Associate Professor Scott Waldron
Honorary Associate Professor
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Hartley Teakle (83), Room S514, St Lucia Campus
Researcher biography
Scott grew up on a mixed farming property in western Queensland, has an undergraduate degree in Asian studies and a PhD in agricultural economics.
Scott worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit in Beijing, graduated from the Nanjing-Hopkins Centre for Advanced Chinese and American Studies and is fluent in Chinese. In China he has: collaborated with 20 research and government organisations; conducted fieldwork at country level and below for at least 30 months; and provided technical assistance in trade negotiations.
He has written eight books on China, two of which were translated into Chinese, and he has published in leading China studies journals, includingThe China Journal and China Quarterly. His research in recent years was on China's trade barriers on Australian exports, and China's economic growth model and implications for trade relations. Scott has been invited to deliver talks on China for a wide range of Australian government and non-govenment agencies, including training for DFAT's China Literacy program.
For more information see the website of the China Agricultural Economics Group
At UQ Scott has conducted 25 agricultural development projects in China, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. He led multi-country and multi-stakeholder projects funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), the Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research (PAIR) and the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations (NFARCR).
He coordinated the courses AGRC7520 "International Agricultural Development in Asia", AGRC7127 "Agricultural and Resource Policy" and ECON3820 "Understanding China"
Scott is currently an Economist at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) Trade and Global Change program
Publications
Books
Waldron, S., Antfalo, K., Quigley, S., Kalo, N., Rantes, J., Boe, S., Bong, L., Navian, M., Sul, J., Napatu, J. and Naise, A. (2020). Farm budgeting and planning for cattle farmers in Vanuatu. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ACIAR.
Waldron, Scott (2010). Modernising agrifood chains in China: Implications for rural development. Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars.
Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A., Longworth, John W., 赵玉田 Yutian, Zhao and 黄向阳 Xiangyang, Huang (2009). Sustainable development in Western China: Managing people, livestock and grasslands in pastoral areas. 中国西部草原可持续发展研究: 管理牧区人口、草场和牲畜系统. Beijing, China: China Agricultural Publishing House.
Brown, C. G., Waldron, S. A. and Longworth, J. W. (2008). Sustainable Development in Western China: Managing people, livestock and grasslands in pastoral areas. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Waldron, S., Brown, C. G., Longworth, J. and Zhang, C. G. (2007). China's Livestock Revolution : agribusiness and policy developments in the sheep meat sector. United Kingdom: CAB International.
Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A. and Longworth, John (2005). Modernizing China's Industries: Lessons from wool and wool textiles. First ed. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781781958148
Longworth, J., Brown, C. G. and Waldron, S. (2003). Beef in China: Agribusiness Opportunities and Challenges. 1st ed. Beijing, China: China Agricultural Publishing House.
Waldron, S., Brown, C. G. and Longworth, J. (2003). Rural Development in China: Insights from the Beef Industry. 1st ed. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. doi: 10.4324/9781315199245
Longworth, J. W., Brown, C. G. and Waldron, S. A. (2003). 中囯肉牛业的商务机遇与挑战. Beijing China: China Agricultural Publishing House.
Brown, Colin G., Longworth, John W. and Waldron, Scott A. (2002). Regionalisation and Integration in China: Lessons from the transformation of the beef industry. 1st ed. London, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315189628
Longworth, J., Brown, C. G. and Waldron, S. (2001). Beef In China: Agribusiness opportunities and challenges. 1 ed. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press.
