A farm-level model to evaluate the impacts of current energy policy options
Abstract
The study on which this report is based forms
part of a research programme at Lincoln College aimed
at understanding the likely effects of energy shortages
and energy price rises on the New Zealand economy and
on the farm sector in particular. Other reports emanating from this programme
include AERU Research Report No. 80, "The Energy Requirement
of Farming in New Zealand", and AERU Discussion
Paper No. 40, "New Zealand Agriculture and Oil Price
Increases".
The present report details a linear programming
approach to understanding the likely reaction of a mixed
cropping farm in Canterbury to a reduction in fuel availability
or an increase in fuel price. The reaction is
measured through changes in enterprise mix under a profit
maximising assumption.
