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TOWARDS A COMPARISON OF CHEMICAL‐FREE AND CONVENTIONAL FARMING IN AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
Wynen Els,
Edwards Geoff W.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.683
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-8489
pISSN - 0004-9395
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8489.1990.tb00491.x
Subject(s) - agriculture , externality , free movement , business , livestock , economics , agricultural economics , natural resource economics , geography , microeconomics , forestry , international trade , archaeology
The classes of benefits and costs, private and external, arising from a partial movement from conventional to chemical‐free farming are considered, a report is provided on a comparison of physical and financial characteristics of chemical‐free and conventional cereal/livestock farming in southeastern Australia, a key finding is that private net returns were similar for the two types of farmers, A favourable change in net externalities could be expected from a movement towards chemical‐free farming, policy implications relating to the taxation of chemical use in agriculture, and to research, extension and marketing are discussed.