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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 ...
Papers presented at the New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (Inc.) Fourth Annual Conference : "managing change in a dynamic environment" : incorporating the 22nd Annual Conference of the NZ Branch of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (Inc.) : Blenheim Country Lodge, July 1997
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit., 1997-07)
The main themes for this Conference are: 1. Rural Communities, Science and Research Policy, Consumer Demand, Agricultural Sector Imports and Modelling 2. Resources 3. Farm Management.
This discussion paper includes 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 ...
Proceedings of a seminar / workshop on the New Zealand goat industry held at Lincoln College, 3-4 July 1979
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit, 1979-08)
The organisation of a goat industry seminar and workshop at Lincoln College falls in line with the College's general support for innovation in the New Zealand farming industry.
The seminar and workshop were held at the ...
Trends in the terms of exchange and productivity in the New Zealand dairy industry
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1970-06)
This paper sets out the available information on price trends facing the dairy industry since 1948/49, and some estimates of productivity increases over the same period. The general aim of the paper is to ascertain how the ...
Trends in rural land prices in New Zealand 1954-1969
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1971)
This paper examines post-war trends in rural land prices. New Zealand has a freehold system of land tenure and a land registration system based on the Torrens system first used in South Australia. As a result, reliable ...
New Zealand farmer and grower attitude and opinion survey : analysis by sector and management system
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2007-10)
The core of the ARGOS research design is a longitudinal panel study. Panels of 12 farms were selected to represent conventional, integrated and organic management for the sheep/beef sector, Kiwigreen, gold and organic ...
There are audits, and there are audits : response of New Zealand kiwifruit orchardists to the implementation of supermarket initiated audit schemes
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2007-09)
New Zealand’s kiwifruit industry is strongly focused on its commitments to producing a high quality product that meets the increasing demands of its main export markets. This report examines the recent introduction of two ...
The representativeness of ARGOS panels and between panel comparisons
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2007-07)
The core of the ARGOS research design is a longitudinal panel study. Panels of 12 farms were selected to represent conventional, integrated and organic management for the sheep/beef sector, Kiwigreen, gold and organic ...
Do our experts hold the key to improved farm management?
(Lincoln College. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit., 1989-05)
Some farmers, and consultants, are better at their job than their colleagues. A branch of artificial intelligence known as expert systems attempts to capture this difference (their expertise) in computer based systems and ...