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Resilience in retrospective: analysis of response to shocks and stress in the New Zealand kiwifruit and sheep and beef sectors
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2012)
Sustainability forms a key concept within the Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability (ARGOS)
project. Since the project was initiated in 2004, however, sustainability has been exposed to
increasing scrutiny as an ...
Showing the benefits for sheep, beef and deer farmers
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2012)
In this paper I intend to explore the concept of establishing Producer Groups.
I see the establishment of such groups as a way of establishing a better link with processors and exporters and a way of establishing a premium ...
Ownership / career paths in the dry stock industry - do they exist?
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2012)
The purpose of this report was to look at opportunities for young managers within the dry stock
industry and to determine in my opinion whether there is a clear career path or not. And if there is a
path, what does the ...
The ARGOS New Zealand Farm Sustainability Survey
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2012-09)
The core of the ARGOS research design is a longitudinal panel study of New Zealand farms (including orchards in the case of the kiwifruit sector). The research aims to get a better understanding of farmer perspectives ...
Crop detection and positioning in the field using discriminant analysis and neural networks based on shape features
(Tarbiat Modares University, 2012-07)
Development of an autonomous weeding machine requires a vision system capable of detecting and locating the position of the crop. It is important for the vision system to be able to recognize the accurate position of the ...
Changing New Zealand dairy farm systems
(SIDE, 2012)
There have been dramatic changes in New Zealand dairy farm systems over the last decade. There is evidence that the basic grass dependant dairy farm systems are becoming more intensive with greater amounts of supplementary ...
Wheat nitrogen fertilisation effects on the performance of the cereal aphid Metopolophium dirhodum
(MDPI AG, 2012-02-09)
The effects of five rates of nitrogen fertiliser applications on the performance of the cereal aphid Metopolophium dirhodum on winter wheat, within the range of rates recommended for UK crops, were investigated over two ...
Advances in agronomic management of phytoremediation: methods and results from a 10-year study of metal-polluted soils
(PAGEPress, 2012-10-12)
Among green technologies addressed to metal pollution, phytoextraction has received increasing attention in recent years as an alternative to physical and chemical methods of decontamination. Since 1998, as part of an ...
Phosphorus response and efficiency of 12 novel dryland legume species on an acid high country soil
(Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, Massey University, 2012-02)
High country soils are typically acidic and have low fertility compared with intensive high fertility low land systems. Pasture legumes commonly used in New Zealand perform poorly in these environments. The optimum soil P ...
A critical view of current state of phytotechnologies to remediate soils: Still a promising tool?
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012)
Phytotechnologies are often shown as an emerging tool to remediate contaminated soils. Research in this field has resulted in many important findings relating to plant and soil sciences. However, there have been scant ...