Agricultural processing and the Western Australian economy

Authors

Nazrul IslamFollow
Peter Johnson, University of Western Australia, Economic Research Centre

Publication Date

2-2003

DPIRD Collections

Natural resources

Series Number

13/2003

Abstract

This paper investigated the impact that an expansion in agricultural processing would have on the Western Australian economy by developing and applying a Computable General Equilibrium economic model of Western Australia (called WAM). WAM was used to simulate the effects of a $1 million expansion in eight agricultural processing industries.

Number of Pages

63

Keywords

Food processing, Economic models, Potatoes, Food industry, Economic analysis, Cydia molesta, Equilibrium theory, Western Australia, Value added

Disciplines

Agricultural Economics | Food Processing

Recommended Citation

Islam, N, and Johnson, P. (2003), Agricultural processing and the Western Australian economy. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, Perth. Report 13/2003.