• Recent Research Projects
• Research Grants
• Publication List
• Handy software

Recent Research Projects

Carbon sequestration and climate change

The Economic potential of land-use change and forestry for carbon sequestration and poverty reduction (funded by ACIAR). Final Report.

Economics of invasive species

• Benefit cost analysis of weed incursions (funded by Weeds CRC and GRDC)
• Economic analysis of eradication vs. containment decisions (funded by DAFF)
• Economic analysis of invasive species in aquaculture
• Predicting and monitoring the spread of marine invasive species: (Funded by NOAA, USA, B. Leung Principal Investigator)
• Application of search theory to invasive-species control programs (Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis)
  

Economics of salinity at the catchment level

In Collaboration with the Cooperative Research Centre for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity

Research Grants

Publication List

Journal Articles

Kinnucan, H., Cacho, O.J. and Hanson, G.D. 1986. Effects of selected tax policies on management and growth of a catfish enterprise. Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics. 18: 215‑225.

Cacho, O.J., 1990. Protein and fat dynamics in fish: A bioenergetic model applied to aquaculture. Ecological Modelling. 50:33-56.

Cacho, O.J., Hatch, U.  and Kinnucan, H.  1990. Bioeconomic analysis of fish growth: Effects of dietary protein and ration size. Aquaculture. 88:223-238.

Cacho, O.J., Kinnucan, H. and Hatch, U. 1991. Optimal control of fish growth. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 73:174-183.

Cacho, O.J. 1993. A practical equation for pasture growth under grazing. Grass and Forage Science, 48:387-394.

Tai, C.F., Hatch, L.U. Masser, M.P., Cacho, O.J.  and Hoffman, D.G. 1994. Validation of a growth simulation model for catfish. Aquaculture. 128:245-254.

Cacho, O.J., Finlayson, J.D.  and Bywater, A.C.  1995. Simulation of grazing sheep: II. Whole farm model. Agricultural Systems.  48:27-50.

Finlayson, J.D., Cacho, O.J.  and Bywater, A.C. 1995. Simulation of grazing sheep: I. Animal growth and intake. Agricultural Systems.  48:1-25.

Cacho, O.J., 1997. Systems modeling and bioeconomic modeling in aquaculture. Aquacultural Economics and Management., 1:45-64.

Cacho, O.J., Bywater, A.C. and Dillon, J.L 1999. Assessment of production risk in grazing models. Agricultural Sytems. 60:87-98.

Cacho, O.J and Simmons, P. 1999. A genetic algorithm approach to farm investment. Australian Journal of Agricultural  and Resource Economics, 43(3):305-322.

Scott, J. and Cacho, O.J. 2000. Modelling the long-term effects on farm net worth of investments in pasture fertilizer under constraints of family expenditure. Agricultural Systems, 63:195-209.

Cacho, O.J., Greiner, R. and Fulloon, L. 2001.  An economic analysis of farm forestry as a means of controlling dryland salinity. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 45: 233-256.

Greiner, R. and Cacho, O.J. 2001. On the efficient use of a catchment’s land and water resources: dryland salinization in Australia. Ecological Economics. 38: 441-458.

Cacho, O.J. 2001 An analysis of externalities in agroforestry systems in the presence of land degradation. Ecological Economics. 39: 131-143.

Purnamasari, R., Cacho, O.J. and Simmons, P. 2002. Management strategies for Indonesian rubber production under yield and price uncertainty: a bioeconomic analysis’. Agroforestry Systems. 54: 121-135.

Hean, R.L. and Cacho, O.J. 2002. Mariculture of giant clams, Tridacna crocea and T. derasa: management for maximum profit by smallholders in Solomon Islands, Aquacultural Economics and Management 6: 373-395.

Hean, R.L. and Cacho, O.J. 2003. A growth model for giant clams Tridacna crocea and T. derasa. Ecological Modelling. 163 (1-2): 87-100

Hester, S. and Cacho, O.J. 2003. Modelling apple orchard systems. Agricultural Systems. 77: 137-154.

Odom, D.I.S., Cacho, O.J., Sinden, J.A. and Griffith, G.R. 2003. Policies for the management of weeds in natural ecosystems: the case of scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius, L.) in an Australian national park. Ecological Economics. 44: 119-135.

Cacho, O.J., Hean, R.L. and Wise, R. 2003. Carbon-accounting methods and reforestation incentives. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 47: 153-179.

