With the advent of the personal computer (micro computer) there is a need to develop software suitable for use by farmers. To gauge this requirement a postal survey of 1,500 farmers was conducted in early 1982 eliciting ...

This report presents the results and conclusions from a consumer survey which was carried out in Christchurch and Auckland during January 1980. It was aimed at providing information on consumer purchasing and consumption ...

This is one of the studies in a series of AERU Research Reports presenting results of consumer surveys for various agricultural products. In this study fish is the product under investigation and Christchurch was the ...

The principal objective of the 1980 survey was to determine the average net farm income received by town milk producers in New Zealand. Information produced by the survey is used for a variety of purposes. It assists ...

The New Zealand meat industry has been undergoing significant changes during the past decade. These changes have prompted the carrying out of research on the New Zealand meat industry and the likely development of new ...

The implementation of effective measures of economic management requires a substantial volume of statistical information as the basis of measurement of the needs and achievements of current policies. Two of the most ...

The Rakaia and Waimakariri Rivers are located close to each other in Canterbury; they have many of the same physical attributes and appear to offer similar recreational amenities. Both rivers have water right ...

Although in the past pig production has been an important export industry, today it is only concerned with the domestic market. It is an industry which has not benefitted from direct government subvention, as has been ...

Maize is used primarily for domestic requirements in compound stock food, starch, distilling, breakfast foods, with limited amounts exported. A small area of maize is used as a fodder crop (3813 ha in 1982) for cattle ...

This survey is the third in a series of New Zealand Farmer Intentions and Opinions. All have been aimed at providing policy makers and those in the agri-business sector in New Zealand with data on which they can formulate ...