Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Agency overview
Formed21 August 1945; 79 years ago (1945-08-21)
Preceding agency
  • Bureau of Agricultural Economics
JurisdictionAustralian Government
HeadquartersCanberra, Australian Capital Territory
Agency executive
Parent departmentDepartment of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Websiteagriculture.gov.au/abares

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) is a federal research branch of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, located in Canberra, Australia. ABARES was established on 21 August 1945 as the Bureau of Agricultural Economics (BAE),[2] and is also involved in commercial consultancy. It was merged with the Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS) in 2010. The main role of ABARES is to provide "professionally independent data, research, analysis and advice that informs public and private decisions affecting Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry”.[3] ABARES maintains the AgSurf database which includes farm survey data on farm performance, production benchmarks, farm management, socioeconomic indicators relating to the grains, beef, sheep and dairy industries in Australia. ABARES has received funding from business and industry groups.[4] ABARES' website notes that "Over half of ABARES' external revenue is derived from commercial consulting work."[5]

  1. ^ "Dr David Gruen, Australian Statistician". agriculture.gov.au/abares. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ "ParlInfo - ABARES - 70 years of agricultural research". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  3. ^ ABARESa (2020). "About ABARES". Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  4. ^ Gillespie, Alexander; Burns (2000). Climate Change in the South Pacific: Impacts and Responses in Australia, New Zealand, and Small Island States. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 57. ISBN 9780792360773.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 February 2006. Retrieved 31 May 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)