Economic Development and Indigenous Australia: Contestations over Property, Institutions and Ideology?

Economic development for remote Indigenous communities cannot be understood in the native title era unless the relative importance of customary activity is recognised. This paper uses a three-sector hybrid economy framework, rather than the usual two sector private or public model to more accurately depict the Indigenous economy. Examples are provided of the actual and potential significance of this hybrid economy, and the way in which significant local, regional and national benefits are generated

Agricultural and resource economics and economic development in Aboriginal communities

Economic development is seen as the best way for Aboriginal communities to improve their welfare and lessen the considerable disadvantages they suffer. Unfortunately, the economics profession has shown little interest in their plight. Agricultural and resource economists have much to offer in helping to foster economic development in Aboriginal communities throughout Australia. Suggestions are made as to various ways in which our particular interests and experiences can hopefully be applied.International Development, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

SLIDES: Managing Risks Associated With Climate-Related Water Supply Variability

Presenter: Dr. Bonnie G. Colby, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona 5 page Outline and 38 slide

SLIDES: New Era of Water Banking and Refined Water Accounting

Presenter: Professor Bonnie Colby, Departments of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona 23 slide

Agricultural and Environmental Policies: Economics of Production, Technology, Risk, Agriculture, and the Environment

An online agricultural and resource economics text at an intermediate to advanced level.agricultural economics,resource economics,online textbook

NEW CHALLENGES FACING AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Land/grant colleges were established to serve the public via a tripartite system of teaching, research, and extension. Agricultural economists have played a key role in this system in meeting agriculture's needs and are expanding this role to better cover the areas of food, natural resources and the environment. The declining economic importance of agriculture and the growing interest in relegating agriculture to free market forces has resulted in declining formula funding for the land grant system, greater emphasis on competitive funding, demands for greater accountability, and demands for a return to greater focus on public service, problem solving, and stakeholder involvement in the definition of research, teaching, and outreach agenda. Simultaneously, the demand for the traditional "agricultural economics" graduate is declining. This paper reviews the current and long-term issues and trends facing agricultural economics departments, explores the futures of their teaching, research, and outreach programs, and highlights the challenges that will be faced as these departments explore new teaching, research, and service opportunities in the areas of food, natural resources, and the environment. The paper concludes by arguing that for forward thinking agricultural economics departments, these pending changes will represent opportunities for better scholarship, more balance, and more effective service.Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,

IMPACTS OF NAFTA ON U.S.-MEXICO AGRICULTURAL TRADE

Paper presented at the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association's Annual Meeting, Bar Harbor, ME, June 10-12, 2001 Data for 1989-99 indicate that U.S.-Mexico trade has increased substantially under NAFTA. Regression analyses do not provide strong evidence that NAFTA has been an mportant factor since the data indicate a continuation of previous trends. NAFTA resulted in trade under TRQs for previously prohibited products and enabled other trade to continue increasing.International Relations/Trade,

Cost-reflective pricing: empirical insights into irrigators’ preferences for water tariffs

© 2017 The Authors. The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc. Using prices to improve the efficiency with which water resources are allocated is now widely accepted in principle if somewhat difficult to achieve in practice. Whilst there are some technical difficulties associated with full-cost recovery in irrigation, the lack of political will to tackle reform remains a significant impediment. This article reports the results of an empirical investigation into farmers’ preferences for changes to water prices and tariff structures. We conclude that some of the preferences of farmers are conducive to price reform. We also find evidence that public subsidy of infrastructure in irrigation is not always aligned with the preferences of farmers

Sheep Updates2003 - Keynotes

This session covers two papers from different authors: 1. Economic outlook for sheep and wool Dale Ashton, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics 2. Why is the future so bright? Dr Ben Russell, Manager, Southern Australia, Meat and Livestock Australi

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING, NORTHEASTERN AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION, JUNE 24, 1986

Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,