Book Chapters
Waldron, Scott, Langford, Zannie, Pasaribu, Syamsul, Nuryartono, Nunung, Julianto, Boedi and Siradjuddin, Irsyadi (2024). The Indonesian seaweed industry. Globalisation and livelihood transformations in the Indonesian seaweed industry. (pp. 51-76) edited by Zannie Langford. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003183860-4
Ruhon, Radhiyah, Waldron, Scott, Langford, Zannie, Komarek, Adam, Zhang, Jing and Cahyadi, Eko (2024). The South Sulawesi seaweed industry. Globalisation and livelihood transformations in the Indonesian seaweed industry. (pp. 77-98) edited by Zannie Langford. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003183860-5
Zhang, Jing, Langford, Zannie and Waldron, Scott (2024). The global carrageenan industry. Globalisation and livelihood transformations in the Indonesian seaweed industry. (pp. 23-50) edited by Zannie Langford. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003183860-3
Langford, Zannie, Ruhon, Radhiyah and Waldron, Scott (2024). Reconciling Indonesian seaweed industry statistics from different sources. Globalisation and livelihood transformations in the Indonesian seaweed industry. (pp. 239-250) edited by Zannie Langford. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Langford, Zannie, Waldron, Scott, Zhang, Jing, Ruhon, Radhiyah, Walyandra, Zulung Zach, Armis, Risya Arsyi, Lapong, Imran, Julianto, Boedi, Siradjuddin, Irsyadi, Pasaribu, Syamsul and Nuryartono, Nunung (2024). Diverse Seaweed Farming Livelihoods in Two Indonesian Villages. Tropical Phyconomy Coalition Development. (pp. 143-160) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-47806-2_12
Kemp, David, Wu, Jianping, Lang, Xia, Gong, Xuyin, Li, Ping, Han, Guodong, Zhao, Mengli, Behrendt, Karl and Waldron, Scott (2020). Chinese livestock numbers and grassland impact. Sustainable Chinese grasslands. (pp. 17-38) edited by David Kemp. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Addison, Jane, Brown, Colin G., Lkhagvadorj, Enkh-Orchlon, Jing, Zhang, Waldron, Scott, Bao, Zhang and Bukhbat, Duinkherjav (2020). Institutions and macrodevelopments. Common grasslands in Asia: a comparative analysis of Chinese and Mongolian grasslands. (pp. 12-47) edited by Colin G. Brown. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781788974059.00009
Waldron, S. A. and Brown, C. G. (2014). Chinese and South-East Asian cattle production. Beef cattle production and trade. (pp. 121-142) edited by David Cottle and Lewis Kahn. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A. and Longworth, John W. (2014). A diachronic analysis of the beef industry. The Political Economy of Agro-Food Markets in China: The Social Construction of the Markets in an Era of Globalization. (pp. 127-151) edited by Louis Augustin-Jean and Björn Alpermann. Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137277954.0013
Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A. and Longworth, John W. (2014). Drivers and dynamics of the Chinese wool market. The Political Economy of Agro-Food Markets in China: The Social Construction of the Markets in an Era of Globalization. (pp. 210-235) edited by Louis Augustin-Jean and Björn Alpermann. Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137277954.0017
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
Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Longworth, John (2011). The role of the state in modernizing China's fine wool marketing sector. Politics and markets in rural China. (pp. 137-152) edited by Bjorn Alpermann. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203814888
Longworth, J. W., Brown, C. G. and Waldron, S. A. (2010). Chinese Sheep and Wool Industries. The International Sheep and Wool Handbook. (pp. 113-152) edited by D. J. Cottle. Nottingham, UK: Nottingham University Press.
Brown, C. G., Waldron, S. and Longworth, J. (2000). Rangeland Degradaion, Beef Industry Development and Regional Development in the Pastoral Regions of China. Economic aspects of the beef and cattle industry in China. (pp. 35-56) edited by Yuman, Lui. Beijing: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Press.
Waldron, S. (2000). The Types of Agricultural Industralisation Development and its Organisational Models in China. Economic Aspects of the Beef and Cattle Industry in China. (pp. 181-207) edited by Liu and Yuman. Beijing, China: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Press.
Journal Articles
Stone, Serafina, Langford, Zannie, Arsyi, Risya, Lapong, Imran, Zach, Zulung, Ruhon, Radhiyah, Julianto, Boedi, Siradjuddin, Irsyadi, Wong, Annie and Waldron, Scott (2025). Technology adoption by smallholder farmers: the case of drying technology in the Indonesian seaweed industry. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 15 (3), 486-499. doi: 10.1108/jadee-01-2023-0011
Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott, Dong, Xiaoxia and Dai, Xin (2024). Mediating roles of perceived quality and perceived behaviour control in shaping Chinese consumer’s purchase intention for domestic Infant Milk Formula (IMF). Foods, 13 (19) 3099, 3099. doi: 10.3390/foods13193099
Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott, Langford, Zannie, Julianto, Boedi and Komarek, Adam Martin (2024). China’s growing influence in the global carrageenan industry and implications for Indonesia. Journal of Applied Phycology, 36 (2), 639-660. doi: 10.1007/s10811-023-03004-0
Langford, Alexandra, Turupadang, Welem and Waldron, Scott (2023). Interventionist industry policy to support local value-adding: evidence from the Eastern Indonesian seaweed industry. Marine Policy, 151 105561, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105561
Zhang, Bao, Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin, Zhang, Jing and Qiao, Guanghua (2023). Measuring transaction costs of grassland eco-compensation policies: the case of the Compensation and Rewards Policy for Grassland Protection in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Rangeland Journal, 45 (5), 202-209. doi: 10.1071/RJ23046
Waldron, Scott, Ferguson, Victor and Lim, Darren (2022). Exploring the domestic foundations of Chinese economic sanctions: the case of Australia. China Brief, 22 (18).
Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott and Dong, Xiaoxia (2022). Evidence from a choice experiment in consumer preference towards Infant Milk Formula (IMF) in the context of dairy revitalization and COVID-19 pandemic. Foods, 11 (17) 2689, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/foods11172689
Ferguson, Victor A., Waldron, Scott and Lim, Darren J. (2022). Market adjustments to import sanctions: lessons from Chinese restrictions on Australian trade, 2020–21. Review of International Political Economy, 30 (4), 1-27. doi: 10.1080/09692290.2022.2090019
Waldron, Scott, Si, Zhizhi, Myint, Theingi and Smith, Dominic (2022). China’s cross-border economic integration: formalising cattle imports from Myanmar. China: An International Journal, 20 (2), 101-133. doi: 10.1353/chn.2022.0018
Zhang, Jing, Brown, Colin, Waldron, Scott, Yadav, Lava and Zhuoga, De-qing (2022). Heterogeneity in agricultural households and transition paths in southern Tibet. Journal of Mountain Science, 19 (5), 1386-1403. doi: 10.1007/s11629-021-7154-z
Langford, Alexandra, Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott, Julianto, Boedi, Siradjuddin, Irsyadi, Neish, Iain and Nuryartono, Nunung (2022). Price analysis of the Indonesian carrageenan seaweed industry. Aquaculture, 550 737828, 737828. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737828
Langford, Alexandra, Waldron, Scott, Sulfahri, and Saleh, Hasnawati (2021). Monitoring the COVID-19-affected Indonesian seaweed industry using remote sensing data. Marine Policy, 127 104431, 104431. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104431
Waldron, Scott (2020). China’s tariffs on Australian barley: coercion, protectionism, or both?. The Diplomat.
Waldron, Scott, Pham, Luong, Smith, Dominic, Hieu, Phan Sy, Xiaoxia, Dong and Brown, Colin (2018). Macro developments in the China and Southeast Asia beef sector. Animal Production Science, 59 (6), 1001-1015. doi: 10.1071/AN17434
Dong, Xiaoxia, Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Zhang, Jing (2018). Price transmission in regional beef markets: Australia, China and Southeast Asia. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture, 30 (2), 99-106. doi: 10.9755/ejfa.2018.v30.i2.1601
Dong, Xiaoxia, Brown, Colin, Waldron, Scott and Zhang, Jing (2018). Asymmetric price transmission in the Chinese pork and pig market. British Food Journal, 120 (1), 120-132. doi: 10.1108/BFJ-02-2017-0056
Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A. and Wilkins, John Francis (2017). Specialisation and intensification of farming systems in Western China: the case of dairy farmers in Tibet. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 7 (1), 69-80. doi: 10.1108/JADEE-04-2015-0022
Zhang, Jing, Brown, Colin, Dong, Xiaoxia and Waldron, Scott (2017). Price transmission in whole milk powder markets: implications for the Oceania dairy sector of changing market developments. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 60 (2), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/00288233.2017.1284133
de Paulo Correi, Vicente, Waldron, Scott, do Rego, Adelino and Varela, Calisto (2016). Analysis of the Timor Leste Beef Cattle Industry. Revista Científica Multidisciplinar da Sociedade Timorense, 4-25.
Waldron, Scott, Pubuzhuoma, Brown, Colin, Wujincuomu, Jin, Tao and Na, Wei (2015). Agricultural development in a Tibetan Township. Himalaya: The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, 35 (2), 7.1-7.25.
MacLeod, Neil, Waldron, Scott and Wen, Shi-lin (2015). A comprehensive approach for assessing the economic contribution of forage and livestock improvement options to smallholder farming enterprises. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 14 (8), 1573-1580. doi: 10.1016/S2095-3119(15)61091-7
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
Ortega, David L., Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A. and Wang, H. Holly (2014). Agricultural marketing and food safety in China: a utility perspective. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 4 (1), 23-31. doi: 10.1108/JADEE-02-2013-0009
Brown, Colin and Waldron, Scott (2013). Agrarian change, agricultural modernization and the modelling of agricultural households in Tibet. Agricultural Systems, 115, 83-94. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.09.008
Longworth, John W., Brown, Colin G. and Waldron, Scott A. (2012). Policy intelligence: the key to doing business in the agricultural sector of China. Agricultural Science, 24 (1), 22-22.
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
Longworth, John W., Brown, Colin G. and Waldron, Scott A. (2012). Tapping the new frontier: China's "Develop the West" programs. Australia-China Business Insight, 2 (1), 21-21.