Cacho, O.J., Wise, R. and MacDicken, K. 2004 Carbon monitoring costs and their effect on incentives to sequester carbon through forestry. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 9 (3): 273 – 293.

Keys, S., Crocos, P. and Cacho. O.J. 2004. Commercial growout performance and cost-benefit analysis for farm production of the brown tiger shrimp Penaeus esculentus. Aquaculture Economics and Management. 8 (5-6): 295-308.

Cacho, O.J. Marshall, G.R. and Milne, M. 2005. Transaction and abatement costs of carbon-sink projects in developing countries, Environment and Development Economics (EDE 355) In Press.

Odom, D.I.S., Sinden, J.A., Cacho, O.J., and Griffith, G.R. 2005. Economics issues in the management of plants invading natural environments: Scotch broom in Barrington Tops National Park. Biological Invasions. 7: 445–457.

Wise, R.M. and Cacho, O.J. 2005. A bioeconomic analysis of carbon sequestration in farm forestry: a simulation study of Gliricidia sepium. Agroforestry Systems.64: 237-250.

Wise, R.M. and Cacho, O.J. 2005. Tree-crop interactions and their environmental and economic implications in the presence of carbon-sequestration payments. Environmental Modelling and Software. 20 (9): 1139-1148.

Sinden, J. Jones, R., Hester, S., Odom, D., Kalisch, D., James, R., Cacho, O. and Griffith, G. 2005. The economic impact of weeds in Australia. Plant Protection Quarterly. 20 (1): 25-32.

Alford, A.R. , Hegarty, R.S., Parnell, P.F., Cacho,  O.J., Herd, R.M. and Griffith, G.R. 2006. The impact of breeding to reduce residual feed intake on enteric methane emissions from the Australian beef industry. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture. 46: 813–820.

Behrendt K., Cacho O., Scott J.M. and Jones, R. 2006. Methodology for assessing optimal rates of pasture improvement in the high rainfall temperate pasture zone. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture. 46 (6-7): 845-849.  

Cacho, O.J., Spring, D., Pheloung, P. and Hester, S. 2006. Evaluating the feasibility of eradicating an invasion. Biological Invasions. 8 (4): 903-917.

Cacho, O.J. Bioeconomics of invasive species in aquatic ecosystems. 2006. Aquaculture Economics and Management. 10(2):107-124.

Jones R., Cacho, O.J. and Sinden, J. 2006. The importance of seasonal variability and tactical responses to risk on estimating the economic benefits of integrated weed management. Agricultural Economics, 35:245-256.

Alford, A., Cacho, O.J., Davies, B.L. and Griffith, G.R. 2006. An economic model of the Northern Tablelands grazing system for assessing wool industry technologies in a whole-farm context. International Journal of Sheep and Wool Science.54 (3): 26-54.

Wise, R.M., Cacho, O.J. and Hean, R.L. 2007. Fertilizer effects on the sustainability and profitability of agroforestry in the presence of carbon payments. Environmental Modelling and Software.  22: 1372-1381.

Spring, D.A., Cacho, O.J. MacNally, R. and Sabbadin, R. 2007. Pre-emptive conservation versus 'fire-fighting': a decision theoretic approach. Biological Conservation. 136: 531-540.

Cacho, O.J., Hester, S. and Spring, D. 2007. Applying search theory to determine the feasibility of eradicating an invasive population in natural environments. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 51: 425–443.

Cacho, O.J., Wise, R.M., Hester, S.A. and Sinden, J.A. 2008. Bioeconomic modeling for control of weeds in natural environments. Ecological Economics. 65: 559-568.

Farquharson, R., Cacho, O.J., Mullen, J. and Schwenke, G.D. 2008. An economic approach to soil fertility management for wheat production in north-eastern Australia. Agricultural Economics. 38:181-192.

Sinden, J., Downey, P.O., Hester, S.M. and Cacho, O. 2008. Economic evaluation of the management of bitou bush (Chrysantemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata (DC.) T.Norl.) to conserve native plant communities in New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly. 23(1):34-37.

Guy, J.A, Johnston, B. and  Cacho, O.J. 2009. Economic assessment of an intra-specific cross of silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus Mitchell) for commercial farming. Aquaculture Economics and Management. 13(4): 328-343.

