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A note on the profitability of dairy farms in selected areas of Bangladesh : a comparison with New Zealand dairy farms
(Lincoln University. Farm and Horticultural Management Group, 1999-05)
This study determines the profitability of commercial mini-dairy farms in selected areas of Bangladesh using New Zealand financial and production figures as benchmarks. Based on production returns Bangladeshi (BD) dairy ...
Integrating employment, skills and economic development: New Zealand
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2007-09)
The Integrating Employment, Skills and Economic Development (IESED) report to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) follows a study to identify existing co-ordination between labour market policy, ...
Forestry and agriculture on the New Zealand East Coast: socio-economic characteristics associated with land use change
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2000-06)
The topics of land use, and issues associated with land use change, have been a major theme of research in the AERU since its inception in 1962. In earlier years the research focused on
pastoral land uses, reflecting the ...
Preliminary economic evaluation of biopharming in New Zealand
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2007-03)
From the academic literature, this report derives an economic model or framework for considering biopharming. This model is based on a cost-benefit approach to valuing changes in products and production methods. The model ...
Comparative energy and greenhouse gas emissions of New Zealand's and the UK's dairy industry
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2007-07)
This research report builds upon the AERU Research Report No. 285 on Food Miles - Comparative energy/emissions performance of New Zealand's agriculture industry (Saunders et al. 2006). This report adds greenhouse gas ...
A review of research on economic impacts of climate change
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness & Economics Research Unit, 2009-04)
This report reviews prior research on several topics associated with anthropogenic climate change resulting from concentration of CO2 and other gases in the atmosphere. It represents the first step in a project whose aim ...
Rural population and farm labour change
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit., 2008-03)
The first part of this report examines some changes in New Zealand rural population since 1881 and more recent demographic characteristics. It shows that during the twentieth century, the proportion of people living in ...
Social organisation of large herd dairy farms in New Zealand
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness & Economics Research Unit., 1994-03)
This research reports the results of interviewing 29 large herd dairy farmers (over 500 cows)
in the North and South Islands of New Zealand and describes their social organisation of
production. On average the farmers were ...
New Zealand farmer and grower attitude and opinion survey : analysis by sector and management system
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2007-10)
The core of the ARGOS research design is a longitudinal panel study. Panels of 12 farms were selected to represent conventional, integrated and organic management for the sheep/beef sector, Kiwigreen, gold and organic ...
New Zealand farmer and grower attitude and opinion survey: kiwifruit sector
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2007-10)
The specific research objective addressed in this report is to assess the kiwifruit sector on a number of topical dimensions. In addition, a related objective is to assess how these dimensions may vary by management system ...