Addison, J., Friedel, M., Brown, C., Davies, J. and Waldron, S. (2012). A critical review of degradation assumptions applied to Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Rangeland Journal, 34 (2), 125-137. doi: 10.1071/RJ11013
Waldron , Scott, Brown, Colin and Longworth, John (2011). Agricultural modernization and state capacity in China. The China Journal, 66 (66), 119-142. doi: 10.1086/tcj.66.41262810
Brown, Colin, Waldron, Scott and Longworth, John (2011). Specialty products, rural livelihoods and agricultural marketing reforms in China. China Agricultural Economic Review, 3 (2), 224-244. doi: 10.1108/17561371111131335
Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Longworth, John (2010). A critique of high-value supply chains as a means of modernising agriculture in China: The case of the beef industry. Food Policy, 35 (5), 479-487. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.05.005
Huang, Xibing, Zhao, Dingtao, Brown, Colin G., Wu, Yanrui and Waldron, Scott A. (2010). Environmental issues and policy ppriorities in China: A content analysis of government documents. China: An International Journal, 8 (2), 220-246. doi: 10.1142/S0219747210000142
Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Longworth, John (2010). Grassland degradation and livelihoods in China's western pastoral region: A framework for understanding and refining China's recent policy responses. China Agricultural Economic Review, 2 (3), 298-320. doi: 10.1108/17561371011078435
Waldron, Scott (2009). Book review of: Environmental Protection in China: Land-Use Management, edited by Jeff Bennett, Xuehong Wang and Lei Zhang. The China Journal, 62, 180-182.
Brown, Colin, Waldron Scott, Longworth, John and Zhao, Yutian (2009). Improving managerial capacity and economic viability in Chinese wool textile mills. Journal of Strategic Management Education, 5 (2)
Brown, Colin, Waldron, Scott, Liu, Yuman and Longworth, John (2009). Forage-livestock policies designed to improve livelihoods in Western China: a critical review. China Agricultural Economic Review, 1 (4), 367-381. doi: 10.1108/17561370910989220
Waldron, S., Brown, C. and Longworth, J. (2006). State sector reform and agriculture in China. China Quarterly, 186 (186), 277-294. doi: 10.1017/S0305741006000154
Brown, C. G., Waldron, S. and Longworth, J. (2005). Rural Development in China: Industry policy, regionalism, integration and scale. International Journal of Social Economics, 32 (1/2), 17-33. doi: 10.1108/03068290510575612
Brown, Colin G., Longworth, John W. and Waldron, Scott (2002). Food safety and development of the beef industry in China. Food Policy, 27 (3), 269-284. doi: 10.1016/S0306-9192(02)00017-9
Brown, C. G., Longworth, J. and Waldron, S. (2002). Food Quality Safety and the Development of the Chinese Beef Industry. Chinese Rural Economy, 209 (5), 33-40.
Brown, C. G., Waldron, S. and Longworth, J. (2000). China's Rangeland Law and Implications of the Expansion of the Beef Cattle Industry for Sustainable Development in Pastoral Areas. Japanese Journal of Rural Economics, 2, 1-13. doi: 10.18480/jjre.2.1
Brown, C. G., Waldron, S. and Longworth, J. (2000). Zhonguo Bannong Banmuqu Roumiage Fozhan de Jiyu Tiaozlan - Zhelimu meng he Chenjde Diqu de Anli Yanjiu (Opportunities and challenges to development of the beef and cattle industry in semi agricultural, semi pastoral regions in China). Zhongguo Mongcun Jingi (Chinese Rural Economy), 2000 (9), 44-50.
Conference Papers
Gusti Ayu Putu Mahendri, I., Waldron, Scott, Cramb, Rob and Wegener, Malcolm (2023). Source of Finance and Factors Considered by Banks in the Provision of Credit for Cattle Fattening in East Java Province, Indonesia. 4th International Conference of Animal Science and Technology (ICAST) 2021, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, 9-10 November 2021. Melville, NY United States: American Institute of Physics. doi: 10.1063/5.0143949
Langford, Zannie, Ruhon, Radhiyah, Walyandra, Zulung Zach, Arsyi, Risya, Waldron, Scott and Julianto, Boedi (2023). The connection between seaweed farming practices and local marketing systems in two Indonesian villages. International Seaweed Symposium, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 19-25 February 2023.
Waldron, Scott, Nuryartono, Nunung, Rammohan, Anu, Dressler, Wolfram, Langford, Zannie and Pasaribu, Syamsul (2021). Trends in agricultural and rural development in Indonesia. Indonesia Council Open Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 1-2 July 2021.
Langford, Alexandra , Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott and Nuryartono, Nunung (2021). Price analysis of the Indonesian seaweed industry. Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Sydney, Australia, 8-12 February 2021. Sydney, Australia:
Waldron, Scott, Ngongo, Johanis, Utami, Silvia Kusuma Putri, Halliday, Michael J., Panjaitan, Tanda, Yuliana, Baiq Tutik, Dahlanuddin,, Nulik, Jacob, Hau, Debora Kana and Shelton, H. Max (2019). Economic analysis of cattle fattening systems based on forage tree legume diets in eastern Indonesia. International Leucaena Conference (ILC), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 1-3 November 2018. Cali, Colombia: International Center for Tropical Agriculture. doi: 10.17138/TGFT(7)437-444
Dahlanuddin, Panjaitan, Tanda, Waldron, Scott, Halliday, Michael J., Ash, Andrew, Morris, Steve T. and Shelton, H. Max (2019). Adoption of leucaena-based feeding systems in Sumbawa, eastern Indonesia and its impact on cattle productivity and farm profitability. International Leucaena Conference (ILC), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 1-3 November 2018. Cali, Colombia: International Center for Tropical Agriculture. doi: 10.17138/TGFT(7)428-436
Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott, Pubuzhuoma, Brown, Colin and Wujincuomu (2018). Agricultural development in a Tibetan township. The 22nd biennial conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), Sydney, NSW Australia, 3-5 July 2018.
