Economic Evaluation of Reindeer Range in Alaska

Currently most managers in the Alaska reindeer industry utilize an extensive management plan in operating their enterprises. This plan does not incorporate the use of a planned rotational grazing system. To investigate the possibility of enhancing economic returns, a simulated reindeer operation is...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
Main Authors: Greenberg, Joshua, Thomas, Wayne, Workman, William
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 1990
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spelling crwiley:10.1111/j.1744-7976.1990.tb03450.x 2023-12-03T10:21:05+01:00 Economic Evaluation of Reindeer Range in Alaska Greenberg, Joshua Thomas, Wayne Workman, William 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7976.1990.tb03450.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1744-7976.1990.tb03450.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1744-7976.1990.tb03450.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie volume 38, issue 1, page 89-105 ISSN 0008-3976 1744-7976 Economics and Econometrics Agronomy and Crop Science Animal Science and Zoology Ecology Global and Planetary Change journal-article 1990 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7976.1990.tb03450.x 2023-11-09T13:23:19Z Currently most managers in the Alaska reindeer industry utilize an extensive management plan in operating their enterprises. This plan does not incorporate the use of a planned rotational grazing system. To investigate the possibility of enhancing economic returns, a simulated reindeer operation is modeled using a linear programming framework. Included within the model are three management plans, including the present plan and two more intensive management approaches. The two alternatives incorporate the use of rotational grazing. Model results suggest that both the economic performance of a reindeer enterprise and the economic productivity of reindeer range would be substantially improved by employing a more intensive management plan that utilizes a five‐year rotational grazing system. Shadow prices from the model's forage constraint are used to calculate annual rental values for different range types. The policy implications of these values are examined through a discussion of the possible implementation of grazing fees and the opportunity cost of allocating the rangeland for caribou use. De nos jours la plupart des régisseurs dans l'industrie des rennes en Alaska utilise un projet de régie extensif. Ce projet ne contient pas l'usage d'un projet de pâturage en rotation. Pour analyser la possibilité d'augmentation des profits, on utilise un modèle d'une operation des rennes, simulé avec un réseau de programmes linéaires. Compris dans le modèle sont trois projets de régie, le projet actuel et deux autres méthodes de régie intensives. Les deux alternatives contiennent l'usage d'un projet de pâturage en rotation. Les résultats des modèles proposent que le rendement économique d'un entreprise de rennes et la productivité du territoire des rennes seraient améliorés fondamentalement avec l'emploi d'un projet de régie plus intensif. Ce projet utilise un système de pâturage en rotation pendant cinq ans. On utilise des prix “shadow” (additionelles) du fourrage dans ce modèle pour calculer les loyers annuels pour les ... Article in Journal/Newspaper caribou Alaska Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 38 1 89 105
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Agronomy and Crop Science
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology
Global and Planetary Change
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Agronomy and Crop Science
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology
Global and Planetary Change
Greenberg, Joshua
Thomas, Wayne
Workman, William
Economic Evaluation of Reindeer Range in Alaska
topic_facet Economics and Econometrics
Agronomy and Crop Science
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology
Global and Planetary Change
description Currently most managers in the Alaska reindeer industry utilize an extensive management plan in operating their enterprises. This plan does not incorporate the use of a planned rotational grazing system. To investigate the possibility of enhancing economic returns, a simulated reindeer operation is modeled using a linear programming framework. Included within the model are three management plans, including the present plan and two more intensive management approaches. The two alternatives incorporate the use of rotational grazing. Model results suggest that both the economic performance of a reindeer enterprise and the economic productivity of reindeer range would be substantially improved by employing a more intensive management plan that utilizes a five‐year rotational grazing system. Shadow prices from the model's forage constraint are used to calculate annual rental values for different range types. The policy implications of these values are examined through a discussion of the possible implementation of grazing fees and the opportunity cost of allocating the rangeland for caribou use. De nos jours la plupart des régisseurs dans l'industrie des rennes en Alaska utilise un projet de régie extensif. Ce projet ne contient pas l'usage d'un projet de pâturage en rotation. Pour analyser la possibilité d'augmentation des profits, on utilise un modèle d'une operation des rennes, simulé avec un réseau de programmes linéaires. Compris dans le modèle sont trois projets de régie, le projet actuel et deux autres méthodes de régie intensives. Les deux alternatives contiennent l'usage d'un projet de pâturage en rotation. Les résultats des modèles proposent que le rendement économique d'un entreprise de rennes et la productivité du territoire des rennes seraient améliorés fondamentalement avec l'emploi d'un projet de régie plus intensif. Ce projet utilise un système de pâturage en rotation pendant cinq ans. On utilise des prix “shadow” (additionelles) du fourrage dans ce modèle pour calculer les loyers annuels pour les ...
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title_short Economic Evaluation of Reindeer Range in Alaska
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