The University of Queensland

Growth, globalization and upgrading of the Chinese cashmere industry

Waldron, Scott A., Brown, Colin G. and Komarek, Adam M. (2014). Growth, globalization and upgrading of the Chinese cashmere industry. The Political Economy of Agro-Food Markets in China: The Social Construction of the Markets in an Era of Globalization. (pp. 257-278) edited by Louis Augustin-Jean and Björn Alpermann. Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137277954_11

Household livelihood diversification in rural Africa

Musumba, Mark, Palm, Cheryl A., Komarek, Adam M., Mutuo, Patrick K. and Kaya, Bocary (2022). Household livelihood diversification in rural Africa. Agricultural Economics, 53 (2), 246-256. doi: 10.1111/agec.12694

Trade-offs and synergies associated with maize leaf stripping within crop-livestock systems in northern Ghana

Komarek, Adam M., Abdul Rahman, Nurudeen, Bandyopadhyay, Arkadeep, Kizito, Fred, Koo, Jawoo and Addah, Weseh (2021). Trade-offs and synergies associated with maize leaf stripping within crop-livestock systems in northern Ghana. Agricultural Systems, 193 103206, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103206

Quantitative assessment of agricultural sustainability reveals divergent priorities among nations

Zhang, Xin, Yao, Guolin, Vishwakarma, Srishti, Dalin, Carole, Komarek, Adam M., Kanter, David R., Davis, Kyle Frankel, Pfeifer, Kimberly, Zhao, Jing, Zou, Tan, D'Odorico, Paolo, Folberth, Christian, Rodriguez, Fernando Galeana, Fanzo, Jessica, Rosa, Lorenzo, Dennison, William, Musumba, Mark, Heyman, Amy and Davidson, Eric A. (2021). Quantitative assessment of agricultural sustainability reveals divergent priorities among nations. One Earth, 4 (9), 1262-1277. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.08.015

Income, consumer preferences, and the future of livestock-derived food demand

Komarek, Adam M., Dunston, Shahnila, Enahoro, Dolapo, Godfray, H. Charles J., Herrero, Mario, Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Rich, Karl M., Scarborough, Peter, Springmann, Marco, Sulser, Timothy B., Wiebe, Keith and Willenbockel, Dirk (2021). Income, consumer preferences, and the future of livestock-derived food demand. Global Environmental Change, 70 102343, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102343

Conservation agriculture improves adaptive capacity of cropping systems to climate stress in Malawi

Komarek, Adam M., Thierfelder, Christian and Steward, Peter R. (2021). Conservation agriculture improves adaptive capacity of cropping systems to climate stress in Malawi. Agricultural Systems, 190 103117, 103117. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103117

The Top 100 questions for the sustainable intensification of agriculture in India’s rainfed drylands

Pervez Bharucha, Zareen, Attwood, Simon, Badiger, Shrinivas, Balamatti, Arun, Bawden, Richard, Bentley, Jeffery W., Chander, Mahesh, Davies, Leonora, Dixon, Harry, Dixon, John, D’Souza, Marcella, Butler Flora, Cornelia, Green, Michael, Joshi, Deepa, Komarek, Adam M., Ruth McDermid, Lesley, Mathijs, Erik, Rola, Agnes C., Patnaik, Sasmita, Pattanayak, Sandip, Pingali, Prabhu, Vara Prasad, V. P., Rabbinge, Rudy, Ramanjaneyulu, G. V., Ravindranath, N. H., Sage, Colin, Saha, Amrita, Salvatore, Ceccarelli, Patnaik Saxena, Lopamudra ... Pretty, Jules (2020). The Top 100 questions for the sustainable intensification of agriculture in India’s rainfed drylands. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19 (2), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/14735903.2020.1830530

CGIAR modeling approaches for resource-constrained scenarios: II. Models for analyzing socioeconomic factors to improve policy recommendations

Kruseman, Gideon, Bairagi, Subir, Komarek, Adam M., Molero Milan, Anabel, Swamikannu, Nedumaran, Petsakos, Athanasios, Prager, Steven and Yigezu, Yigezu A. (2020). CGIAR modeling approaches for resource-constrained scenarios: II. Models for analyzing socioeconomic factors to improve policy recommendations. Crop Science, 60 (2), 568-581. doi: 10.1002/csc2.20114

A review of types of risks in agriculture: What we know and what we need to know

Komarek, Adam M., De Pinto, Alessandro and Smith, Vincent H. (2020). A review of types of risks in agriculture: What we know and what we need to know. Agricultural Systems, 178 102738, 102738. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102738

Economywide effects of climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia

Komarek, Adam M., Thurlow, James, Koo, Jawoo and De Pinto, Alessandro (2019). Economywide effects of climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics, 50 (6), 765-778. doi: 10.1111/agec.12523

