This economic evaluation refers to the investment in the Managing Climate Variability Program (MCVP) Phases II and III. The aim of the program is to help primary industries and natural resource managers manage the risks and exploit the opportunities afforded by Australita’s variable and changing climate by: improving forecasting accuracy, lead-time and ease of use, providing tools and [...]
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In May 2009 the Macalister Demonstration Farm (MDF) made a successful application to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry under the Farm Ready Program for a project known as the ‘Carbon Ready Dairy Demonstration’ to identify the source and size of carbon emissions generated by normal operations and then to use this information to develop a Carbon [...]
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This report provides updated projections of key agricultural activity levels which when applied to the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) emissions spreadsheets give projections of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in each year from 2009 to 2030. It provides an update to previous projection rounds taken by the Centre for International Economics (CIE) [...]
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