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Enterprise suitability mapping: guiding agricultural development in Tasmania, Australia

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  • Kidd, Darren
  • Webb, Matthew
  • Stickler, Rhys

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A series of new irrigation schemes in Tasmania, Australia, along with Tasmanian Government policies, is currently stimulating agricultural growth in the State. This has been supported through the Tasmanian Government’s ‘Water for Profit’ Program, designed to provide farmers with the tools and knowledge to maximise profits on new irrigation water investments. The program includes the Department of Primary Industries Parks Water & Environment’s ‘Enterprise Suitability Mapping’, using advanced Digital Soil Mapping, Climate Modelling and Enterprise Suitability Rulesets in consultation with industry to produce high resolution (30m) digital maps of the suitability status of a range of agricultural enterprises. The maps have been uploaded to a publically accessible internet mapping portal, and give users the capacity to interactively identify the suitability rating, soil and climate parameters and required management at any location in the State. The maps provide an indication of potential soil vulnerability and relevant management that might be required to ensure agricultural sustainability, along with combined enterprise versatility to show the areas suited to the most crops. The mapping has achieved a high level of interest in Tasmania, totalling > 143,000 internet mapping visits in the 6 months between April and September 2018.

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  • Kidd, Darren & Webb, Matthew & Stickler, Rhys, 2019. "Enterprise suitability mapping: guiding agricultural development in Tasmania, Australia," 22nd Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019 345875, International Farm Management Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ifma19:345875
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.345875
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