Cacho, O.J., Hester, S., Spring, D. and Mac Nally, R. 2010. Allocating surveillance effort in the management of invasive species: a spatially-explicit model. Environmental Modelling and Software. 25: 444-454.

Schmidt, D., Spring, D., Mac Nally, R., Thomson, J.R., Brook, B.W., Cacho, O.J. and McKenzie, M. 2009. Finding needles (or ants) in haystacks: Bayesian prediction of locations of invasive organisms to inform eradication and containment programs. Ecological Applications (in press).

Hester, S.M., Brooks, S.J., Cacho, O.J. and Panetta, F.D. 2010. Applying a simulation model to the management of an infestation of Miconia calvescens in the wet tropics of Australia. Weed Research. (In Press).

Leung, B., Cacho, O. and Spring, D. 2010 Searching for non-indigenous species: rapidly delimiting the invasion boundary. Diversity and Distributions. (in press).

Books

Cacho, O., Hean, R., Ginoga, K., Wise, R., Djaenudin, D., Lugina, M., Wulan, Y., Subarudi, Lusiana, B., van Noordwijk, M. and Khasanah, N. 2008. Economic potential of land-use change and forestry for carbon sequestration and poverty reduction. ACIAR Technical Reports No. 68, 98 pp.ISBN 978 1 921434 33 4. 

Book Chapters and Monographs

Cacho, O.J. 1993. Development and implementation of a fish-farm bioeconomic model: A three stage approach. In: Hatch, L.U. and Kinnucan, H.W. (ed.), Aquaculture: Models and Economics. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, ISBN 0-8133-8534-2. 55-72. (Download)

Cacho, O.J., Marshall, G.R. and Milne, M. 2003. Smallholder agroforestry projects: potential for carbon sequestration and poverty alleviation. Agriculture and Economic Development Analysis Division, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). ESA Working Paper, 03-06. (Download).

Cacho, O.J., Hean, R. and Greiner R. 2004. Principles and suggestions for combining hydrology and economic models for dryland-salinity management. In Graham, T.W., Pannell, D.J. and White, B. (eds). Dryland Salinity: Economic Issues at Farm, Catchment and Policy Levels, Cooperative Research Centre for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity, University of Western Australia, Perth. ISBN 1-74052-104-8. pp. 55-69.

Hean, R., Cacho, O.J. and Menz, K. 2004. Farm forestry, carbon-sequestration credits and discount rates. In Graham, T.W., Pannell, D.J. and White, B. (eds). Dryland Salinity: Economic Issues at Farm, Catchment and Policy Levels, Cooperative Research Centre for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity, University of Western Australia, Perth. ISBN 1-74052-104-8. pp 133-144.

Cacho, O.J. and Hean, R.L. 2004. Dynamic optimization for evaluating externalities in agroforestry systems: an example from Australia. In Alavalapati, J.R.R. and Mercer, D.E. (eds.), Valuing Agroforestry Systems, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 141-165. (Download)

Sinden, J. Jones, R., Hester, S., Odom, D., Kalisch, D., James, R. and Cacho, O. 2004. The economic impact of weeds in Australia. CRC For Australian Weed Management, Technical Series # 8. (ISBN 1-920932-47). 55pp.

Cacho, O.J. and Lipper, L. 2006. Abatement and transaction costs of carbon-sink projects involving smallholders. Agriculture and Economic Development Analysis Division, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). ESA Working Paper, 06-13.    

Cacho, O.J. and Lipper, L. 2007. Abatement and transaction costs of carbon-sink projects involving smallholders. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Nota di Lavoro CCMP 27.2007. (Download)   

Cacho, O.J. 2008. Economics of carbon sequestration projects involving smallholders. In Zilberman, D, Stringer, R., Lipper, L. and Sakuyama, T. (eds), Managing Environmental Services in Agricultural Landscapes:  Policies and Incentives for Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries.  New York:  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Springer Science & Business Media, LLC, 2008 or 2009. (in press, Feb 2008).

Wise, R.M. and Cacho, O.J. 2008. Optimal land-use with carbon payments and fertilizer subsidies in Indonesia. In Otsuka, K and Kalirajan, K. Agriculture in developing countries, technology issues. Sage Publications, New Delhi. pp 81-99.

