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Terry Sheales

Economic issues affecting the region

Economic issues affecting the region

Deputy Executive Director

KununurraRegional Outlook Conference

Wednesday 20 May 2009

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1. Commodity market drivers

2. Key challenges for the future

• climate change and the CPRS

• allocating water

• productivity growth

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Real 2004 Dollars

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What will be the impact of the CPRS on the farm sector?

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Agriculture and the CPRSAgriculture and the CPRS

• 2011: CPRS commences

• agriculture initially excluded from the scheme

• 2013: decision to include agriculture or not

• 2015: earliest possible date of inclusion

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Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions, by sector, 2006

3%5%6%7%

14%16%

50%

50

100

150

200

250

300

stationaryenergy

agriculture transport LUCF fugitiveemissions

industrialprocesses

wasteMt CO2-eq

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Agriculture and the CPRS: 2010percent change in agricultural input costs

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

wheatand other

crops

mixedlivestock

beef sheep-beef

sheep dairy

%

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Percent change in agricultural production with the CPRS

-8

-6

-4

-2

2

4

6

beef &sheepmeat

dairy cattle otheranimals

grains other crops

2020

2030

%

Agricultural production with the CPRSPer cent change relative to no CPRS

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without CPRS

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without CPRS

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Options for reducing emissions from agriculture

• improved feed conversion efficiency

• feed additives

• alter fertiliser applications

• waste management

• carbon sequestration

• GM technologies

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Efficient allocation of water

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Water availability

• CSIRO

– 11% availability by 2030

• ABARE

– 3% incomes

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Lifting productivity

• Remains the key to handling pressure on the farm sector

• Whether it be:

– seasonal variability and drought

– climate change

– CPRS

– global food crisis

– global economic crisis

– protectionist responses

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Source: Mullen and Crean 2007

expenditure2007A$million

publicly funded

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How do we lift productivity growth?

• Measure productivity and understand its drivers

• Improve R&D effectiveness

– encourage further business R&D

– improve targeting and evaluation of public good R&D

• Remove government impediments to productivity growth

– efficient water allocation

– efficient climate change policies

– efficient drought policies

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Conclusions

Unprecedented declines in economic growth but a resilient farm sector response

Long run challenges exacerbated by the global economic crisis

Productivity growth slowing – just when we need it to be accelerating

Further reforms in water allocation systems and R&D policies needed.

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