Lin Crase

Lin Crase
University of South Australia | UniSA ·  School of Commerce

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Agricultural extension services play a pivotal role in promoting sustainable agriculture, particularly in developing countries where many farmers are resource-poor. Enhancing farmers’ profitability and productivity is essential to meet the increasing demand of a growing population. This study aims to examine the impact of agricultural extension ser...
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Rice production is inherently risky and volatile, and farmers in Bangladesh face a wide range of risks, including weather, pest and disease attacks, interruptions to input supply, and market-associated risks. Moreover, poor farm households often perceive risks in adopting new technology, even though it could improve productivity and food security....
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The world is more urbanized now than ever before and maintaining some form of amenity from natural or modified ecosystems in the urban context is an increasingly significant challenge. This is not aided by the somewhat amorphous definition of amenity itself. This article introduces a framework for conceptualizing the amenity of urban waterways and...
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This paper presents an analysis of the heterogeneous preferences of farmers towards groundwater pump technologies. The research uses primary field data drawn from West Bengal, India, where the progressive feminisation of agriculture has been well‐documented. We employ a paired comparison technique to explore how gender impacts the preferences towar...
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The search for improved water pricing is central to urban water reform in many countries. Establishing efficient water prices is notoriously difficult, not least because different customers have different demands for water and yet they are presently faced with a one‐size‐fits‐all approach to pricing and service. This is especially challenging where...
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Poverty is endemic in the highly populated Eastern Gangetic Plains where agriculture is critical to more than half the population. However, the mechanisms to support agriculture for development are contested. For example, some have advocated a strong role for government support and assistance due to market weaknesses, while others have promoted the...
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The data described in this paper were collected from four jurisdictions in south Asia, Assam and Bihar in India and Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan. The data were collected from farmer households involved in surface water irrigation with the aim of understanding the merits of participatory irrigation management (PIM) in different settings in south Asi...
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Wastewater monitoring as a public health tool is well-established and the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has seen its widespread uptake. Given the significant potential of wastewater monitoring as a public health surveillance and decision support tool, it is important to understand what measures are required to allow the long-term benefits of waste...
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The purpose of this paper was to consider the extent to which drought policy in Australia is consistent with water policy and to also reflect on the coherence of government planning in the Murray–Darling Basin. At the outset, it is contended that the gains from an efficiency‐enhancing water policy are likely to be substantially weakened if response...
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At the height of the Millennium Drought in Australia, there was unprecedented interest in the role of demand‐side management in the urban water sector. Conservation tariffs, where water users pay significantly less by reducing consumption, were mooted in some policy circles, although they were never seriously trialled. The easing of the drought was...
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For many decades, participatory approaches, with their emphasis on farmer-centred management, have been presented as panaceas for overcoming weaknesses in irrigation systems. Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) has assumed such a high status that it is regularly mandated by donors sponsoring irrigation upgrades in poor countries. However, the...
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This paper reports the results of an investigation into the preferences of irrigation farmers for different payment apparatus for irrigation fees. We also report the results of a study that queried farmers’ preferred model for water governance at a local level. The results and analysis thus make an important contribution to the debate about how par...
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Participatory irrigation, where farmers are given greater control and management responsibility, has been a topic of controversy for many years. Initially seen as a panacea for dealing with weaknesses in state-run irrigation, participatory irrigation has generated mixed results, especially in South Asia. Part of the challenge of understanding the c...
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This article sharpens consideration of aspects of policy transfer to address climate change and gives greater attention to the context that might support efficient adaptive resilience. Using the example of Australian reforms to water policy, we evaluate how different elements of policy proved more (less) successful in facilitating efficient adaptat...
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Water tariffs frequently seek to achieve multiple objectives, some of which may conflict. However, the nature and rationale for those conflicts is not always understood or appreciated. This paper consider how localised natural and human phenomena can shape the extent to which so-called ‘best practice’ economic regulation and pricing can be expected...
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In this paper we consider some of the benefits and pitfalls related to using discrete choice experiments to inform decisions about smallholder agriculture in developing countries. The paper draws on two cases – one related to the preferences of smallholder irrigators in south Asia and another concerned with payments for the provision of wildlife di...
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Fishways are often presented as a parsimonious way of assisting water infrastructure development in developing countries while preserving some ecosystem values. More specifically, fishways help preserve migratory freshwater fish species, which are often a main source of protein and other nutrients for many rural communities. To date, much of the li...
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In this paper, we consider the process of transition from an equitable distribution of water to support semi-subsistence outcomes to market-oriented agriculture. We examine the stresses placed on water institutions as farmers adjust production to become more market-oriented and consider the relationship between farmers and irrigation officials unde...
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Mandatory water use restrictions have become a common feature of the urban water management landscape in countries like Australia. Water restrictions limit how water can be used and their impacts have often been enumerated by using stated preference techniques, like contingent valuation. Most interest in these studies emerged in times of drought, w...
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In Vietnam, the development of so‐called ‘modern’ vegetable supply chains is receiving considerable interest amongst researchers and governments. This interest partly stems from the view that enhancements in food safety can be achieved if farmers are willing to adopt supply chains that are often associated with ‘western’ forms of retailing. Our stu...
