A framework for interpreting profit–environmental trade-offs in pastoral agriculture is introduced, drawing on the concepts of economic and environmental efficiency. The approach provides insights into appropriate policy mechanisms to address the environmental footprint of agricultural...

<Para ID="Par1">Dietary Guidelines for many countries recommend that people should eat ‘nutrient dense’ foods, which are foods with a high nutrient to energy ratio; and that people should limit their intake of saturated fat, added salt or added sugar. In addition, consumers and environmentalists...</para>

Australian crop and livestock farmers face uncertain climate change and variability and a challenge for adaptation decisions. These decisions can be (1) adjustments to practices and technologies, (2) changes to production systems, or (3) transformation of industries, for example, by relocation...

The wine industry in Western Australia, like its counterparts in some other wine-making regions across the globe, faces some interesting investment choices regarding the relative merits of expenditure on promotion or production and whether export or domestic markets should be the focus for sales...

Improving farm productivity is often touted as essential for the future prospects of Australian agriculture, particularly for the export-oriented broadacre farm sector. This paper draws on farm panel data for the period 2002 to 2011. The annual components of productivity of the same group of 223...

type="main" xml:id="ajar12040-abs-0001" <p>This paper examines broadacre farm performance in south-western Australia. This region has experienced pronounced climate variability and volatile commodity prices since the late 1990s. Relationships between productivity and profitability are explored...</p>