Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), is located in Canberra, Australia. ABARE, established in 1945, [ [http://www.ga.gov.au/oracle/library/catalogue_details.php?id=abn95234172 Library Catalogue record details, Geoscience Australia ] ] is an Australian government economic research agency, it is also involved in commercial consultancy.

Their mission is:

ABARE maintains the [http://agsurf.abareconomics.com/cgi-bin/abare.pl?_PROGRAM=ags4Home&wh=ter&pr=agsurf AgSurf] database which includes data for the last ten years on farm performance, production benchmarks, farm management, socioeconomic indicators relating to the grains, beef, sheep and dairy industries in Australia.

Criticism

ABARE has been the subject of [http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/eureka/transcripts/hot.htm criticism] because it receives funding from business and industry groups. ABARE's website notes that "Over half of ABARE's external revenue is derived from commercial consulting work." [http://abare.gov.au/pages/about_us/about_us.html]

External links

* [http://www.abareconomics.com/ ABARE Home]
*Sourcewatch, [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Australian_Bureau_of_Agriculture_and_Resource_Economics Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics]

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