Informing policy design for water quality improvements in the sugarcane industries adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef: a case study approach

Brooke Edwards, Robert Sluggett and Miriam East

No 152148, 2013 Conference (57th), February 5-8, 2013, Sydney, Australia from Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

Abstract: To achieve water quality targets, management practice change in the sugar cane industry has been a large focus for natural resource management initiatives such as Reef Plan and Reef Rescue. Considerable public funds have been targeted at landholders to change on-ground management practices. However, the economic implications for landholders are not well understood. To further inform future policy development of the upcoming Reef Water Quality Protection Plan 3 and Reef Rescue 2, the economic costs and benefits to landholders are required. This research used a case study approach to consider the economic implications of improved soil management through an extended fallow period in the Mackay-Whitsunday region. The results demonstrate the complexity of creating effective policy design for adoption of improved management practices for water quality in a semi perennial farming system.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 2013-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.152148

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