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Agrarian restructuring in New Zealand
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness & Economics Research Unit., 1992-04)
In this research report the farm and structural changes in New Zealand between 1984 and 1990 are described by way of analysis of official statistics. A brief review of theory on family farms under capitalism precedes data ...
Papers presented at the New Zealand Agricultural Economics Society (Inc.) Second Annual Conference : "Agriculture and the Environment" : incorporating the 20th Annual Conference of the NZ Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society : Blenheim Country Lodge, July 1995.
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit., 1995-07)
This year a trend which has been gaining momentum is the rise of environmentalism. With increasing global environmental awareness has come increased consumer expectations for environmental quality in production processes. ...
Actual and potential computer use by a group of primary producers
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 1992-05)
"In the rural sector, computer adoption has been significant, although not at the rate evident in the urban scene. In order to identify the level and type of computer use practised by rural businesses, especially farmers, ...
Papers presented at the New Zealand Branch, Australian Agricultural Economics Society seventeenth annual conference, University of Waikato, August 1992
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 1992-08)
The main themes for this Conference are: Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Resource Management, Marketing and Trade Policy, and Agricultural Finance, Risk and Return.
This discussion paper includes the full text ...
Papers presented at the New Zealand Branch, Australian Agricultural Economics Society Eighteenth Annual Conference, Blenheim Country Lodge, July 1993.
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 1993-07)
The theme of the Winter Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian
Agricultural Economics Society, Agricultural Marketing: Structure, Conduct, and Performance
is very much at the top of the agenda in discussions ...
An expert system for surplus feed allocation
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness & Economics Research Unit, 1994-05)
"The animal grazing industry is a major sector of New Zealand's economy. Managers
controlling the utilisation of the nation's massive pasture production tend to make utilisation
decisions using experience and intuition in ...
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 ...
Determinants of farmland prices in a dynamic error correction form : a New Zealand case
(Lincoln University. Farm and Horticultural Management Group, 1999-07)
This paper examines the effect of real net farm residual income, inflation,
and the real interest rate on the movement of real farmland prices during 1970 to 1997 using a parsimonious error correction model. The empirical ...
Evolutionary bargaining games
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit., 1991-05)
The simple Nash demand game is analysed in an evolutionary context. The evolutionarily stable strategies (ESS) are characterised in the cases where players have symmetric and asymmetric roles. Introducing stochastic effects ...
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 ...