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A computer based simulation model for evaluating farm scale irrigation development in hill and high country, New Zealand
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1986)
The basic objective of this study was to develop a simulation model that would enable physical and economic evaluation of alternative farm irrigation schemes in the hill and high country.
The model used the output of ...
Economic aspects of stone fruit marketing in New Zealand
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1972)
New Zealand stone fruit constitutes a multi-million dollar industry. Possibly because the industry exports very little in either value or quantity terms little work has been completed in this industry. Little is known, ...
Christchurch tomorrow : a discussion of the future development of Christchurch as a regional centre
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1975-09)
This discussion is about the goals and aspirations that the citizenry of Christchurch should adopt in planning the future development of their city. It leaves aside any consideration of the likely success or failure in ...
Supply response parameters in New Zealand agriculture : a literature search
(Lincoln College. Agricultural and Economics Research Unit., 1985-07)
Over the last twenty years there have been a number of studies
carried out of agricultural supply response in New Zealand.
The parameters estimated in these studies are an essential
ingredient in a wide variety of policy ...
Trends in rural land prices in New Zealand 1954-1969
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1971)
This paper examines post-war trends in rural land prices. New Zealand has a freehold system of land tenure and a land registration system based on the Torrens system first used in South Australia. As a result, reliable ...
Processing peas : a survey of growers’ returns 1967/68
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1968)
In recent years, some 12,000 acres in New Zealand has been used for green pea production for processing. The greater proportion of this land is in Hawkes Bay, but commercial crops are also grown in Nelson, Marlborough, ...
Fresh vegetable retailing in New Zealand : an economic survey
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1968)
A good deal of interest has been shown in the marketing of vegetables over recent years particularly with reference to marketing margins. This survey is a study of such margins for different groups of retailers for two ...
Indicative economic planning with a sixteen sector projection model of the New Zealand economy
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1969-08)
The main purpose of this paper is to describe the exercise in indicative economic planning which has been carried out in New Zealand over the last 18 months. After outlining the background to the National Development ...
An evaluation of the Southland flood relief temporary employment programme
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1979-11)
The 1979 Budget statement reasserted the Government’s commitment to full employment as a policy objective but considered that inflation and the balance of payments limited the scope of monetary and fiscal measures to ...
Japanese agricultural policy development : implications for New Zealand
(Lincoln College. Agricultural and Economics Research Unit., 1981-07)
Agricultural policy in Japan has played an important role
in limiting New Zealand's exports of agricultural products to
that country. While there have been many specific changes in
the policy over the last two decades, ...