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Irrigation infrastructure expansion threatens the diversity of freshwater fish worldwide. Irrigation infrastructure creates migration barriers which can block access to important nursery, feeding and spawning habitat. Lao PDR is a landlocked country situated within the Lower Mekong River Basin where there is a substantial dependency on rice and fis...
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The expansion of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) philosophies has given rise to some improvements in decision-making with greater attention being given to the relationship between upstream choices and downstream consequences. However, the limits of IWRM also need to be recognised, especially the demands on water planners seeking to bala...
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In many Australian cities the response to drought has included the imposition of mandatory constraints over how water is used by households, often termed ‘water restrictions’. A similar rationing approach has been witnessed in California’s recent drought. The aim of water restrictions is to slow the depletion of water storage but restrictions have...
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Using prices to improve the efficiency with which water resources are allocated is now widely accepted in principle if somewhat difficult to achieve in practice. Whilst there are some technical difficulties associated with full-cost recovery in irrigation, the lack of political will to tackle reform remains a significant impediment. This article re...
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Water markets are increasingly proposed as a demand-management strategy to deal with water scarcity. Water trading arrangements, on their own, are not about setting bio-physical limits to water-use. Nevertheless, water trading that mitigates scarcity constraints can assist regulators of water resources to keep water-use within limits at the lowest...
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Water pricing has been recognized as an important policy instrument for improving the efficiency of irrigation and underpinning the sustainability of related services. However, establishing and charging the ‘right’ price is no simple task. This paper uses an exploratory factor analysis to isolate farmers’ motivations towards farming. A binary logit...
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In this article we explore the usefulness of an Integrated Water Resources Management philosophy in the formulation of the Murray-Darling Basin plan. Trends towards amalgamating a number of policy objectives into a single planning instrument and the role of complexity and the so-called ‘systems thinking’ and ‘integration’ are considered. The articl...
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The depth and sophistication of water trading in Australia, especially in the southern Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), is testament to the insight of policy makers and their hard work to create tradable property rights and systems that facilitate trade. The origin of water markets is also testament to the desire of Australian farmers to be able to sour...
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This chapter provides details of a project which focused on water price reform in irrigation. The setting was northern Victoria where government policies had resulted in a significant mismatch between prices/water tariffs faced by farmers and the costs of providing water. It provides an overview of the policy and regulatory environment that has led...
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Iterations of the Murray–Darling Basin Plan, designed to deal with environmental degradation, have raised questions about potential trade‐offs between agricultural production and environmental amenity. Some have suggested that environmental objectives will be achieved under the Plan at the expense of food security. This argument is critically evalu...
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In this paper we reflect on the challenge of reallocating water resources from agricultural interests to environmental uses. The area of interest is the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia, although the evidence presented provides salient lessons for a range of settings. We draw on the transaction cost literature where the tasks of re-designing and usi...
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In this concise article, I endeavour to capture some of the core issues that circumscribe the controversial Murray–Darling Basin Plan to offer an assessment of the current strengths and weaknesses embodied in the most recent iteration. I use this article to explore the notion of “over-allocation” before honing in on the role of adaptive management,...
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In this article, I explore the challenges associated with adopting a broad and potentially inconsistent perspective in the formulation of particular policy choices. The setting for this discussion is the controversial Murray–Darling Basin Plan. The motivation for this article has been the decision by the Murray–Darling Basin Authority to sponsor re...
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There has been vigorous debate on the best approach to manage water resources in Australia amongst policy makers, irrigators, environmentalists, and the academic community. This chapter focuses especially on the Murray-Darling Basin, where the tensions have been most significant over several decades. Water allocation policies and initiatives to all...
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The political fallout from the release of the Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan in the Murray-Darling is illustrative of the difficulties associated with reallocating water resources in this context. The response of Minister Burke has been somewhat predictable, with a resurgent interest in public subsidy of irrigation infrastructure evident. This ar...
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Despite the influence of freshwater ecology on investment and management worldwide, many aquatic ecosystems remain severely degraded. By using the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia, as an example, we examined the relationship between freshwater ecological research and interventions implemented to achieve management objectives. We explored four relate...
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The Commonwealth's assumption of greater control over water policy has been justified on the grounds that a 'national approach' to the problems in the Murray-Darling Basin is required to resolve the ills of the Basin. This paper investigates the validity of this contention in the context of the Federal government's 'Water for the Future' manifesto....
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There has been substantial water resources development for agriculture in India but the emphasis has been mainly on the technical side - the building of the necessary institutions required for effective management of the resource has received little attention. Many believe that water resource management in India is heading for a crisis unless the i...
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Aims and Method To provide multiple estimates of the numbers of Australian and Victorian families and children living in families where a parent has had a mental illness. We used the Australian Bureau of Statistics Victorian Mental Health Branch service usage and data collected from 701 community participants to triangulate prevalence information....