Effect of changes in population density and crop productivity on farm households in Malawi

Komarek, Adam M. and Msangi, Siwa (2019). Effect of changes in population density and crop productivity on farm households in Malawi. Agricultural Economics, 50 (5), 615-628. doi: 10.1111/agec.12513

A model to examine farm household trade-offs and synergies with an application to smallholders in Vietnam

Ditzler, Lenora, Komarek, Adam M., Chiang, Tsai-Wei, Alvarez, Stephanie, Chatterjee, Shantonu Abe, Timler, Carl, Raneri, Jessica E., Carmona, Natalia Estrada, Kennedy, Gina and Groot, Jeroen C. J. (2019). A model to examine farm household trade-offs and synergies with an application to smallholders in Vietnam. Agricultural Systems, 173, 49-63. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2019.02.008

From plot to scale: ex-ante assessment of conservation agriculture in Zambia

Komarek, Adam M., Kwon, Hoyoung, Haile, Beliyou, Thierfelder, Christian, Mutenje, Munyaradzi J. and Azzarri, Carlo (2019). From plot to scale: ex-ante assessment of conservation agriculture in Zambia. Agricultural Systems, 173, 504-518. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2019.04.001

Spatially-explicit effects of seed and fertilizer intensification for maize in Tanzania

Komarek, Adam M., Koo, Jawoo, Wood-Sichra, Ulrike and You, Liangzhi (2018). Spatially-explicit effects of seed and fertilizer intensification for maize in Tanzania. Land Use Policy, 78, 158-165. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.06.033

Conservation agriculture in western China increases productivity and profits without decreasing resilience

Komarek, Adam M. (2018). Conservation agriculture in western China increases productivity and profits without decreasing resilience. Food Security, 10 (5), 1251-1262. doi: 10.1007/s12571-018-0833-0

Trade-offs and synergies between yield, labor, profit, and risk in Malawian maize-based cropping systems

Komarek, Adam M., Koo, Jawoo, Haile, Beliyou, Msangi, Siwa and Azzarri, Carlo (2018). Trade-offs and synergies between yield, labor, profit, and risk in Malawian maize-based cropping systems. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 38 (3) 32, 32. doi: 10.1007/s13593-018-0506-6

Assessing consumption-production-resources nexus decisions for rice-focused agricultural households in Sierra Leone

Chenoune, Roza, Allen, Thomas, Komarek, Adam M., Gomez y Paloma, Sergio, Flichman, Guillermo, Capillon, Alain and Belhouchette, Hatem (2017). Assessing consumption-production-resources nexus decisions for rice-focused agricultural households in Sierra Leone. Land Use Policy, 67, 597-607. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.06.014

Agricultural household effects of fertilizer price changes for smallholder farmers in central Malawi

Komarek, Adam M., Drogue, Sophie, Chenoune, Roza, Hawkins, James, Msangi, Siwa, Belhouchette, Hatem and Flichman, Guillermo (2017). Agricultural household effects of fertilizer price changes for smallholder farmers in central Malawi. Agricultural Systems, 154, 168-178. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2017.03.016

Income implications of political capital and agricultural land use in western China

Komarek, Adam M., Spoor, Max, Feng, Shuyi and Shi, Xiaoping (2017). Income implications of political capital and agricultural land use in western China. China Agricultural Economic Review, 9 (1), 93-110. doi: 10.1108/caer-03-2015-0030

The interplay of production commercialisation and specialization: an empirical study on Chinese smallholders

Li, Lihua, Varua, Maria Estela, Komarek, Adam M., Shankar, Sriram and Bellotti, William D. (2017). The interplay of production commercialisation and specialization: an empirical study on Chinese smallholders. China Agricultural Economic Review, 9 (4), 504-521. doi: 10.1108/caer-08-2016-0122

Variation in feed utilisation by sheep undergoing compensatory growth following underfeeding with and without additional dietary nitrogen in western China

Philp, Joshua, Komarek, Adam M., Pain, Sarah J. and Bellotti, William (2017). Variation in feed utilisation by sheep undergoing compensatory growth following underfeeding with and without additional dietary nitrogen in western China. Animal Production Science, 57 (1), 96-101. doi: 10.1071/an15185

Improving the use of available feed resources to overcome sheep feeding deficits in western China

Philp, Joshua, Komarek, Adam M., Pain, Sarah J., Li, Xueling and Bellotti, William (2016). Improving the use of available feed resources to overcome sheep feeding deficits in western China. Animal Production Science, 56 (9), 1545-1550. doi: 10.1071/an14694

