This paper reports results from a choice experiment conducted with pastoralists and graziers across Australia’s tropical savannas in 2013 (n=104). The experiment is designed to inform the question under what conditions are north Australian pastoralists and graziers willing to sign up to...

Various elements of rural policy have recently been or are currently the subject of review, including drought, adjustment, taxation and farm welfare policy. These long-standing forms of assistance to the rural sector, particularly the National Drought Policy, the Rural Adjustment Scheme and...

This paper reports on the experimental design process and considerations of a discretecontinuous choice experiment conducted in collaboration with landholders in northern Australia. The purpose of the research is to inform the design of effective and efficient payments-for-ecosystem services...

The 1991 North Dakota Legislature extensively considered economic development. Growing North Dakota, perhaps one of the most comprehensive proposals, was not adopted until near the end of the session. This program encourages diversification and industrialization of North Dakota agriculture, as...

The results of this project are intended to assist social agencies using educational or economic incentives, to promote voluntary adoption by farmers of riparian management policies. Farmers attending workshops in Taranaki in April 1998 were surveyed to identify the criteria they used to select...

The performance of over 500 North Dakota farms, 2001-2010, is summarized using 16 financial measures. Farms are categorized by geographic region, farm type, farm size, gross cash sales, farm tenure, net farm income, debt-to-asset, and age of farmer to analyze relationships between financial...