期刊
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
卷 137, 期 -, 页码 108-118出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2015.04.006
关键词
Risk; Decision analysis; Crop simulation; Nitrogen, dryland cropping; Farming systems
资金
- Grains Research and Development Corporation as part of the national project 'Economic assessment of nutrient use efficiency of the Australian grains industry' [CSA00020]
Nitrogen (N) is the most limiting nutrient in cereal crop production and is an important requirement in closing the gap between potential and achieved water limited yield. However, N fertiliser management in broadacre cereal cropping can be risky for farmers operating in dryland regions because of variability of rainfall and price. Farmers typically respond to this situation by making risk-averse decisions that are neither yield- nor profit-maximising. Here we use a set of case-study sites across the southern Australian wheatbelt to examine the risk-return profile of a range of N management options and show the extent to which the economics of N fertiliser decisions and the farmers' attitude to risk can determine N rates in a way that limits closure of yield gaps. Using a risk-return framework that incorporates crop simulation response to N application, probability theory, finance techniques, and risk-aversion analysis, we were able to better demonstrate how farmers might select N management practices that manage the trade-off between maximising economic net return and risk exposure using a risk-aversion analysis across four case-study sites. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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