This report presents the results of a multi-disciplinary research project funded by the Ministry of Works and Development to review and evaluate the economic, social and environmental impacts of developing the water ...

This report presents a review of the trends in production, consumption, and trade in fruit juice products. The report is intended to give a broad background to existing and potential producers and exporters of fruit juice ...

Over a decade ago the Committee of Inquiry into Lending to Farmers (1972:19) reported that the evidence submitted to us indicated that there has been reasonable availability of loan finance for creditworthy borrowers. ...

Considerable scope exists for the reduction of the primary and secondary costs associated with crop protection, by the formulation of judicious fungicide application regimes. The design, building and operation of a farm-level ...

The Closer Economic Relationship with Australia agreement (CER) was brought Into effect on 1 January 1983. The CER provided for the liberalisation of trade between New Zealand and Australia. This liberalisation is to be ...

The Royal Commission on the Monetary, Banking and Credit System (1956) first recommended that improvements should be made in the statistics relating to the agricultural sector in New Zealand. Since that time the need ...

The Supplementary Minimum Price policy has been a major topic of debate in the past few years, but there have been relatively few attempts to quantify the impacts that the scheme has had on the agricultural sector. Although ...

This paper reports estimates of the energy used in New Zealand agricultural production up to the farm gate during the decade 1972-1981. As well as a description of total energy usage, the paper shows how the most important ...