Past development efforts in the Kingdom of Tonga are reviewed in relation to the goals of reducing poverty, unemployment and inequality. It is shown that progress has been strictly limited and evidence is provided to support ...

Considerable potential exists for the development and provision of information able to assist urban property investment decision-making. This thesis revolves around the potential of information as a productive resource to ...

The development of a computer-based simulation model of the production of semi-worsted spun yarns from scoured wool blends is described. The scoured wool properties used as input variables include mean fibre diameter, fibre ...

A study of a probability sample of 65 sheep farmers in Cheviot County, New Zealand, was undertaken mainly to secure information regarding attitudes of farmers toward the extension service of the Ministry of Agriculture and ...

Many factors influence the success of a potential investment in real estate. Successful real estate decisions require a careful analysis of the many contingencies involved. This thesis focuses on the various steps involved ...

Additional market information has been identified by horticultural producers as an important input into their production and marketing decisions. One source of such information is a public market information service. The ...

An optimisation model is developed to evaluate the economic use of nitrogen fertiliser in sheep farming enterprises which depend on seasonal production of grass-legume pastures as the main source of feed. Nitrogen fertiliser ...

A geometric field approach is used to represent technical specification, availability and relative price of the New Zealand Wool Board's sales records. The parameters of price and quantity form scalar fields in the vector ...

The survival of the Barbados economy is largely dependent on the foreign exchange received from the export of sugar; therefore, it is important that the sugar industry operate in an efficient and productive manner. Economic ...

This study examines the relationship between-farmers' motivation, as measured by orientation to work, and their adoption of new farm practices. Reviews of New Zealand agricultural extension research, of well-known ...