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Lessons from agri-environmental policies in other countries for dealing with salinity in Australia

A. Weersink A C and A. Wossink B
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A Department of Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.

B Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8109, USA.

C Corresponding author. Email: aweersin@uoguelph.ca

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 45(11) 1481-1493 https://doi.org/10.1071/EA04156
Submitted: 30 July 2004  Accepted: 31 March 2005   Published: 16 December 2005

Abstract

Approaches to environmental policy for the agricultural sector have involved education programs, direct regulations, and market mechanisms. The effectiveness of these policies has varied depending on the characteristics of the environmental issue and incentives facing producers. This paper reviews, and provides examples of, agri-environmental policy options and points out the scenarios under which the instrument would be most effective. The paper concludes with recommendations on determining the policy solutions to the problem of salinity in Australia.

Additional keywords: education, market mechanisms, regulations.


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