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Social objective synthesis report 2: social differentiation and choice of management system among ARGOS Farmers/Orchardists
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2009-08)
The ARGOS (Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability) project was designed to enable the interrogation of the condition of sustainability in the New Zealand agriculture sector. To account for the country’s reliance on ...
Comparison of innovation policies in selected European, Asian and Pacific Rim countries: how best to optimise innovation governance in New Zealand?
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2010-11)
The technology users’ innovation (TUI) research programme aims to identify the conditions under which socio-technical networks best foster technology development, adoption and commercialisation, and thereby contribute to ...
New Zealanders and biotechnology : attitudes, perceptions and affective reactions
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2005-09)
Public perceptions of biotechnology in contemporary society are important. The current research programme has allowed us to resurvey the public to assess current responses to biotechnology and to examine possible changes ...
Environmental beliefs and farm practices of New Zealand organic, conventional and GE intending farmers
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit., 2001-08)
The main objective of this report was to deepen our understanding of the different types of farmers and growers in New Zealand primary production with respect to novel technologies. It provides supplementary analysis of ...
New Zealand farmer and grower intentions to use genetic engineering technology and organic production methods
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2000-08)
This research investigated the decisions of farmers and growers in relation to the issue of the introduction of gene technology to agricultural production in New Zealand. The main research objective was to determine and ...
Change in New Zealand farmer and grower attitudes towards gene technology : results from a follow up survey
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2003-05)
This study examined changes in the intentions, attitudes and beliefs of farmers regarding their use of gene technology. Of 656 respondents to a postal survey in 2000, the views of 115 were assessed again in 2002. These ...
Causal mapping of ARGOS high country farms and comparisons to sheep/beef and dairy farms
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2008-02)
The Agriculture Research Group On Sustainability (ARGOS) is investigating the social, environmental and economic consequences of different management systems in different farming sectors in New Zealand (for more information ...
Social research compendium: key questions on social dimensions of agricultural sustainability
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2004)
Following on from the Social Research Rationale, this document takes the rationalean important step further by developing a list of key research topics (and specificissues) that form a comprehensive list of research items ...
Nanotechnology : ethical and social issues : results from a New Zealand survey
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit., 2006-11)
The general aim of this research was to determine and understand New Zealand public reactions to nanotechnology. An objective was to assess the generalisability of focus group research in a national survey. A further ...
An analysis of Zespri's 2003 Organic Kiwifruit Database: factors affecting production
(2004-09)
A database of many variables collected by Zespri from their organic kiwifruit growers and packhouses has been used to find any factors that might enhance the production of larger fruit or higher production volumes. The ...