A postal survey of farmers in Mid Canterbury was carried out in 1977 in order to ascertain the interest, resources and attitudes of farmers to the growing of sugar beet in their region. An extremely high net valid ...

This report presents the detailed documentation of development, validation, application methodology, and computer coding of a set of dynamic simulation models of pasture production on the Canterbury Plains of New Zealand. ...

The primary objective of this paper is to assess the validity of New Zealand's negotiating strategies with Japan over the question of improved access for New Zealand's agricultural, forestry and fish products in the ...

This survey is the second 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 ...

The objective of this report has been to provide an improved understanding of the Japanese textile industry, and to analyse the role of wool relative to other fibres in the recent past and in future industry and distribution ...

Over the last decade there has been a remarkable increase in the use of systems modelling for research in farm management. This has been accompanied by substantial progress in the development of model building techniques ...