The Agricultural & Resource Economics and Agribusiness (AREA) group undertakes research into the benefits, costs and risks of change in agricultural production and marketing and in the resources used in these sectors.
The AREA group assesses questions about farm, agricultural and natural resource management and policy, and agrifood and agribusiness economics. Staff and students in agricultural economics, farm management economics, resource economics, and agribusiness do applied research, solving real world problems.
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Contact
For enquiries, please email
Alexandria Sinnett at a.sinnett@unimelb.edu.au or phone 0419 110 276
Academics and researchers in the Agricultural & Resource Economics and Agribusiness (AREA) research group.
Academic staff
Prof Tom Kompas
Research in the Agricultural & Resource Economics and Agribusiness group.
Broad research areas
- Farm Management Economics (broadacre and intensive) applied to Agricultural Systems
- Risk management in agriculture
- Carbon farming
- Farm systems modelling (economics of the soil-pasture-animal complex and genetic improvement) including risk analysis
- Agribusiness Value Chain economics
- Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy
- Social and farm benefit cost analysis
Research projects
Selection of current and recent research projects where the AREA group is part of the research team.
Current
- The ARC Research Hub for Innovative Nitrogen Fertilisers and Inhibitors (Smart Fertilisers) Theme 5
- Whole-system redesign of broad-acre farming of Southeast Australia
- Scaling out of successful multi-species pasture management in rainfed dairy systems of southern Australia to increase drought resilience at landscape and catchment levels
- Maximising co-benefits of trees on farms
- Delivering Integrated Management System (IMS) options for CN30
Past
- NEXUS project: exploring profitable, sustainable livestock businesses in an increasingly variable climate
- Measuring the Returns to Investment in Research and Development in the Australian Grains Industry
- Developing and commercializing advance measurement technologies and feedback systems into globally competitive Australian meat value chains (ALMTech II) Program 5 Economic Evaluation
- Forewarned is forearmed: managing the impacts of extreme climate events
- Evaluating the economic benefits of dry ageing of mutton
PhD and Masters projects
Selection of our current and recent research PhD and Masters projects.
Current
- Risk Management by Australian graingrowers
- Evaluating the Social Cost of Nitrogen Fertilizers in Australian Agriculture Industries, and Policy Implications
- The Economics of Carbon Efficiency in the Australian Beef Industry
Complete
- Economic impact of government policy banning the use of glyphosate in Sri Lanka: the case of the tea industry
- Farming for generations
- Economic analysis of ameliorating subsoil constraints using subsoil manure in a cropping system
- Analysing the Australian nitrogen fertiliser value chain
- Analysing the Australian canola value chain
Interested in collaborating with AREA?
Please contact Dr Alexandria Sinnett or any member of the research team.