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Bouncing Back From Drought, How Resilient are Citrus and Almonds?

Bouncing Back From Drought, How Resilient are Citrus and Almonds?. Mark Skewes Research Scientist – Drought Response Loxton Research Centre. Defining Resilience. Crop Resilience Survival Productivity Business Resilience Individual Businesses Regional Economy. Crop Resilience. survival.

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Bouncing Back From Drought, How Resilient are Citrus and Almonds?

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  1. Bouncing Back From Drought, How Resilient are Citrus and Almonds? Mark Skewes Research Scientist – Drought Response Loxton Research Centre

  2. Defining Resilience • Crop Resilience • Survival • Productivity • Business Resilience • Individual Businesses • Regional Economy

  3. Crop Resilience survival

  4. 11 February 2008

  5. 23 June 2009

  6. 30 June 2010

  7. 20 October 2011

  8. Crop Resilience productivity

  9. Drought Monitoring Program NSW SA Vic

  10. Yield/Applied Water (NP Almonds)

  11. Yield/ETc (NP Almonds)

  12. Yield/Applied Water (Citrus)

  13. Yield/ETc (Citrus)

  14. Crop Resilience Strategies • Canopy reduction • Reduce crop water demand • Reduce stress • Partial cover irrigation • Reduce evaporative losses • Some issues with recovery • “Sunscreen” products • Reduce stress • Limited success

  15. Business Resilience Individual businesses

  16. Almonds • High water requirements • Cost of production increasing • Returns high • Cost of replacement water generally justified • Few plantings removed

  17. Citrus • Moderate water requirements • Cost of production increasing • Returns variable (varieties, markets) • Cost of replacement water often justified • Some plantings removed

  18. Wine Grapes • Low water requirements • Cost of production increasing • Returns low (often below cost of production) • Cost of replacement water not justified • Many plantings removed

  19. Business Resilience regional economy

  20. Drought vs. Murray-Darling Basin Plan Drought

  21. Drought vs. Murray-Darling Basin Plan Drought Basin Plan

  22. Conclusions • Resilience measured at different scales • Survival of permanent plantings is paramount • Management techniques are available to maintained production • Business survival is about more than just crop response to water deficit • Regional economies generally coped with short term drought, but.......?

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