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The National Water Initiative (NWI) of 2004 established important actions and objectives to advance water reform. Notwithstanding the subsequent release of the Howard Government's National Plan for Water Security followed by the Rudd Government's Water for the Future manifesto, the work program outlined in the NWI continues to guide policy developm...
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While much faith has been placed in the ability of market based solutions to allocate water entitlements efficiently, relatively little effort has been made in fostering trade between urban and rural sectors. One barrier has been concerns regarding the decline of rural communities following the trade of water out of rural areas. In this paper we de...
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Water quality, availability, environmental health and sustainability have now developed into significant national political issues in Australia (Taylor & Dalton 2003). These issues are intensified by the limited research surrounding alternative solutions that meet environmental and health requirements and the extent to which the attitudes to these...
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Lake Hume is a significant water storage located at the headwaters of the River Murray. It provides irrigation water, urban water supplies, flood mitigation and recreational benefits to a large and economically significant region. Water quality in Lake Hume has recently been the subject of investigation in response to continued evidence of eutrophi...
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The development of Australian water policy is attracting unprecedented national and international interest. Protracted drought, particularly in the southern part of the continent and the gloomy predictions of climate change underscore much of this interest, but the policy reaction to these events is also of interest in its own right. This paper spe...
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There has been substantial focus on water resource development in India, but with emphasis mainly on the technical side. Development of institutions to manage the interactions and arrangements necessary has received little attention. The study uses the new institutional economics framework and governance theories to probe local institutions in wate...
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The design of urban water tariffs is circumscribed by a number of often conflicting objectives including maximising the efficient allocation of the resource, the provision of sufficient and stable revenue for water businesses, affordability, equity and the perception of fairness. Recent drought conditions have also generated increased interest in p...
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The subject of this research is to clarify current situations and challenges of water markets for irrigation mainly in the State of New South Wales in Australia. This research takes an approach with observation of the actual condition towards the subject. The background of the development of water trade has been examined to be proved to be a politi...
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Water institutions in India play a crucial role in managing scarce water resources and are central to economic development and poverty alleviation. Designing appropriate institutional mechanisms to allocate scarce water and river flows has been an enormous challenge due to the complex legal, constitutional, and social issues involved. The Indian wa...
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Adaptive management is increasingly proclaimed as a key principle underlying the management of a range of natural resources, including water, within jurisdictions across Australia. However, it is often inferred that there is a potential conflict between the use of adaptive management principles and the economically efficient use of water resources....
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South African local government has entered a new era with the national local government elections of 5 December 2000 and has been legally empowered to expand its activities from its previously limited ‘services to property' orientation into the promotion of social and economic development. Despite a dramatic extension of the role of local governmen...
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Degradation of land and water is currently one of Australia's most important environmental, social and economic issues. Economic instruments and common good interventions represent two broad policy genre that have been applied to induce change in on-farm land stewardship in response to this issue. Unfortunately, both policies have considered landho...
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Considerable time has elapsed since the last comprehensive review of Australian film assistance policy. Despite the fact the no universal agreement exists on the aims of national film assistance policies, it is nonetheless timely to consider the overall effectiveness of present film assistance programs in Australia. Accordingly, the limited objecti...
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The degradation of the natural resource base that derives from unsustainable farm practices is of major concern in Australia. Confronted with mounting evidence of the extent of this degradation, governments have employed a variety of policy instruments to induce change amongst the farming community. However, there remains a widely-held view that th...
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Considerable debate surrounds the provision of mobile telephony to remote and rural Australians. Disquiet about the closure of the analogue network, controversy over its replacement and recognition of potential rural competitiveness from digital technologies are all significant aspects of this debate. Within the discussion surrounding regional and...
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Growing concern about water quality and the eutrophication of Australian streams and rivers has prompted the adoption of a variety of remedial strategies by different tiers of government. Given the difficulty of assessing the benefits associated with such strategies, there exists the potential to adopt strategies where the costs imposed upon societ...
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The study examines the nature and performance of watershed development institutions in India. Improving productivity and incomes in rainfed areas, which have much poverty, is a major challenge in India, and a huge initiative through which this is pursued is Watershed Development (WSD) programs which are massively funded by the Government of India,...
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Many economists and policy-makers have begun to question the efficacy of water reforms that rely on markets as the principal mechanism for allocating the resource to its highest value use. One of the principal concerns in this regard has been the relative paucity of permanent trades despite ex ante analyses that have identified substantial and quan...
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Adaptive management is increasingly proclaimed as a key principle underlying the management of a range of natural resources within jurisdictions across Australia, including water. However, it is often inferred that there is a potential conflict between the use of adaptive management principles and the economically efficient use of water resources....
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The current focus of local government policy debate falls heavily on the 'financial sustainability' of local councils to the exclusion of virtually all other parameters of local government sustainability. But financial sustainability is not the only determinant of overall council sustainability and may not even be the most important factor. Accordi...
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The worsening crisis in Australian local infrastructure planning, maintenance and renewal has finally captured the attention of public policy makers. While uncertainty still surrounds the magnitude of the crisis, several recent public inquiries have investigated the problem and advanced recommendations for its remediation. Despite the undoubted sev...

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