Cacho, O.J. 2009. Economics of carbon sequestration projects involving smallholders. In Lipper, L., Sakuyama, T., Stringer, R. and Zilberman, D (eds), Payment for environmental services in agricultural landscapes:  Economic Policies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries.  New York:  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Springer Science & Business Media, LLC. pp 77-102. (ISBN 978-0-387-72969-5).

Bulletins and Published Proceedings

Villalobos, F.A., R. De la Parra, B.E. Galvan, O.J. Cacho and M.A. Izaguirre, 1984. Estudio Hidrobiologico en la Laguna de la Mancha, Mpio. Actopan, Veracruz. 1979‑1980. INIREB. Cuadernos de Divulgacion. 15:51pp.

Cacho, O.J., H. Kinnucan and S. Sindelar, 1986. Catfish farming risks in Alabama. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. 287:19pp.

Finlayson, J.D., O.J. Cacho and A.C. Bywater, 1990. Simulation of selected management strategies on Canterbury sheep farms. Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association, 52:211-215.

Cacho, O.J. and A.C. Bywater, 1991. Managing complexity: An object-oriented approach to the simulation of grazing systems. Proceedings of the Simulation Society of Australia, 9:214-219.

Bywater, A.C. and O.J. Cacho, 1994.  Use of simulation models in research and teaching. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production.  54:403-412.

Cacho, O.J. and A.C. Bywater, 1994.  Use of a grazing model to study management and risk. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production. 54:377-381.

Cacho, O.J. 1995. Simulation models and sustainability of grazing systems. International Congress on Modelling and Simulation,Proceedings, University of Newcastle, 28-31.

Hean, R. and O.J. Cacho, 1997. A model of giant clam growth. International Congress on Modelling and Simulation,Proceedings, University of Tasmania,  1742-1747.

Hester, S. and O.J. Cacho, 1997. A biological model of apple tree growth. International Congress on Modelling and Simulation,Proceedings, University of Tasmania, 1091-1096.

Cacho, O.J. 1998. Solving bioeconomic optimal control models numerically. In Gooday, J. (ed.) Proceedings of the ABARE Bioeconomics Workshop, 22 January, University of New England, Armidale. 13-26. (Download)

Cacho, O.J., Wise, R. and MacDicken, K. 2002. Carbon monitoring costs and their effect on incentives to sequester carbon through forestry. Proceedings: International Symposium on Forest Carbon Sequestration and Monitoring. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, November 11-15, 2002 Taipei, Taiwan. 77-90

Alford, A., Griffith, G. and Cacho O.J. 2004. A Northern Tablelands whole-farm linear program for economic evaluation of new technologies at the farm-level. Economic Research Report No. 13, NSW Agriculture, Armidale, March. (Download)

Cacho, O.J. 2004. When is it optimal to eradicate a weed invasion? In Sindel, B.M. and Johnson, S.B. (eds.) Proceedings of the 14^th Australian Weeds Conference, Weeds Society of NSW, Sydney. pp 49-54. ISBN 0 9752488 0 4.

Hester,S, Sinden, J.A.S. and Cacho, O.J. 2004. Valuation of the cost of a weed incursion in a natural environment: a simulation approach. In Sindel, B.M. and Johnson, S.B. (eds.) Proceedings of the  14^th Australian Weeds Conference, Weeds Society of NSW, Sydney. pp 572-575. ISBN 0 9752488 0 4.

Sinden, J., Jones, R., Hester, S. Odom, D., Kalisch, C. James, R. and Cacho, O.J. 2004. The economic impact of weeds in Australian agriculture. In Sindel, B.M. and Johnson, S.B. (eds.) Proceedings of the 14^th Australian Weeds Conference Weeds Society of NSW, Sydney. pp 588-591. ISBN 0 9752488 0 4.

Dunstan, N, Qiang, X., Cacho, O. and Hean, R. 2005. Multi-Agent Design for Catchment Analysis. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies, December 2005, Cairo, Egypt, pp. 101-107. ISBN: 0-7803-9270-1.

Zull, A. Cacho, O. and Lawes, R. 2006. A matrix model for the management of perennial weeds in the North Queensland rangelands system: application to Ziziphus mauritiana (Lam.). Proceedings of the 15th Australian Weeds Conference. Adelaide, September 2006.

