TY - JOUR
T1 - Modelling socially optimal land allocations for sugar cane growing in North Queensland
T2 - A linked mathematical programming and choice modelling study
AU - Mallawaarachchi, T.
AU - Quiggin, J.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - A modelling framework is developed to determine the joint economic and environmental net benefits of alternative land allocation strategies. Estimates of community preferences for preservation of natural land, derived from a choice modelling study, are used as input to a model of agricultural production in an optimisation framework. The trade-offs between agricultural production and environmental protection are analysed using the sugar industry of the Herbert River district of north Queensland as an example. Spatially-differentiated resource attributes and the opportunity costs of natural land determine the optimal trade-offs between production and conservation for a range of sugar prices.
AB - A modelling framework is developed to determine the joint economic and environmental net benefits of alternative land allocation strategies. Estimates of community preferences for preservation of natural land, derived from a choice modelling study, are used as input to a model of agricultural production in an optimisation framework. The trade-offs between agricultural production and environmental protection are analysed using the sugar industry of the Herbert River district of north Queensland as an example. Spatially-differentiated resource attributes and the opportunity costs of natural land determine the optimal trade-offs between production and conservation for a range of sugar prices.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034826593&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1467-8489.00149
DO - 10.1111/1467-8489.00149
M3 - Article
SN - 1364-985X
VL - 45
SP - 383
EP - 409
JO - Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
JF - Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
IS - 3
ER -