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Environmentally adjusted productivity measurement: an Australian case study.

Marthin Nanere¹, Iain Fraser, Ali Quazi

¹School of Business, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Vic. 3550, Australia. m.nanere@latrobe.edu.au

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Area of Science:

Agricultural Economics
Environmental Accounting
Sustainable Development Studies

Background:

The Australian agricultural sector's economic significance necessitates accurate productivity measurement.
Traditional productivity metrics often overlook environmental externalities.
Sustainable development goals require integrating environmental factors into economic assessments.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically examine methods for estimating productivity that incorporate environmental effects.
To assess the credibility of environmentally adjusted productivity methods for the Australian agricultural sector.
To explore the implications of soil erosion adjustments on productivity estimates.

Main Methods:

Review and critical examination of various productivity estimation techniques.
Application of environmentally adjusted productivity methods to the Australian agricultural context.
Analysis of the impact of soil erosion damage cost assumptions on productivity outcomes.

Main Results:

Environmentally adjusted productivity methods are a credible approach for measuring productivity within sustainable development frameworks.
Adjusting for soil erosion can lead to upward or downward revisions in agricultural productivity, contingent on damage cost assumptions.
The study supports the justification of assumptions leading to upwardly adjusted productivity for Australian soil erosion.

Conclusions:

The adoption of environmentally adjusted productivity techniques is supported for the agricultural sector and potentially other economic sectors.
Significant data availability gaps hinder the credible assessment of sustainable development objectives using these methods.
Policy interventions are needed to address data deficiencies for robust environmental-economic assessments.