Quigley, S.P., Antfalo, K., Waldron, S., Boe, S., Navian, M., Sul, J., Nasse, A., Natapu, J., Rihai, N., Poppi, D.P., Cox, K., Kalo, N., Moses, N., Bong, L., Rantes, J., Gregory, A., Higgins, S. and Addinsall, C. (2017). Use of mobile technologies for research and engagement of smallholder cattle farmers in Vanuatu. International Tropical Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 20-22 November 2017.
Zhang, Jing, Brown, Colin and Waldron, Scott (2017). Case study analysis on household attitudes towards weather index crop insurance in rural China. The 61st Annual Conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-10 February 2017. St. Paul, MN USA: AgEcon Search. doi: 10.22004/ag.econ.258683
Zhang, Jing, Brown, Colin and Waldron, Scott (2017). Case study analysis on household attitudes towards weather index crop insurance in rural China. 61st Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Center, Brisbane, Queensland, 8-10 February 2017. AgEcon search database:
Brown, Colin G. and Waldron, Scott (2013). Agricultural specialisation and rural development in Tibet. ECARDC XI: 11th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China, Wuerzburg, Germany, 11-13 April, 2013.
Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A. and Longworth, John W. (2013). Adaptation to changing institutional, market and bio-physical environments: the case of China's grasslands. IGC2013: 22nd International Grassland Congress, Darling Harbour, NSW, Australia, 15-19 September, 2013. Sydney, NSW, Australia: NSW Department of Primary Industries.
Heath, Tim, Tao, Jin, Brown, Colin, Waldron, Scott, Wilkins, John, Piltz, John, Cummins, Jay, Rose, Carol, Coventry, David and McNeill, Ann (2012). Integrated agronomic and economic analysis of fodder options for Tibetan farming systems. AAC2012: 16th Australian Agronomy Conference, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 14-18 October, 2012. Gosford, NSW, Australia: The Regional Institute.
Longworth, J. W., Brown, C. G. and Waldron, S. A. (2011). Remember the Wool Industry?. 55th Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Melbourne, February 7-10, 2011.
Brown, Colin and Waldron, Scott (2011). Role of agriculture in the livelihoods of farm households in Tibet. 55th Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 7-10 February 2011.
Brown, C. G., Waldron, S. A. and Longworth, J. W. (2011). The Dynamics of the Chinese Wool Industry : a confluence of Economic, Social, Political, Institutional and Environmental Factors. 10th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China, Aarhus, 8-10 April 2011.
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.
Addison, J., Friedel, M., Davies, J., Brown, C. and Waldron, S. (2011). Understanding tenure systems in the Gobi Desert. International Grasslands Congress, Rosario, Argentina, 3-10 April 2011.
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.
Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Zhao, Yutian (2011). Developing the Right Institutional Environment to Deal with Grassland Degradation. 21st International Grassland Congress and 8th International Rangelands Conference, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, 28 June 2008. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Brown, Colin, Waldron, Scott and Yutian, Zhao (2011). Policy settings to combat grassland degradation and promote sustainable development in western China. 21st International Grassland Congress and 8th International Rangelands Conference, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, 28 June 2008. Canberra, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
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. doi: 10.22004/ag.econ.100573
Waldron, S. A., Brown, C. G. and Longworth, J. W. (2009). China’s Agricultural Modernisation Program: an assessment of its sustainability and impacts in the case of the high-value beef chain. XXVII International Conference of Agricultural Economists (IAAE2009), Beijing, China, 16-22 August 2009. University of Minnesota, St Paul: AgEcon Search.
Scott Waldron, Colin Brown and John Longworth (2009). The capacity of the State to modernise Chinese agriculture: the case of fine wool marketing. 9th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China, Leeds, UK, 3-5 April 2009.
Waldron, S. A. (2008). Opportunities and threats from the rise of China: the case of livestock. VI AIEA2 International Conference at the XLV SOBER Congress, Londrina, Brasil, 22-25 July 2007. Brasilian Society of Rural Economics and Sociology and the International Association of Agro-Food Economics and Agricultural Industry.
Waldron, Scott A., Brown, Colin G. and Zhao, Yutian (2008). Institutional structures in the governance of grasslands in Western China. International Grasslands Congress / International Rangelands Congress pre-conference workshop on ACIAR Project LPS2001/094: Sustainable development of grasslands in western China, Hohot, China, 28 June 2008.
Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A. and Zhao, Yutian (2008). Policy Settings to Address Grassland Degradation and Sustainable Development in Western China. International Grasslands Congress / International Rangelands Congress pre-conference workshop on ACIAR Project LPS2001/094: Sustainable development of grasslands, Hohot, China, 28 June 2008.
Waldron, S. A., Brown, C. G. and Longworth, J. W. (2008). An assessment of China's approach to grassland degradation and livelihood problems in the pastoral region. Assessment of Western China Development and Future Prospects: The 5th Annual Conference of the Consortium for Western China Development Studies, Xian, China, 22-24 July, 2008.
Waldron, S. A. (2007). Transitions in Rural China from the perspective of the beef industry and its participants. China's Agriculture Trade: Issues and Prospects: International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, Beijing, China, 8-9 July 2007.
Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Longworth, John (2006). The Integration of Rural Households Into Ruminant Livestock Industries in China. 26th Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Gold Coast, Australia, 12-18 August 2006. AgEcon search database and CD ROM: International Association of Agricultural Economists.
Brown, C., Waldron, S., Longworth, J. and Zhao, Y. (2006). Improving the economic decision making capability and viability of Chinese wool textile mills. 26th Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Gold Coast, Australia, 12-18 August 2006. AgEcon Search Database and CD ROM: International Association of Agricultural Economists.
Longworth, John, Brown, Colin and Waldron, Scott (2005). Features of the wool industry in China. Sino-Australian Technical Workshop on Wool, Beijing, China, 10 April, 2005.
Waldron, S. and Brown, C. G. (2004). Institutional Reform and the Chinese Wool Industry. 16th Annual Conference of the ACESA, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 19-20 July 2004. Brisbane: University of Queensland.
Waldron, S., Brown, C. G. and Longworth, J. (2003). Transforming Lives with Livestock-Based Agri-Business. ATSE Crawford Fund 2003 Annual Conference, Parliament House, Canberra, 13 August 2003. Canberra: The ATSE Crawford Fund.
Waldron, S. and Brown, C. G. (2003). State Sector Reform in China: Structural Considerations in Agriculture. 15th Annual Conference of the ACESA, RMIT University, Melbourne, 2-3 October. Melbourne (Electronic): RMIT Business Research Development Unit.
Waldron, Scott and Brown, Colin G. (2000). Reconciling industry policy and comparative advantage: The regional distribution of China’s cattle and beef industry. 44th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, 23 - 25 January 1999. Sydney, Australia: Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
Video Document
Thesis
Waldron, Scott (2008). Modernising traditional agriculture in China through the development of higher value agrifood chains : the case of the beef industry. PhD Thesis, School of Integrative Systems, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/178993
Generic Document
Brown, C. G., Longworth, J. W. and Waldron, S. A. (2005). Chinese wool textile mills: Economic analysis of fibre-input/textile-product selection and new processing technologies. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ( ACIAR).
Creative Works
Waldron, Scott and Zhang, Jing (2024). The WTO review of China’s trade policy and what it means for Australia. Deakin, ACT, Australia: Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA).
Waldron, Scott and Zhang, Jing (2024). The Third Party Plenum, the WTO review of China’s trade policy and what it means for Australia. Deakin, ACT, Australia: Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA).
Waldron, Scott, Lim, Darren and Ferguson, Victor (2023). When does China terminate sanctions? Lessons from the case of Australian barley. Canberra, ACT, Australia: The China Story.
Waldron, Scott (2020). The logic of China’s economic coercion on Australian agriculture. Nedlands, WA, Australia: Future Directions International.
Research Reports
Langford, Zannie, Waldron, Scott, Nuryartono, Nunung, Pasaribu, Syamsul, Julianto, Boedi Sarjana, Siradjuddin, Irsyadi, Ruhon, Radhiyah, Walyandra, Zulung Zach, Lapong, Muhammad Imran, Armis, Risya Arsyi, Zhang, Jing, Rifai, Muhammad Amin, Rizkullah, Fakhri and Anggraenie, Triana (2023). Sustainable upgrading of the South Sulawesi seaweed industry. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Australia-Indonesia Centre.
Langford, Zannie, Waldron, Scott, Nuryartono, Nunung, Pasaribu, Syamsul, Julianto, Boedi Sarjana, Siradjuddin, Irsyadi, Ruhon, Radhiyah, Walyandra, Zulung Zach, Lapong, Muhammad Imran, Armis, Risya Arsyi and Zhang, Jing (2023). Peningkatan industri rumput laut Sulawesi Selatan secara berkelanjutan. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australia-Indonesia Centre.
