The true cost of milk: Environmental deterioration vs. profit in the New Zealand dairy industry

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dc.contributor.authorFoote K
dc.contributor.authorJoy MK
dc.coverage.spatialNelson, New Zealand
dc.date.issued2014-08-29
dc.description.abstractOver the past two decades, major increases in production have occurred in the New Zealand dairy industry. This has required the use of externally sourced inputs, particularly fertiliser, feed supplements, and irrigation. Contemporary New Zealand dairy farming practice incurs environmental externalities: impacts that are not paid for by the dairy farmer. Hence, the public is left to deal with these externalities, both regarding the economic responsibility and environmental degradation. This study estimated that the economic cost of environmental externalities is higher than the 2012 dairy export revenue of $11.6 billion.
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dc.identifier.citationNew Zealand Agriculture and Research Economics Society, 2014, (2014 Conference, August 28-29, Nelson, New Zealand), pp. 1 - 16
dc.identifier.elements-id231806
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.publisherAgEcon
dc.publisher.urihttps://ageconsearch.tind.io/record/187496?ln=en
dc.relation.isPartOfNew Zealand Agriculture and Research Economics Society
dc.rightsCopyright by author(s). Readers may make copies of this document for non-commercial purposes only, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies
dc.sourceNew Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
dc.subjectNew Zealand dairy farming
dc.subjectintensification
dc.subjectexternalities
dc.subjectenvironmental impacts
dc.titleThe true cost of milk: Environmental deterioration vs. profit in the New Zealand dairy industry
dc.typeconference
pubs.confidentialfalse
pubs.finish-date2014-08-29
pubs.issue2014 Conference, August 28-29, Nelson, New Zealand
pubs.notesNot known
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences
pubs.place-of-publicationhttps://ageconsearch.tind.io/record/187496?ln=en
pubs.publication-statusPublished
pubs.start-date2014-08-28
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