The paper analyses the implications of a national annual increase by New Zealand producers of 5% in the production of wool compared with the present long-term rate of increase of 3%. This, it is estimated, would change ...

It is proposed to discuss, at the broad aggregate level, the implications of a specific rate of growth of agricultural production in the future, and for this purpose, 4% per annum has been chosen. At this rate of increase, ...

"In the rural sector, computer adoption has been significant, although not at the rate evident in the urban scene. In order to identify the level and type of computer use practised by rural businesses, especially farmers, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This thesis considers aspects relating to rural credit available to New Zealand farmers during the late 1960’s. The operations and lending policies of the main institutions advancing funds to the agricultural sector of the ...

This study is one of the a series being initiated at the present time. In this instance the aim is to provide basic information about the farm labour situation in one representative South Island County. Specifically, it ...

The survey was requested by the Irrigation Development Association of the Ashburton-Lyndhurst Irrigation Scheme, and was mainly financed by the Association, from levies on its members. The objective was to obtain information ...

The purpose of this bulletin is to bring together the complete set of data on income and productivity for the New Zealand agricultural sector for the period 1921 - 1965. It is anticipated that the resulting tables will ...