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Title:
Agricultural productivity growth: Past reforms and future opportunities
Series:
Research reports
Series Issue:
14.02 February 2014
Publication Date:
20/02/2014
Description:
Overview This report examines how Australia's past agricultural and economy-wide reforms have contributed to its agricultural productivity growth, and considers some opportunities for future reforms to promote productivity growth. The report forms the basis of the Australian case study of the OECD 'Framework for Analysing Policies to Improve Agricultural Productivity Sustainably', presented at the G20-OECD workshop on agricultural productivity, Canberra, on 6 March 2014. Key issues Historically, Australian governments employed a range of agricultural policy measures to maintain and stabilise farmer returns. These measures hampered productivity growth by: * distorting resource use across farms * weakening farmers' incentives to find better ways of managing risks and to improve productivity * impeding ongoing structural change and preventing more efficient farmers from expanding their operations. Beginning in the late 1970s, a key feature of Australia's approach to improving productivity has been to deregulate agriculture and reduce distorting producer support. These reforms increased productivity by allowing decision-making in Australian agriculture to become more responsive to market forces. * Some reforms that removed impediments to ongoing structural adjustment and to expansion by more efficient farms have contributed significantly to productivity growth. * The agriculture sector also benefited from economy-wide reforms that took place at the same time. Identifying new reform opportunities to boost productivity growth remains a key objective. Potential opportunities for government to promote agricultural productivity growth are likely to flow from: * reducing regulatory burdens * improving the efficiency of the rural RD&E system * building human capital through improving labour availability and skills. * ensuring incentives facilitate more efficient resource use across farms.
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences

GRAY Emily M Dr

OSS-EMER Max

Sheng Yu
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Other constraints: ATTRIBUTION: This publication (and any material sourced from it) should be attributed as: Gray, EM, Oss-Emer, M and Sheng, Y 2014, Australian agricultural productivity growth: past reforms and future opportunities, ABARES research report 14.2, Canberra, February. CC BY 3.0
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ISBN 978-1-74323-176-0

ISSN 1447-838
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