Komarek, Adam M., Cahyadi, Eko Ruddy, Zhang, Jing, Fariyanti, Anna, Julianto, Boedi, Arsyi, Risya, Lapong, Imran, Langford, Alexandra, Waldron, Scott A. and Grist, Madeline (2023). Increasing incomes in carrageenan seaweed value chains in Takalar, South Sulawesi. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Australia-Indonesia Centre.
Komarek, Adam M., Cahyadi, Eko Ruddy, Zhang, Jing, Fariyanti, Anna, Julianto, Boedi, Arsyi, Risya, Lapong, Imran, Langford, Alexandra, Waldron, Scott and Grist, Madeline (2023). Meningkatkan pemasukan dalam rantai nilai rumput laut di Takalar, Sulawesi Selatan. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Australia-Indonesia Centre.
Risti Permani, Yanti Nuraeni Muflikh, Fikri Sjahruddin, Nunung Nuryartono, Scott Waldron, Alexandra Langford and Syamsul Pasaribu (2023). The policy landscape and supply chain governance of the Indonesian seaweed industry: A focus on South Sulawesi. Caulfield East: The Australia-Indonesia Centre.
Permani, Risti, Muflikh, Yanti Nuraeni, Sjahruddin, Fikri, Nuryartono, Nunung, Waldron, Scott, Langford, Alexandra and Pasaribu, Syamsul H. (2023). Lanskap kebijakan dan tata Kelola rantai pasok industri rumput laut Indonesia: sebuah fokus pada Sulawesi Selatan. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australia-Indonesia Centre.
Nuryartono, Nunung, Waldron, Scott, Tarman, Kustiariyah, Siregar, Ulfah J., Pasaribu, Syamsul H., Langford, Alexandra, Farid, Muhammad and Sulfahri (2021). An analysis of the South Sulawesi seaweed industry. PAIR Pilot Project Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australia-Indonesia Centre.
Waldron, Scott and Zhang, Jing (2021). Chinese tariffs on Australian wine in 2020: the domestic drivers of international coercion. Associate Paper Online: Future Directions International.
Quigley, Simon, Addinsall, Cherise, Cox, Kendrick and Waldron, Scott (2021). Increasing the productivity and market options of smallholder beef cattle farmers in Vanuatu. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Waldron, Scott (2020). The exposure of Australian agriculture to risks from China: the cases of beef and barley. Asian Cattle and Beef Trade Working Papers Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27605.45287
Brown, Colin, Zhang, Jing and Waldron, Scott (2020). CAEGTibet Manual: Version 2020-1. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Cole, Simon, Waldron, Scott and Quigley, Simon (2019). The Vanuatu Beef Industry. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Asia Beef Network.
Cole, Simon, Waldron, Scott and Quigley, Simon (2019). The Fiji Beef Industry. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Asia Beef Network.
Quigley, Simon and Waldron, Scott (2019). The Solomon Islands Beef Industry. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Asia Beef Network.
Waldron, Scott, Quigley, Simon and Cole, Simon (2019). The Samoan Beef Industry. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Asia Beef Network.
Waldron, Scott and Quigley, Simon (2019). Research opportunities for smallholder beef cattle systems in Pacific island countries. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Waldron, Scott and Quigley, Simon (2019). The Tongan Beef Industry. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Asia Beef Network.
Fordyce, Geoffry, Dalgleish, Neil, Waldron, Scott, van der Fliert, Elske, da Costa Varela, Calisto, Coimbra, Latino, Talo Mali, Celestino Goncalves, Yuliaty, Corriea, Vicente de Paulo, do Rego, Adelino, de Almeida, Alipio, Amaral, Acacio and Thorne-George, Eric (2017). Enhancing smallholder cattle production in East Timor, Final report, Project LPS.2009.036. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Waldron, Scott, de Paulo Correia, Vincente, Mulik, Marthen, de Rego, Adelino, da Costa Varela, Calisto, Fordyce, Geoff, Thorne-George, Eric, Dalgliesh, Neal, Quigley, Simon and van de Fliert, Elske (2016). Sub-sector analysis of the Timor Leste Beef Industry, Report for ACIAR Project LPS-2009-036 Enhancing smallholder beef production in Timor Leste. Canberra, ACT, Australia:
Waldron, Scott, Halliday, Mick, Shelton, Max, Ngongo, Johanis, Nulik, Jacob, Kusuma Putri Utami, S, Panjaitan, Tanda, Dahlanuddin and Tutik Yuliana, Baiq (2016). Economic analysis of cattle fattening systems based on forage tree legume diets in Eastern Indonesia. Report for ACIAR Project Report LPS-2014-034.
Waldron, Scott, Wang, Jimin, Zhang, Huijie, Dong, Xiaoxia and Wang, Mingli (2015). The Chinese Beef Industry. School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland.
Waldron, Scott, Dahlanuddin, Mayberry, Dianne, Mulik, Marthen, Quigley, Simon and Poppi, Dennis (2013). Eastern Indonesia agribusiness development opportunities - analysis of beef value chains. A report prepared by Collins Higgins Consulting Group Australia. ACIAR Project AGB-2012-005 Australia: ACIAR.
