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Causal mapping of ARGOS high country farms and comparisons to sheep/beef and dairy farms
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2008-02)
The Agriculture Research Group On Sustainability (ARGOS) is investigating the social, environmental and economic consequences of different management systems in different farming sectors in New Zealand (for more information ...
Investigating community : imperatives for but constraints against land use change in the Mackenzie / Waitaki Basin
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 1997-06)
This report uses an ethnographic approach to provide a description and analysis of the social context of land use change in the Mackenzie/Waitaki Basin. In order to understand current land use dynamics it begins by reviewing ...
Understanding visitors' experiences in Kaikoura using photographs of landscapes and Q method
(Lincoln University. Tourism Research and Education Centre, 1998-09)
The primary objective of this study was to develop an understanding of visitors' experiences of the Kaikoura landscape using photographs of landscape and Q method. The literature on landscape perception shows that there ...
Understanding sheep / beef farm management using causal mapping: development and application of a two-stage approach
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2007-06)
Causal mapping was used to document how the participating sheep/beef farmers described and explained the factors involved in their farming systems, broadly defined to include economic, social and environmental factors. ...
Social organisation of large herd dairy farms in New Zealand
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness & Economics Research Unit., 1994-03)
This research reports the results of interviewing 29 large herd dairy farmers (over 500 cows)
in the North and South Islands of New Zealand and describes their social organisation of
production. On average the farmers were ...
Results from a survey of organic kiwifruit growers: problems and practices that affect production
(2004-05)
This is a report of an investigation of the practices and problems of organic kiwifruit production. These are examined to better understand factors related to productivity with the general aim of improving productivity ...
New Zealand agricultural policy reform and impacts on the farm sector : detailed historical analysis addressing the issue of the specificity of the farm sector
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness & Economics Research Unit, 1994-12)
This research analyses the effects on the farm sector of the reform of New Zealand agricultural policy undertaken in 1985. This analysis is placed within a discussion of the larger issue of the specificity of the farm ...
A comparison of the employment generated by forestry and agriculture in New Zealand
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2000-08)
The objective of the research reported here was to assess land use change in forestry and agriculture in both New Zealand as a whole and the main regions, with a focus on the relationship of land use to employment. This ...
Change in New Zealand farmer and grower attitudes towards gene technology : results from a follow up survey
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2003-05)
This study examined changes in the intentions, attitudes and beliefs of farmers regarding their use of gene technology. Of 656 respondents to a postal survey in 2000, the views of 115 were assessed again in 2002. These ...
The economic impact of tourism on Kaikoura
(Lincoln University. Tourism Research and Education Centre, 1998-09)
The objective of this research was to measure the level of economic activity (employment, output and value added) in Kaikoura arising both directly and indirectly from tourism, to assess the ratio of total to direct effects, ...