Greenhouse gas and groundwater recharge abatement benefits of tree crops in southwestern Australian farming systems

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dc.creatorPetersen, Elizabeth H.
dc.creatorSchilizzi, Steven
dc.creatorBennett, David
dc.date2017-04-01T19:04:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T05:47:45Z
dc.descriptionThe indirect benefits of a commercial tree crop for greenhouse gas and groundwater recharge abatement are analysed. Oil mallees are introduced into a whole-farm linear programming model as a source of income, an offset to greenhouse gas emissions from the mixed sheep and cropping enterprises and as a source of groundwater recharge abatement. The profitability of oil mallees is found to be very sensitive to the discount rate, yield and price assumptions and the relative profitability of other farm enterprises (especially the wool enterprise). Under standard assumptions where oil mallees are profitable, the trees significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions and groundwater recharge and the farm remains profitable. If farm-level policies are introduced for greenhouse gas abatement, without tree crops or some other technological change, the current farming systems would fail and be replaced by alternative land uses.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.116189
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/116189/files/1467-8489.00210.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/116189
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/568452
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/116189
dc.titleGreenhouse gas and groundwater recharge abatement benefits of tree crops in southwestern Australian farming systems
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