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Item The matrix of drivers: 2023 update(AERU, Lincoln University | Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki, 2024-02) Driver, Tim; Guenther, Meike; Saunders, CarolineEnhancing primary sector production and productivity while maintaining and improving our land and water quality for future generations is a key outcome of the National Science Challenge for Our Land and Water. It is therefore important to identify the hierarchy of international and national issues in order to provide an evidence base to guide investment and inform the Challenge Research Strategy. To this end, it was proposed that a small project be conducted, and regularly updated. This project aims to deliver an overview of international and domestic drivers, as well as issues that are of particular relevance to the New Zealand primary sector and land use. This overview is based on a literature search of the most important issues, followed by a survey of key stakeholders as to their opinion of the most important issues affecting New Zealand land use and land use practice from overseas and domestically. In addition, a review of the level of interest and concern of international consumers on various issues is produced relevant to the primary sector. This is the fifth report in this series and provides an updated understanding of the international and national drivers and issues of land use change/practice, and their importance to the primary sector. These drivers will help prioritise where investments in primary sector research based on their relationship to economic growth, social, cultural and environmental interactions. Updates of this research will allow us to understand how drivers and issues change, which will help to assess the impact the Challenge has had as well as future research investment needs. This work also provides a contribution to the Challenge Strategy.Item The economic benefits of the New Zealand Food Safety Science and Research Centre(AERU, Lincoln University | Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki, 2023-05) Guenther, Meike; Driver, Tim; Saunders, Caroline; Dalziel, PaulThe New Zealand Food Safety Science and Research Centre (NZFSSRC or “the Centre”) is a national, virtual scientific network of New Zealand’s food safety researchers, hosted by Massey University and launched in 2016. The Centre synthesises input from industry, government, researchers and Māori to promote, coordinate and deliver food safety science and research for New Zealand. NZFSSRC is funded by government and industry. In 2022, the NZFSSRC commissioned the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU) at Lincoln University to quantify the value of the Centre’s work and its impact more broadly in New Zealand. This study builds on a literature review of the benefits of food safety undertaken by Guenther et al. (2022) as part of this research. Research methods included interviews with participants from food industry and a desktop analysis. Three case studies for economic valuation of the Centre’s involvement were constructed. These case studies do not capture all of the benefits of the NZFSSRC, but they are representative examples that indicate its substantial impact.Item An economic analysis of the wine industry in Marlborough : Report to the Marlborough Winemakers(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 1998-03) Bigsby, Hugh; Trought, Mike; Lambie, Ross; Bicknell, KathrynThe rapid growth of the wine industry in Marlborough since the early 1970s raises a number of important economic questions. The increase in grape production and wine making has been accompanied by a structural shift on the Wairau Plains, away from pastoral agriculture. This trend appears likely to continue for the foreseeable future. In light of the important tradeoffs which must be made as a regional economy develops, it is imperative to understand the importance of key industries as sources of employment and generators of income and government revenue. This study contributes an understanding of the importance of grapes and wine locally, by quantifying the direct economic impact of the industry to Marlborough's regional economy. In addition, the links between the wine industry and other industries in the Marlborough region are explored through the use of a regional input-output model.Item Westpac NZ agribusiness climate change report(Lincoln University | Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki and Westpac New Zealand Limited, 2022-11-29) Wreford, Anita; Guenther, Meike; Driver, TimClimate change is an increasingly important concern, both globally and in Aotearoa New Zealand. Changes are already being felt in the natural environment, the economy, and communities. The agricultural sector faces risks both from a changing climate, as well as through efforts to reduce its contribution to climate change through greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This report presents the summarised findings of research commissioned by Westpac and carried out by the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU) at Lincoln University (New Zealand), examining the physical and transition risks and opportunities presented by climate change to New Zealand’s primary sector (focusing on dairy, sheep/beef, and horticulture) to the middle of the century, as well as the sector’s vulnerabilities and potential actions to address the effects of climate change.Item National Wheatgrowers' Survey no. 4 : Interim report: 1979-80 season(Lincoln College. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 1979-12) Lough, R. D.; Maclean, R. M.; McCartin, P. J.; Rich, M. M.The National Wheatgrowers' Survey is an annual survey being undertaken by the Agricultural Economics Research Unit at Lincoln College on behalf of Federated Farmers of New Zealand Inc. Information relating to wheatgrowing and associated farm enterprises is collected from wheat.growers on two farm visits each year. The first visit takes place after drilling and the second after harvesting. This report summarises the information collected from the survey farms on the first visit for the 1979-80 wheat season. It includes descriptions of the survey farms and the relative importance of various enterprises for the 1979-80 season. and compares these with results obtained for the previous surveys. Average establishment costs for the wheat crop are also presented. A more detailed report covering the information · presented in this report, together with that collected on the second farm visit (after harvest), will be available by mid 1980.