusiness
Abstract: The scale of the potential changes the CPRS will bring about makes it very important taht farmers and agribusiness participants understand how the CPRS will operate, and what it will mean for their businesses. The first step in understanding Australia's CPRS is to gain an insight into the international agreement that Australia has committed to, because those agreements impose obligations on the nation which are reflected in the proposed design of the CPRS. Chapter 2 of the guide explains the history and key features of these international agreements, and their signifiance to Australian agriculture. Chapter 3 explains the greenhouse emission accounting rules that Australia has adopted as part of the nation's compliance with the Kyoto Protocol. Chapter 4 provides details of Australia's greenhouse emissions, and trends in national emissions over the past fifteen years. The main design features of the CPRS are detailed in Chapter 5. How the Australian Emission Units (AEU), traded in a government created market, could be purchased and traded, which businesses get free AEUs, what defines an 'eligible' forest are outilned in Chapter 6. There are some important potential ecomomic impacts of the proposed CPRS which the agricultural sector needs to consider and Chapter 7 details the results of economic modelling of these impacts. Chapter 8 provides some discussions of potential 'modes of engagement' for the farm and agribusiness sectors with the CPRS. The high degree of uncertainty that currently exists about both Australian and international climate policy makes it difficult to be too presciptive about taking early action, however there are number of actions that seems sensible, and these are outlined in Chapter 9. Full Report September 2009, pp. 1 - 60 (60 pages) Publisher: Australian Farm Institute Author: Sally Davison & Mick Keogh ISBN 978-0-9806912-1-4 (Print) ISBN 978-0-9806912-2-1 (Web)
$60.00 |
Some Impacts on Agriculture of an Australian Emissions Trading SchemeFull Report $60.00 |
Australia's Emissions Trading Scheme - Knowledge Gaps and Research Needs for Primary IndustriesFull Report ISBN: 978-0-9805475-5-5-9 $60.00 |
Preliminary Modelling of the Farm-Level Impacts of the Australian Greenhouse Emissions Trading SchemeFull Report $60.00 |
Value in Value Chains - Collaborative Business Models and Farm Accreditation Systems ExaminedFull Report $60.00 |
Estimating the Value of Environmental Services Provided by Australian FarmersFull Report $60.00 |
Agriculture, Greenhouse and Emissions Trading Summit ProceedingsFull Report $60.00 |
The Implications for Australian Agriculture of Changing Demand for Animal Protein in AsiaFull Report $60.00 |
Developing a Good Regulatory Practice Model for Environmental Regulations Impacting on FarmersFull Report $60.00 |
The New Challenge for Australian Agriculture- How Do You Muster a Paddock of CarbonFull Report $44.00 |
Productivity Growth in Australian Agriculture - Trends, Sources, PerformanceFull Report $60.00 |
Enhancing the Customer Focus of Australian AgricultureFull Report $60.00 |
Vertical Contracting and Australian Agriculture - Implications for Farmers and Policy-MakersFull Report $60.00 |
Agricultural Development in Argentina and Brazil - Emerging Trends and Implications for Australian AgricultureFull Report $60.00 |
Australian Farm Sector Demography - Analysis of Current Trends and Future Farm Policy ImplicationsFull Report $60.00 |
Australia's Farm-Dependent Economy - Analysis of the Role of Agriculture in the Australian EconomyFull Report $60.00 |
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