The College property, Ashley Dene, consists of 878 acres, situated about seven miles South-west of the College itself. Over the last eight years, the property has been progressively developed. The purpose of this survey ...

Aspects of the edaphic adaptation of gorse (Ulex europaeus L.) were investigated using field and glasshouse experiments. Variables compared included P and N supply, soil pH, frequency of cutting and stage of soil development. ...

With the choice of forward looking theme for this year's conference, we have embarked on providing a vision for the New Zealand agricultural sector in the 21st Century. We decided to address this theme by focusing on four ...

A simulation model to produce and manipulate computer representations of plant root microbial ecosystems is presented. The root system is described as a collection of nodes. A node records a position in three dimensional ...

Giving the future less weight than the present when making decisions is known as temporal or time discounting. The practice of discounting is perfectly sensible in private capital investment. However, for public investments, ...

This study focuses on a potential conflict between economic policy and environmental policy in New Zealand. On the one hand, New Zealand has an economic policy of deregulation; on the other, an environmental policy aimed ...

This year a trend which has been gaining momentum is the rise of environmentalism. With increasing global environmental awareness has come increased consumer expectations for environmental quality in production processes. ...

The theme of the Winter Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society, Agricultural Marketing: Structure, Conduct, and Performance is very much at the top of the agenda in discussions ...

Despite increasing investment in flood protection works over time in New Zealand the costs of flood damage have continued to rise. Research into this phenomenon resulted in the National Water and Soil Conservation Authority's ...

New Zealand attitudes to soil and water conservation have their origins in Europe and North America where legislation for the conservation of soil and water resources preceded research by 20 - 30 years. In the 1930's ...