@article{Roebeling:25755, recid = {25755}, author = {Roebeling, Peter C. and Smith, D. Mark and van Grieken, Martijn}, title = {Exploring Environmental-Economic Benefits from Agri-Industrial Diversification in the Sugar Industry: An Integrated Land Use and Value Chain Approach}, address = {2006}, number = {1004-2016-78842}, series = {Contributed Paper}, pages = {16}, year = {2006}, abstract = {The sugar industry in Queensland (Australia) is confronted with increasing economic pressure and environmental constraints. To explore whether agri-industrial diversification of the sugar industry provides a sustainable development pathway for the region, we develop a spatial environmental-economic approach that integrates a land use and value chain model with a hydrological model. Results indicate that agri-industrial diversification can lead to substantial increases in regional income, while at the same time increasing the resilience of a sugar industry facing decreasing sugar prices. Agri-industrial diversification drives land use diversification, which under current sugar prices does not lead to a reduction in sugarcane production. Water quality benefits from this land use diversification are mixed, and depend on the economic viability and erosion characteristics of the concerned production systems.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/25755}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.25755}, }