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Exploring Environmental-Economic Benefits from Agri-Industrial Diversification in the Sugar Industry: An Integrated Land Use and Value Chain Approach

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  • Roebeling, Peter C.
  • Smith, D. Mark
  • van Grieken, Martijn

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The sugar industry in Queensland (Australia) is confronted with increasing economic pressure and environmental constraints. To explore whether agri-industrial diversification of the sugar industry provides a sustainable development pathway for the region, we develop a spatial environmental-economic approach that integrates a land use and value chain model with a hydrological model. Results indicate that agri-industrial diversification can lead to substantial increases in regional income, while at the same time increasing the resilience of a sugar industry facing decreasing sugar prices. Agri-industrial diversification drives land use diversification, which under current sugar prices does not lead to a reduction in sugarcane production. Water quality benefits from this land use diversification are mixed, and depend on the economic viability and erosion characteristics of the concerned production systems.

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  • Roebeling, Peter C. & Smith, D. Mark & van Grieken, Martijn, 2006. "Exploring Environmental-Economic Benefits from Agri-Industrial Diversification in the Sugar Industry: An Integrated Land Use and Value Chain Approach," 2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia 25755, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:iaae06:25755
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.25755
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