000100565 001__ 100565 000100565 005__ 20180122214847.0 000100565 037__ $$a422-2016-26866 000100565 041__ $$aen 000100565 245__ $$aBROADACRE FARM PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY IN SOUTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA 000100565 260__ $$c2011 000100565 269__ $$a2011 000100565 270__ $$mnazrul.islam@agric.wa.gov.au$$pIslam, Nazrul 000100565 300__ $$a16 000100565 336__ $$aConference Paper/ Presentation 000100565 520__ $$aThis paper examines broadacre farm performance in south-western Australia. This region has experienced pronounced climate variability and volatile commodity prices over the last decade or so. Relationships between productivity and profitability are explored using panel data from 50 farms in the study region. The data are analysed using non-parametric methods. Components of farm productivity and profitability are measured over the period 1998 to 2008. Economies of scale and scope are shown often to be positive contributors to productivity and profitability. However, the main finding is that technical change, much more so than technical efficiency, has supplied over 68 percent of the improvement in total factor productivity for farms in the different climatic zones of the region from 1998 to 2008. In addition, growth in total factor productivity is the main contributor to farm profitability. By implication, technical change, often accompanied by scale and mix efficiencies, is the main driver of farm profitability. These findings indicate a vital role for innovation and R,D&E to deliver technologies and practices that bolster farm profitability, as well as a continuing role for scale and scope economies. The products and knowledge that come from innovation and R,D&E are the springboard for technical change. Through technical change and scale and scope efficiencies farmers in this study have achieved higher profits. 000100565 542__ $$fLicense granted by Megan Watmuff (megan@aomevents.com) on 2011-02-22T03:27:44Z (GMT): <center> <h2> Deposit Agreement </h2> </center> I represent that I am the creator of the digital material identified herein (“Work”). I represent that the work is original and that I either own all rights of copyright or have the right to deposit the copy in a digital archive such as AgEcon Search. I represent that in regard to any non-original material included in the Work I have secured written permission of the copyright owner (s) for this use or believe this use is allowed by law. I further represent that I have included all appropriate credits and attributions. I hereby grant the Regents of the University of Minnesota (“University”), through AgEcon Search, a non-exclusive right to access, reproduce, and distribute the Work, in whole or in part, for the purposes of security, preservation, and perpetual access. I grant the University a limited, non-exclusive right to make derivative works for the purpose of migrating the Work to other media or formats in order to preserve access to the Work. I do not transfer or intend to transfer any right of copyright or other intellectual property to the University. If the Deposit Agreement is executed by the Author�s Representative, the Representative shall separately execute the following representation: I represent that I am authorized by the Author to execute this Deposit Agreement on behalf of the Author. 000100565 650__ $$aFarm Management 000100565 650__ $$aProductivity Analysis 000100565 650__ $$aResearch and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies 000100565 6531_ $$aProductivity 000100565 6531_ $$aProfitability 000100565 6531_ $$aTechnical change 000100565 6531_ $$aFarm businesses 000100565 700__ $$aIslam, Nazrul 000100565 700__ $$aXayavong, Vilaphonh 000100565 700__ $$aKingwell, Ross S. 000100565 8564_ $$s609422$$uhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/100565/files/Islam_Xayavong_Kingwelll_Productivity_Paper%20AARES_Conf_2011.pdf 000100565 887__ $$ahttp://purl.umn.edu/100565 000100565 909CO $$ooai:ageconsearch.umn.edu:100565$$pGLOBAL_SET 000100565 912__ $$nSubmitted by Megan Watmuff (megan@aomevents.com) on 2011-02-22T03:29:37Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Islam_Xayavong_Kingwelll_Productivity_Paper AARES_Conf_2011.pdf: 609422 bytes, checksum: bcc9254a8b917032f3c6b780a725f825 (MD5) 000100565 912__ $$nMade available in DSpace on 2011-02-22T03:29:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Islam_Xayavong_Kingwelll_Productivity_Paper AARES_Conf_2011.pdf: 609422 bytes, checksum: bcc9254a8b917032f3c6b780a725f825 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 000100565 982__ $$gAustralian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society>2011 Conference (55th), February 8-11, 2011, Melbourne, Australia 000100565 980__ $$a422