Hester, S.M. and Cacho, O.J. 2009. The spread of a biological invasion in space and time: modelling active and passive surveillance. In. Anderssen, RS, Braddock, RD and Newham, LTH (eds). 18th World IMACS / MODSIM Congress, Cairns, Australia 13-17 July 2009. pp. 4298-4304. ISBN:978-0-9758400-7-8 http://mssanz.org.au/modsim09

Hean, R.L. and Cacho, O.J. 2009. Spatially-explicit modelling for catchment-level salinity management. . In. Anderssen, RS, Braddock, RD and Newham, LTH (eds). 18th World IMACS / MODSIM Congress, Cairns, Australia 13-17 July 2009. pp. 1858-1864. ISBN:978-0-9758400-7-8  http://mssanz.org.au/modsim09

Conference Papers

Cacho, O.J., 1989. Optimization of catfish production through manipulation of ration size, dietary protein content and crop length. World Aquaculture Society Meeting.

Cacho, O.J. and U. Hatch, 1990. Dynamic optimization of feed quality and quantity in fish culture. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 72(1990):1345.

Cacho, O.J. and U. Hatch, 1990. Relationship between diet quantity and quality in fish culture: Implications for research and production. World Aquaculture Society Meeting.

Finlayson, J.D., O.J. Cacho and A.C. Bywater, 1990. A simulation model of sheep production. Convention of the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science.

Cacho, O.J., 1997. Dynamic models, externalities and sustainability of grazing systems. Contributed Paper: 41st Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. 8 pp.

Hean, R. and O.J. Cacho, 1997. Bioeconomics of giant clam mariculture. Contributed Paper: 41st Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. 10 pp.

Hester, S. and O.J. Cacho, 1997. A proposal for a bioeconomic model of an apple orchard. Contributed Paper: 41st Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. 10 pp.

Koeshendrajana, S. and O.J. Cacho, 1997. Measuring the economic benefits from the inland fishery management in South Sumatra: A bioeconomic approach. Contributed Paper: 41st Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. 15 pp.

John, F., O.J. Cacho and G. Marshall,  1997. What price for the right to go a-droving? A derived demand approach. Contributed Paper: 41st Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. 10 pp.

Hester, S.M. and O.J. Cacho (1999). Estimating costs of pest damage through simulation. Contributed Paper: 43rd Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

Hean , R. and O.J. Cacho (1999). Management strategies for giant-clam mariculture in Solomon Islands. Contributed Paper: 43rd Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

Farquarson, R.J., O.J. Cacho and J.E. Turpin, 2000. Agricultural response analysis in a longer term framework. Contributed Paper: 44th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. 37 pp.

Jones, R. and O.J. Cacho, 2000. A dynamic optimisation model of weed control. Contributed Paper: 44th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. 12 pp

Hean, R., O.J. Cacho, A. Signor and J. Mullen, 2000. The potential role of farm forestry in the wheat-sheep zone of NSW. Contributed Paper: 44th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. 18 pp

Cacho, O.J., 2000. The Role of Bioeconomic Models in Renewable Resource Management and Assessment of Solution Techniques. Presented at the symposium: "Integrating Approaches for Natural Resource Management and Policy Analysis: Bioeconomic Models, Multi-Agent Systems, and Cellular Automata” at the XXIV International Conference of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Berlin, August 2000. 11 pp.

Cacho, O.J. and R.L. Hean. 2001. The economic implications of carbon accounting methods for the profitability of agroforestry systems. Contributed Paper: 30th Conference of Economists, UWA, Perth, Australia.

Odom, D., J.A. Sinden, O.J. Cacho, and G.R. Griffith. 2001. Strategies for controlling weeds in natural ecosystems: a dynamic optimisation approach. Contributed Paper: 45th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

Cacho, O.J., R.L. Hean and R. M. Wise. 2002. Carbon-accounting methods and reforestation incentives. Contributed Paper: 46th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

Hean, R.L. and O.J. Cacho. 2002. Evaluating externalities using bioeconomic techniques: the impact of forestry on aquaculture. Contributed Paper: 46th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

Hean, R.L. and O.J. Cacho. 2002. Farming giant clams for the aquarium and seafood markets: a bioeconomic analysis. Contributed Paper: 46th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

Odom, D, O.J. Cacho, J.A. Sinden, and G.R..Griffith. 2002. Policies for the management of weeds in natural ecosystems: a dynamic programming approach. Contributed Paper: 46th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.\

Cacho, O.J., Marshall, G.R. and Milne, M. 2002. Transaction and abatement costs of carbon-sink projects: An analysis based on Indonesian agroforestry systems. Conference of the Australian New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics, University of Technology Sydney, 2-4 December 2002.

