The Impact of Climate Change on the Irrigated Agricultural Industries in the Murray-Darling Basin

by Ahmed Hafi, Sally Thorpe and Adam Foster

- This paper details a bio-physical economic model of the Basin regions which has been developed to estimate the effect of reduced water availability on irrigated agriculture. In the model, regions are linked through a network of water and salt flows, while crop yields respond to irrigation and salinity. The model allows water trade to be restricted to regions or to be unrestricted across the basin.

Hafi, A., S. Thorpe and A. Foster (2009). "The Impact of Climate Change on the Irrigated Agricultural Industries in the Murray-Darling Basin." ABARE conference paper 09.3, February.