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Cultural models of GE agriculture in the United States (Georgia) and New Zealand (Canterbury)
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit., 2008-07)
The goal of this research was to assess why genetic engineering (GE) agricultural technology was embraced in some industrialized nations (United States) while it evokes extreme concern and aversion in others (New Zealand).
GE ...
Ecology and management of Himalayan thar and sympatric chamois in the Southern Alps, New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 1997)
This thesis investigated aspects of the ecology and management of Himalayan thar (Hemitragus jemlahicus) and sympatric chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in the eastern Southern Alps of New Zealand.
The hypothesis that ...
Carotenoid pigmentation of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
(Lincoln University, 1992)
Carotenoid pigmentation of chinook salmon under commercial conditions was investigated in a series of experiments carried out in fresh water and salt water. The carotenoid composition of salmonids and factors regulating ...
Relationships between soil water retention and soil composition
(Lincoln University, 1991)
Relationships between soil water retention and physical composition have been examined in this study, using a database of two independent sets of soils from two regions in New Zealand: Canterbury in the South Island (Set ...
Perception and evaluation of risks: findings for New Zealand and cross-cultural comparisons
(Lincoln University. Lincoln Environmental / Centre for Resource Management, 1996-05)
In a socio-psychological field study, perceptions and subjective evaluations of risky activities and
environmental conditions were investigated in three countries: Germany, New Zealand and Australia.
The aim of this ...
A comparison of the structure and practice of dairy farming in New Zealand and Japan
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit., 1998-04)
Japan's production cost for milk is the highest in the world. In contrast, New Zealand's production cost for milk is the lowest in the world. The purpose of this report is to examine the difference in the structure of dairy ...
Citizen-led environment management : learning from the ’bush restorers’
(Lincoln University, 1997-11)
1. The resource management issue under consideration is the conservation and ecological restoration of natural lowland forest and its associated plant and animal communities (referred to here as native bush), which have ...
Papers presented at the New Zealand Branch, Australian Agricultural Economics Society sixteenth annual conference, Lincoln University, August 1991
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit., 1991-08)
The themes for the 1991 Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society were Agricultural Outlook, Economics and Policy, Farm Management, and Marketing and Business. This discussion ...
A comment on fisheries and agricultural trade relationships between New Zealand and Japan
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit, 1978-02)
The primary objective of this paper is to assess the validity
of New Zealand's negotiating strategies with Japan over the question
of improved access for New Zealand's agricultural, forestry and fish
products in the ...
New Zealand agriculture and oil price increases
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1979)
This paper is based on the assumptions that world oil
resources are finite and that world oil production will peak sometime
in the 1980s or 1990s (Hughes & Mesarovic 1978 : 139).
Such a scenario is now widely accepted ...