The economic value of saltland pastures in a mixed farming system in Western Australia

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 371-389

  O'Connell, Michael ^a   Young, John ^b   Kingwell, Ross ^c  

^a Office Tower Building   (Australia)

^b Farming Systems Analysis Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dryland salinity; Farm modelling; Farm profitability; Recharge management; Saltland pasture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; MIXED FARMING; VALUATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 33645213054     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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