Papers presented at the New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (Inc.) Ninth Annual Conference : incorporating the 27th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (Inc.) : Blenheim Country Lodge, July 2003

Abstract

The main themes for this Conference are: Fisheries, GM, Trade, Fisheries and Environmental Policy, Wine, Development, Statistics and Indicators, Food, Dairy, and Water. This discussion paper includes the full text of the following papers: Gina Straker, Jo Hendy and Suzi Kerr, A Regulatory History of New Zealand's Quota Management System; Suzi Kerr and Andrew Aitken, Bycatch and Quota Prices in ITQ Fisheries Markets; Robin Johnson, Fisheries: Managing Property Rights; Richard Newell, James N. Sanchirico and Suzi Kerr, Fish Stock Markets; Dan Marsh and Les Oxley, What Drives Innovation in the New Economy? The Case of the New Zealand Biotechnology Sector; Caroline Saunders and Bill Kaye-Blake, Modelling the GM Food Price Differential: Results of Empirical Analysis; Bruce Small, Environmental Scientists' Hopes and Concerns Regarding Genetic Engineering; Bill Kaye-Blake, Katie Bicknell and Caroline Saunders, Modelling Protest Votes In Choice Experiment Surveys: The Case Of Genetically Modified Food; C Saunders and V Christensen, Economic Analysis of the Organic Dairy Sector: Comparing the Danish and NZ Development in Organic Milk production and Consumption; Allan N. Rae and Anna Strutt, Agricultural Trade Reform and Environmental Pollution from Livestock in OECD Countries; Caroline Saunders and Johann Mayrhofer, The Implications for NZ Trade of Change in EU Agricultural Policy; In Particular the Development of Agri-Environmental Policy; Warren Dalgleish and Caroline Saunders, Costs and Benefits of various scenarios relating to Organic Production; Geoff Kaine and Denise Bewsell, The Adoption of Pest and Disease Management Practices by Grape Growers in New Zealand; Sandra Barns, Tropical Grass Webworm (Herpetogramma Licarsisalis): The Right Action at the Right Time; Suzi Kerr, Alexander S.P. Pfaff and Arturo Sanchez, The Dynamics of Deforestation: Evidence from Costa Rica; Sandra Barns, Tropical Grass Webworm (Herpetogramma Licarsisalis): The Right Action at the Right Time; Suzi Kerr, Alexander S.P. Pfaff and Arturo Sanchez, The Dynamics of Deforestation: Evidence from Costa Rica; Petrus Simons, Review and Assessment of Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture; L.N. Njoku and F.G. Scrimgeour, Performance Evaluation of the Lower Anambra Irrigation Project (LAIP) in Nigeria; Jo Hendy and Suzi Kerr, How Do Catch Patterns Respond to Changes in International Prices for Different Species and Fish Products?; Ross Cullen, Andrew Dakers and Gerit Meyer-Hubbert, Do Tourists Use Too Much Water, and Pay Too Little in Taxes?; Suzi Kerr and Catherine Leining, Joint Implementation in Climate Change Policy; David Lillis, New Zealand's Agricultural Production Census 2002; I.S. Tarbotton and G. Sparling, Development of Soil Quality Indicators; Nigel Jollands and Murray Patterson, How to Aggregate Sustainable Development Indicators? A Proposed Methodology and its Application; Medihah Khatep and Frank Scrimgeour, The Use of Information and Communication Technology (lCT) to meet Legislative and Market Assurance Requirements in New Zealand Agriculture; Mohammed Khalid, Vhari McWha and Ralph Lattimore, Conditional Demand for Food in NZ; Kay Cao and Frank Scrimgeour, Assessing the Competitiveness of New Zealand Meat Industry: Does Food Safety Standards Help?; Terry Parminter, Irene Nolan and Peter Bodecker, Use of Scenarios in Industry Consultation: Dairy Insight's Future Focus Project; Sarah Mackay, Nigel Jollands, Stewart Ledgard and John Finlayson, Waikato Dairy Industry: Using Resource Accounting to Model Whole System Effects; D.C. Smeaton, C.A.J. Botha, H.W. Roth and I.S. Tarbotton, Acceptance and Likely Uptake of New Reproductive Technologies by Dairy and Beef Farmers in New Zealand; Stuart Ford, Wayne McClintock and Geoff Butcher, Economic and Social Assessment of Community Irrigation Projects: Development of a Multi Viewpoint Assessment Framework; Geoffrey N Kerr and Basil M H Sharp, Choice Modelling: Mitigation on Auckland Streams.