Sustainable Agricultural Development in Australia: Capital and Environment

2013/2/27 9:49:00 China Financial News

content Summary the Australian Bureau of Agricultural Resources Economics and Science has investigated and written a research report on the land management practices of more than 1300 farmers in China, such as planting, animal husbandry, native vegetation and weed treatment, between 2010 and 2011. According to the report, financial and environmental issues will be a key constraint for Australian farmers to implement sustainable agricultural practices.

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural Resources Economics and Science (Abares) pointed out in a new research report that financial and environmental issues will become the key factors restricting Australian farmers to carry out sustainable agricultural practices. In other words, Australian agriculture is sustainable: no money, no environment.

It is reported that the research institution has investigated the land management practices of more than 1300 domestic farmers from 2010 to 2011, such as planting, animal husbandry, native vegetation and weed treatment, and wrote the research report on this basis. Paul Morris, executive director of Abares, pointed out that the results of the study will lay the foundation for policy planning throughout government departments, non-governmental organizations and the private sector.

He said: "Abares has investigated issues such as the financial, environmental, personal and social network coverage in the country. The survey showed that while the entire Australian agricultural sector has expressed understanding, recognition and support for sustainable agricultural development, the lack of government financial support for farmers in this area has become a bottleneck that restricts farmers from changing their management activities, following the surplus labor time and labor."

fishery production, especially aquaculture, has made great progress in the sustainable development of agriculture. According to the latest data released by Abares, from 2010 to 2011, the output value of aquaculture in Australia increased by 8%, about 0.948 billion Australian dollars. Fishery experts pointed out that the continuous growth of the output value of Australia's aquaculture industry is not only related to the market, but also environmental factors should not be underestimated, because clean sea water has become a magic weapon for the country's aquatic product marketing to win the world.

The data show that the share of aquaculture in Australia's fishery production has increased steadily in the past 10 years, from 29% 10 years ago to 43% at present. In particular, Atlantic salmon farming has become the main force to promote the increasing proportion of aquaculture in the country's fishery production, with an output value of about A $0.408 billion.

In addition, South Australian farmed tuna has also become one of the fastest-growing aquaculture species for farmers with soaring global tuna prices. From 2010 to 2011, its output value increased by 22%, about 0.125 billion Australian dollars, while the output value of farmed sea-mouth bass was about 35.7 million Australian dollars.

Other aquaculture products such as edible oysters (about A $99 million), prawns (about A $57 million), abalone (about A $16 million) and mussels (about A $10 million) have also increased farmers' personal income.

The data further shows that Australia's fishery exports also maintained a steady growth trend between 2010 and 2011. The export value of lobster was 0.369 billion Australian dollars, followed by abalone (0.212 billion Australian dollars), tuna (0.131 billion Australian dollars) and prawn (77 million Australian dollars).

From 2010 to 2011, Hong Kong, China and Japan became the two most important markets for Australian fishery exports, because the export value of Australian aquatic products to these regions and countries accounted for 44% and 22% of its total export share, respectively., Mainland China, Singapore and the United States have also become the main markets for Australian aquatic products exports.

Citation from Science and Technology World Network http://www.twwtn.com/Agriculture/58_168850.html

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