Structural change and agricultural diversification since China's reforms

Li, Lihua, Bellotti, Bill and Komarek, Adam M. (2016). Structural change and agricultural diversification since China's reforms. Bio-Based and Applied Economics, 5 (2), 113-130. doi: 10.13128/BAE-16366

Whole-farm economic and risk effects of conservation agriculture in a crop-livestock system in western China

Komarek, Adam M., Li, LingLing and Bellotti, William D. (2015). Whole-farm economic and risk effects of conservation agriculture in a crop-livestock system in western China. Agricultural Systems, 137, 220-226. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.10.013

Optimal harvest timing vs. harvesting for animal forage supply: Impacts on production and quality of lucerne on the Loess Plateau, China

Robertson, M., Shen, Y., Philp, J., Hou, F., Yang, D., Yang, Z., Ying, K., Chen, X., Bell, L., Whish, J., Komarek, A. M. and Bellotti, B. (2015). Optimal harvest timing vs. harvesting for animal forage supply: Impacts on production and quality of lucerne on the Loess Plateau, China. Grass and Forage Science, 70 (2), 296-307. doi: 10.1111/gfs.12116

Whole-farm economic, risk and resource-use trade-offs associated with integrating forages into crop-livestock systems in western China

Komarek, Adam M., Bell, Lindsay W., Whish, Jeremy P. M., Robertson, Michael J. and Bellotti, William D. (2015). Whole-farm economic, risk and resource-use trade-offs associated with integrating forages into crop-livestock systems in western China. Agricultural Systems, 133, 63-72. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.10.008

Household-level effects of China's Sloping Land Conversion Program under price and policy shifts

Komarek, Adam M., Shi, Xiaoping and Heerink, Nico (2014). Household-level effects of China's Sloping Land Conversion Program under price and policy shifts. Land Use Policy, 40, 36-44. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.04.013

The Chinese cashmere industry: a global value chain analysis

Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Komarek, Adam M. (2014). The Chinese cashmere industry: a global value chain analysis. Development Policy Review, 32 (5), 589-610. doi: 10.1111/dpr.12074

Farmer responses to changing risk aversion, enterprise variability and resource endowments

Komarek, Adam M. and MacAulay, T. Gordon (2013). Farmer responses to changing risk aversion, enterprise variability and resource endowments. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 57 (3), 379-398. doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.12010

Whole-farm effects of livestock intensification in smallholder systems in Gansu, China

Komarek, Adam M., McDonald, Cam K., Bell, Lindsay W., Whish, Jeremy P. M., Robertson, Michael J., MacLeod, Neil D. and Bellotti, William D. (2012). Whole-farm effects of livestock intensification in smallholder systems in Gansu, China. Agricultural Systems, 109, 16-24. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.02.001

An exploration of livestock-development policies in western China

Komarek, Adam M., Waldron, Scott A. and Brown, Colin G. (2012). An exploration of livestock-development policies in western China. Food Policy, 37 (1), 12-20. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.10.001

The impact of changing marketing conditions on Ugandan banana farmers

Komarek, Adam M. and Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z. (2012). The impact of changing marketing conditions on Ugandan banana farmers. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2 (1), 74-88. doi: 10.1108/20440831211219246

Impacts of price and productivity changes on banana-growing households in Uganda

Komarek, Adam M. and Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z. (2011). Impacts of price and productivity changes on banana-growing households in Uganda. Agricultural Economics, 42 (SUPPL. 1), 141-151. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2011.00558.x

Crop diversification decisions: The case of vanilla in Uganda

Komarek, Adam M. (2010). Crop diversification decisions: The case of vanilla in Uganda. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, 49 (3), 227-242. doi: 10.22004/ag.econ.155551

The determinants of banana market commercialisation in Western Uganda

Komarek, Adam (2010). The determinants of banana market commercialisation in Western Uganda. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 5 (9), 775-784. doi: 10.5897/AJAR09.022

A heterogeneous-agent model with district-level constraints: an application to livestock development in Gansu, China

Komarek, A., Brown, C. and Waldron, S. (2011). A heterogeneous-agent model with district-level constraints: an application to livestock development in Gansu, China. 10th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China (ECARDC), Aarhus, Denmark, 8-10 April 2011.

Livestock expansion as a development pathway: A heterogeneous-agent model for smallholders in Gansu, China

Komarek, A. M., Waldron, S. A. and Brown, C. G. (2011). Livestock expansion as a development pathway: A heterogeneous-agent model for smallholders in Gansu, China. 55th Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 7-10 February 2011.

The Sinofication of Global Value Chains, Rural Development and Cashmere

Waldron, S. A., Brown, C. G. and Komarek, A. M. (2011). The Sinofication of Global Value Chains, Rural Development and Cashmere. 10th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China, Aarhus, Denmark, 8-10 April 2011.