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A transportation model for the world sugar trade : a spatial analysis
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1978)
This thesis is concerned with efficiency in ocean transportation of sugar. Efficiency in sugar distribution is important in order to help promote and maintain the competitiveness of sucrose sugar in, relation to other ...
Some projections of retail consumption in New Zealand
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1966)
The objective of this paper is to investigate some factors influencing the level of sales from retail stores in New Zealand and to give some projections of possible future levels of sales in five years and ten years from ...
Levies on over-entitlement milk as a method of implementing two price quota arrangements in the Australian dairy industry
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1979)
Two price quota arrangements have been recommended by economists since 1960 as a second best method of reducing the social cost of protecting Australia's dairy industry. Recent experience, however, with prolonged deliberation ...
The deregulation of New Zealand agriculture : market intervention (1964-84) and free market readjustment (1984-90)
(Western Agricultural Economics Association, 1991-07)
The impacts of deregulation on New Zealand's agricultural sector are examined. Economic liberalization of all sectors of economic activity is the hallmark of current economic policy designs in New Zealand. This is in sharp ...
Feed management and computer practices on a sample of New Zealand farms
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness & Economics Research Unit, 1994-04)
In an environment where producers are faced with the need to continually improve productive efficiency in order to generate higher levels of net income, a fundamental aspect is the provision of appropriate quantities of ...
An analysis of the interdependence of costs and prices and their effects on the agricultural sector
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1976)
In recent years the agricultural sector in New Zealand has been faced with rising input prices and apart from the commodity price booms in the 1973 and 1974 seasons, prices received have been insufficient to maintain an ...
A sustainable sheep meat industry through the ultimate integrated value chain
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2010)
This report was motivated by the continued unrest and perceived dysfunctional nature of the New
Zealand sheep meat industry relative to its ongoing viability and sustainability. Processing overcapacity,
amalgamation, ...
A management and economic study of farming in the South Island high country : with special reference to property development
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1970)
The high country region represents approximately 20% of the total grazing area of New Zealand, and covers the mountainous inland areas of Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland provinces. Although wool is the main ...
Education employment linkages: objective two key informant interviews in regional communities
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2010-07-01)
This report documents findings from the Key Informant stage of Objective 2 (Regional Communities) of the Education Employment Linkages research project. In the last quarter of 2009, interviews were conducted with service ...
Risk analysis in project evaluation incorporating adaptive behaviour
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1983)
This thesis presents a method of representing the outcome of a project using Monte Carlo simulation which incorporates adaptive behaviour. The uncertain variables of which the project's cash flow is a function are represented ...