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Economic factors affecting wheat areas within New Zealand
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit, 1979-12)
A stated objective of the current Government's wheat policy is that New Zealand should be self sufficient in the production of wheat. A means by which this could be achieved is through changes in the announced price for ...
Trends in the terms of exchange and productivity in the New Zealand dairy industry
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1970-06)
This paper sets out the available information on price trends facing the dairy industry since 1948/49, and some estimates of productivity increases over the same period. The general aim of the paper is to ascertain how the ...
Proceedings of a New Zealand seminar on project evaluation in agriculture and related fields
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1968)
The evaluation of projects which demand capital strikes at the heart of the economic problem - that is - the making of decisions about the allocation of scarce resources amongst competing ends. In a perfectly competitive ...
North Island maize production, 1983-84
(Lincoln College. Agricultural and Economics Research Unit., 1985-05)
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 ...
Recreational substitutability and carrying capacity for the Rakaia and Waimakariri Rivers
(Lincoln College. Agricultural and Economics Research Unit., 1983-12)
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 ...
The New Zealand farm business and the current changes in its structure
(Agricultural Economics Research Unit, Lincoln College., 1984-10)
Farming is an industry which depends on the work, decisions and
competence of a large number of individual farmers, each of them running
their own farm business. These business units vary widely in the resources
at their ...
Proceedings of the New Zealand Rural Economy and Society Study Group Seminar
(Lincoln College. Agricultural and Economics Research Unit., 1986-10)
This Discussion Paper includes the contents of a one
day seminar held at Lincoln College on 3 July 1986 for the
first meeting of the New Zealand Rural Economy and Society
Study Group. Included are two papers read by two ...
Proceedings of a seminar on wool marketing in the 1980s : held at Lincoln College, 21 October 1976
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit, 1976-10)
When this Seminar was announced there were some raised eyebrows and the question was asked: Why hold a Seminar on wool marketing when the price of wool has never been higher?
There are a number of good answers to such a ...
Tomatoes and the closer economic relationship with Australia
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1983-11)
The Closer Economic Relationship with Australia agreement (CER) was brought
Into effect on 1 January 1983. The CER provided for the liberalisation of trade
between New Zealand and Australia. This liberalisation is to be ...
The pastoral livestock sector and the supplementary minimum price policy
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1983-09)
The Supplementary Minimum Price policy has been a major topic of debate in the past few years, but there have been relatively few attempts to quantify the impacts that the scheme has had on the agricultural sector.
Although ...