Assessing the potential benefits of alternative cane supply arrangements in the Australian sugar industry

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 623-638

  Higgins, Andrew J ^a   Muchow, Russell C ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Australian sugar industry; Increased profitability; Optimisation; Optimisation modeling; Options analysis; Options for alternative cane supplies; Participatory research; Sugarcane; Whole of industry research

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; CROP YIELD; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; SUGAR CANE;

AUSTRALIA;

ARUNDINARIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0037400826     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(02)00031-8     Document Type: Article

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