From rainfall to farm incomes - Transforming advice for Australian drought policy. I. Development and testing of a bioeconomic modelling system

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 993-1003

  Kokic, Philip ^a,b   Nelson, Rohan ^a,b   Meinke, Holger ^c   Potgieter, Andries ^d   Carter, John ^e  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; DROUGHT; FARM; INCOME; MODEL TEST; PREDICTION; RAINFALL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 37349059257     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR06193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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