A5067078906- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Water resources management and optimization
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Rural development and sustainability
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Housing Market and Economics
The University of Western Australia
2016-2025
Ocean Institute
2019-2021
Sugar Research Australia (Australia)
2021
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
2021
World Bank Group
2021
The University of Adelaide
2018
The University of Queensland
2006-2018
Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
2014-2016
Australian National University
2006-2016
La Trobe University
2015
Research on the adoption of rural innovations is reviewed and interpreted through a cross-disciplinary lens to provide practical guidance for research, extension policy relating conservation practices. Adoption by landholders presented as dynamic learning process. depends range personal, social, cultural economic factors, well characteristics innovation itself. occurs when landholder perceives that in question will enhance achievement their personal goals. A goals identifiable among...
There is much existing knowledge about the factors that influence adoption of new practices in agriculture but few attempts have been made to construct predictive quantitative models for use by those planning agricultural research, development, extension and policy. ADOPT (Adoption Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool) result such an attempt, providing predictions a practice's likely rate peak level as well estimating importance various influencing adoption. It employs conceptual framework...
Agriculture stands on the cusp of a digital revolution, and same technologies that created Internet are transforming medicine now being applied in our farms fields. Overall, this agricultural revolution is driven by low cost collecting data everything from soil conditions to animal health crop development along with weather station collected drones satellites. The promise these more food, produced less land, fewer inputs smaller environmental footprint. At present, however, barriers...
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) is seeking to prepare for losses arising from climate change. This an emerging issue that challenges science and policy engage more deeply with values, places, people's experiences. We first provide insight into the framing of loss damage current approaches valuation. then draw growing literature value‐ place‐based adaptation, including limits which examines as nuanced sensitive nature lives. Complementary perspectives...
Context Many Australian mammal species are highly susceptible to predation by introduced domestic cats (Felis catus) and European red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). These predators have caused many extinctions driven large distributional population declines for more species. The serendipitous occurrence of, deliberate translocations of mammals to, ‘havens’ (cat- fox-free offshore islands, mainland fenced exclosures capable excluding foxes) has helped avoid further extinction. Aims aim this study was...
The parameter values and assumptions of any economic model are subject to change error.Sensitivity analysis (SA), broadly defined, is the investigation these potential changes errors their impacts on conclusions be drawn from model.There a very large literature procedures techniques for SA, but it includes almost nothing economists.This paper selective review overview theoretical methodological issues in SA.There many possible uses described here within categories decision support,...
Abstract Risk and uncertainty have often been suggested as causes of poor adoption rural innovations, but empirical evidence has scarce. This study focuses on a new crop‐type, chickpeas, in Western Australia to gather such evidence. The models developed are based theoretical framework that conceptualizes dynamic decision process involving information acquisition learning‐by‐doing by growers who vary their managerial abilities, risk preferences, perceptions the profitability riskiness...
<i>The choice of policy mechanisms for encouraging environmentally beneficial land-use change should depend on the relative levels private (or internal) net benefits, and public external) benefits. A map recommended is developed, depending these variables. Positive incentives, negative extension need to be targeted carefully appropriate projects—where benefits are closer zero, and/or more extremely positive or negative. Technology development suggested where costs outweigh No action many...
Risk and uncertainty have been extensively studied by agricultural economists.In this paper we question (a) the predominant use of static frameworks to formally analyse risk; (b) focus on risk aversion as motivation for considering (c) notion that explicitly probabilistic models are likely be helpful farmers in their decision making.We pose question: a risk-averse farmer, what is extra value recommendation derived from model represents aversion, compared based neutrality?The conclusion...
An extensive literature exists on environmental nonmarket valuation research. It appears that results from these studies should be useful inputs to decision‐making about policy or management. Here, we investigate the extent which this occurs in practice Australian management bodies. Nonmarket experts were surveyed their they believed have influenced policy. Then, decision‐makers bodies interviewed level of influence has had decisions. We find researchers' perceptions are overly optimistic....
Abstract Much of agricultural and agri‐environmental policy is concerned with influencing the behavior farmers in adopting new practices. An ability to understand predict adoption practices useful for several ways, including assessing additionality, selecting mechanisms, targeting practices, farmer types or regions, likely success. Clear thinking about sometimes clouded by ambiguous inconsistent language. We suggest a number terms that are more specific than “adoption.” Research needs...
Expert elicitation methods and a structured decision-making framework will help account for risk uncertainty
Abstract This paper provides a selective overview of the linkages and complementary topics in behavioral economics agricultural adoption literatures. The goal is to identify likely directions for future research at intersection adoption. agenda has potential providing valuable insight policymakers, researchers, stakeholders agriculture beyond.
Economists tend to emphasize the optimum, but in many cases, even large deviations from optimal decisions make little difference payoff. This has far-reaching implications that are under-recognized, including: (a) decision makers often have a wide margin for error their production planning decisions, and flexibility pursue factors not considered calculation of payoffs; (b) optimizing techniques sometimes limited practical relevance support; (c) value information used refine management is...