Wheat Growing in Australia
Wheat Growing in Australia

Author: Australia. Department of External Affairs

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-20

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13:

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'Wheat Growing in Australia" is an informational publication by the Australian Ministry of External Affairs aimed at encouraging foreign investment in the area of wheat farming in the country. "With the growing scarcity of foodstuffs that has become a world-wide feature of the last few years, the wheat grower is one of the most important necessities in civilisation. He has prospered in the past, but the future holds still greater and richer prospects. And in no country in the world are those prospects brighter than in the Commonwealth of Australia...The great island continent in the southern seas possesses a vast area of proven wheat land, as yet untouched by the plough. It lies dormant, fertile, and responsive, awaiting the union of labour and land to yield abundance of food."

Australia's Role in Feeding the World
Australia's Role in Feeding the World

Author: Sarah Blagrove

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2016-08

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1486305903

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Earth's human population currently exceeds 7 billion, and by the year 2050 our planet will have at least two billion more mouths to feed. When faced with providing food for so many people, the idea is often advanced that Australia will become the 'food bowl' of Asia. Australia currently grows enough food to feed about three times its population and agricultural exports are important to our economy; however, Australia's role in feeding the world needs careful consideration. This highly topical book draws together the latest intelligence on the sustainable production and distribution of food and other products from Australian farms. It examines questions that policy-makers, farmers, politicians, agricultural scientists and the general public are asking about the potential productivity of our arable land, the environmental and economic impacts of seeking to increase productivity, and the value of becoming cleaner and greener in our agricultural output. With chapters on the emergence of new markets, consumer trends in China, the biophysical constraints on agricultural expansion, and the various products of Australian agriculture and aquaculture, Australia's Role in Feeding the World provides valuable insight into the future of agriculture in this nation.

Policy Reform and Adjustment in the Agricultural Sectors of Developed Countries
Policy Reform and Adjustment in the Agricultural Sectors of Developed Countries

Author: David Blandford

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1845930339

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This book explores the policy implications of growing pressures for economic adjustment in the agricultural sectors of developed countries. It starts by describing the recent history of adjustment in the food and agricultural sector and assesses the current and future pressures for adjustments and their implications. Chapters provide empirical evidence on the magnitude of future adjustment in the agricultural sector under a continuation of existing policies and analyze the factors that affect farmers' ability to adjust to economic change. The book concludes by identifying lessons to be learned from recent reforms and evaluating future policy options.