There are many factors that have been proposed to contribute to plant invasiveness in nonnative ecosystems. Traits of invading species are one of them. It has been proposed that successful species at a certain invasion ...

Biotechnology and, increasingly, genetic modification (GM) are some of the most powerful tools we have to keep ahead of the demands of an ever growing and increasingly health conscious population, while maintaining our ...

Awareness of the need to manage corporate real estate assets properly has escalated in recent years. Although a substantial literature, mainly from the United States, has explored the concept and practice of corporate real ...

Intrigued by a Ministry for the Environment report on the value of New Zealand's clean green image in dollar terms; and the economic possibilities of branding products to such a flagship, led me to research the topic ...

The study of Solow (1957) stimulated debate among economists on the role of technical change in economic growth. The consensus has been that technological change accounts for a significant proportion of gross national ...

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 ...

Apple leafcurling midge (ALM) (Dasineura mali Kieffer) (DIPTERA: Cecidomyiidae) is an established pest of apple trees in New Zealand. Larval feeding causes rolled or twisted leaves, and contamination of fruit with pupal ...

Frequently, within a development context values from a 'Western' perspective, framed within a teleological worldview, are imposed on communities. This often results in negative outcomes for the community for whom the ...

The dairy, forestry and some manufacturing industries are dependant on the supply of liquid chemicals. Over 216,000 tonnes of chemicals were imported into New Zealand in 2003, Statistics New Zealand (2003). Facilities ...

The aim of this study was to identify which breeding traits New Zealand dairy farmers believed were the most important and whether variations in farm system influenced these opinions. A random sample of 2000 herds, ...