Labour scarcity restricts the potential scale of grazed perennial plants in the Western Australian wheatbelt

Animal Production Science

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 883-893

  Doole, Graeme J ^a,b   Bathgate, Andrew D ^c   Robertson, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Farming Systems Analysis Service   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Labour supply; Land degradation; Whole farm modelling

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICE; EROSION CONTROL; LABOR SUPPLY; LAND DEGRADATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MIXED FARMING; NATURAL RESOURCE; PASTURE; PROFITABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATERLOGGING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349327880     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA08284     Document Type: Article

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