The impact of climate change on the irrigated agricultural industries in the Murray-Darling Basin

Ahmed Hafi, Sally Thorpe and Adam Foster

No 47648, 2009 Conference (53rd), February 11-13, 2009, Cairns, Australia from Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

Abstract: Climate change is expected to significantly reduce water availability in the Murray-Darling Basin. This paper details a bio-physical economic model of the Basin regions which has been developed to estimate the effect of reduced water availability on irrigated agriculture. In the model, regions are linked through a network of water and salt flows, while crop yields respond to irrigation and salinity. The model allows water trade to be restricted to regions or to be unrestricted across the basin. The paper also develops a hypothetical scenario to demonstrate the model.

Pages: 17
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.47648

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