This paper presents an overview of the risk literature, concentrating on general approaches to risk analysis and risk assessment. We believe that this is an essential first step towards the setting of guidelines or the ...

FOCUS is a user-friendly computer program to generate the changing appearance of a system as an observer changes the viewing criteria. The criteria are measured by time and space scales and the range of scales is determined ...

The themes for the 1986 Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society were Trade Policy and the GATT Negotiations, Non-Government Arrangements for Funding Agricultural Research, ...

This paper critically examines existing land use planning statutes and proposes major reform. It argues that land use planning statutes serve a valuable function in providing for the clearer definition of property ...

Pasture phosphorus requirements to replace on farm losses through animals and soil were calculated for a range of soil sets, and summarised for major soil groups economic farm classes and provinces. Predicted responses ...

There is a demand for non-market valuation information in New Zealand which is likely to increase with current "more-market" policies. Information needs range from identifying non-market values, through methods for ...

Most producers face a wide range of financial decision making problems and consequently can potentially make effective use of the many different computer based financial analysis packages available. Examples include ...

Almost since computers first became generally available for research purposes, farm management professionals have been using their power to help farmers make improved decisions. In 1966 university computers were used for ...