Cacho, O.J., Marshall, G.R.  2003. Designing Smallholder Agroforestry Projects for Carbon Sequestration: The Role of Abatement Costs and Transaction Costs. “The Potential of Carbon Sequestration Through Land Use Change to Contribute to Poverty Alleviation: Comparative Micro-Economic Evidence”. 25^th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, 16-22 August 2003, Durban, South Africa.

Alford, A.R, Griffith, G.R. and Cacho O.J. 2003. Farm-level economic evaluation of net feed efficiency in australia’s southern beef cattle production system. Contributed Paper: 47th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

Hean, R.L. Cacho, O.J. and Menz,K. 2003. Temporary carbon storage and discount rates. Contributed Paper: 47th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

Jones, R., Cacho, O.J. and Sinden, J.A. 2003.  Modelling the dynamics of weed management technologies. Contributed Paper: 47th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

Odom, J., Sinden, J.A., Cacho, O.J. and Griffith, G.R. 2003. Economic issues in the management of plants invading natural environments: scotch broom in Barrington Tops National Park. Contributed Paper: 47th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. 

Wise, R.M and Cacho,O.J. 2003. Tree/Crop interactions and their environmental and economic implications in the presence of carbon sequestration payments. Contributed Paper: 47th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

Alford, A., Cacho, O.J. and Griffith, G. 2004. Beef technology and sustainability. Contributed Paper: 48th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Melbourne, Feb 2004.

Jones R., Cacho, O.J. and Sinden, J. 2004. The importance of seasonal variability on measuring the benefits of a technology: A case study of integrated weed management. Contributed Paper: 48th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Melbourne, Feb 2004.

Kehkha, A.A., Cacho, O.J. and Hardaker, J.B. 2004. Water resources management focusing on drought mitigation in Iran: the case of the Sistan region. Contributed Paper: 48th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Melbourne, Feb 2004.

Odom, D., Hester, S., Sinden, J. and Cacho, O. 2004. Benefit-cost analysis for weed management in natural environments: review, issues and opportunities. Contributed Paper: 48th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Melbourne, Feb 2004.

Wise, R.M. and Cacho, O.J. 2004. Managing agroforests in the presence of carbon credits: a bioeconomic analysis. Contributed Paper: 48th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Melbourne, Feb 2004.

Farquharson, R.J., Cacho, O.J and Mullen, J.D. 2005. An economic approach to soil fertility management for wheat production in north-eastern Australia. 49th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Coffs Harbour, Feb 2005.

Wise, R.M and Cacho, O.J. 2005. Dynamic optimisation of tree-crop systems in the presence of carbon payments. 49th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Coffs Harbour, Feb 2005.

Bathgate, A. and Cacho O.J. 2005. Farm-level response to the imposition of a cost on salt emissions. 49th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Coffs Harbour, Feb 2005.             

Cacho, O.J., Wise, R.M, Hester, S.M and  Sinden, J.A. 2005. Weed invasions: to control or not to control? 49th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Coffs Harbour, Feb 2005.

Alford, A.R., Cacho, O.J., Griffith, G.R., and Hegarty, R.S. 2006. Jointly achieving profitability and environmental outcomes: methane abatement from genetic improvement in the Australian beef industry. 50^th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Sydney, Feb 2006.

Cacho, O.J., Hester, S. and Spring, D. 2006. Applying search theory to determine the feasibility of eradicating invasive populations. 50^th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Sydney, Feb 2006.

Hean, R., Cacho, O.J., Nordblom, T. and Hume, I. 2006. Spatially-explicit modelling for salinity management at the catchment level. 50^th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Sydney, Feb 2006.

Nordblom, T., Hume, I. Hean, R., Cacho, O.J., Reynolds, Finlayson, J. and Kelly, J. 2006. Tests of policies aimed to deliver environmental service targets: water yields and salt loads. 50^th Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Sydney, Feb 2006.

Wise, R.M. and Cacho O.J. 2006. Optimal land-use decisions in the presence of carbon payments and fertilizer subsidies: an Indonesian case study. International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, August 12-18, 2006.

Cacho, O. J. 2008. Carbon markets, transaction costs and bioenergy. 52nd Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Canberra, Feb 2008.

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