Longworth, J., Brown, C. G. and Waldron, Scott (2004). Chinese Domestic Wool Production. Brisbane: China Agricultural Economics Group, The University of Qld.
Waldron, Scott, Brown, C. G. and Zhang, C. (2004). Analysis of Agribusiness and Policy Developments in China's Sheepmeat Industry of Relevance to the Australian Industry. Brisbane: China Agricultural Economics Group, The University of Qld.
Brown, C. G., Waldron, Scott, Longworth, J. and Zhao, Y. (2004). CAEGWOOL Manual. Brisbane: China Agricultural Economics Group, The University of Qld.
Waldron, S. and Brown, C. G. (2003). Food Safety in Food Security and Food Trade. Case Study: Beef industry in China. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.
Newspaper Articles
Langford, Alexandra, Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott, Siradjuddin, Irsyadi and Nuryartono, Nunung (2022, 01 14). Harga rumput laut yang fluktuatif pengaruhi Indonesia sebagai produsen terbesar dunia. Apa saja penyebabnya? The Conversation Indonesia
Langford, Alexandra, Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott, Siradjuddin, Irsyadi and Nuryartono, Nunung (2022, 01 14). Indonesia is the world’s largest seaweed producer, but why are prices so volatile? The Conversation
Langford, Alexandra, Hasnawati Saleh, Waldron, Scott and Sulfahri (2021, 03 15). One Indonesian industry has boomed during the pandemic: seaweed farming The Conversation
Langford, Alexandra, Saleh, Hasnawati, Waldron, Scott and Sulfahri (2021, 03 15). Ketika industry perikanan terpuruk selama pandemic, riset ungkap budi daya rumput laut Indonesia justru berkembang pesat The Conversation Indonesia
Langford, Alexandra , Waldron, Scott and Sulfahri (2020, 11 27). Fleksibilitas petani menjadikan Indonesia pemain utama di pasar rumput laut global, meski masih banyak yang harus dikerjakan The Conversation Indonesia
Alexandra Langford, Scott Waldron and Sulfahri (2020, 11 21). Seaweed farmers’ flexibility makes Indonesia a major player in global markets, but there is more work to be done The Conversation
Working Papers
Waldron, Scott, Ferguson, Victor and Lim, Darren (2021). Market adjustments to import sanctions: lessons from Chinese restrictions on Australian trade. SSRN. https://ssrn.com/abstract=3945451. Scool of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland.
Smith, Dominic, Waldron, Scott, Hieu, Phan Sy and Pham, Luong (2018). Developing a model of live cattle and beef trade in South East Asia and China. Asian Cattle and Beef Trade Working Papers. 3. School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland.
Zhizhi, Si , Guorong, Yang , Waldron, Scott , Brown, Colin and Smith, Dominic (2018). Developments in the China-Myanmar cattle trade. Asian Cattle and Beef Trade Working Papers. 1. School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland.
Brown, C. G., Waldron, S. A. and Longworth, J. W. (2003). Analysis of Chinese wool prices. CAEG Working Paper series. 01/2003. China Agricultural Economics Group, The University of Queensland.
Brown, C. G., Waldron, S. A. and Longworth, J. W. (2003). CAEGWOOL. CAEG Working Paper series. 02/2003. China Agricultural Economics Group, The University of Queensland.
Brown, C. G., Waldron, S. A. and Longworth, J. W. (2003). Estimation of product cost coefficients for Chinese wool textile mills. CAEG Working Paper series. 03/03. China Agricultural Economics Group, The University of Queensland.
Zhao, Y.J., Brown, C. G., Waldron, Scott and Longworth, J. (2003). Estimation of yield coefficients in Chinese wool textile mills. CAEG Working Papers. 04/03. School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, University of Queensland.
Department Technical Reports
Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Zhang, Cungen (2007). Update on developments in the Chinese cattle and beef industry of relevance to the Australian industry: Final report. China Agricultural Economics Group; School of Integrated Systems, The University of Queensland.
Brown, C. G., Waldron, S., Longworth, J. and Zhao, Y. (2005). Building Economic Decision Making Capabilities of Chinese Wool Textile Mills. ACIAR Technical Report, 60. School of Integrative Systems, The University of Queensland.
Longworth, John, Brown, Colin and Waldron, Scott (2005). Domestic wool marketing in China: A report prepared for Australian Wool Innovation Ltd. The University of Queensland; China Agricultural Ecoomics Group ( CAEG), St Lucia,.
Zhao, Y. T., Brown, C. G., Waldron, S. A., Longworth, J. W. and Li, P. (2005). Zhonguo fangzhi qiye jingji guanli juece fenxi fangfa. ACIAR Technical Reports, 60a. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra..