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Experiences of transdisciplinarity in research on agricultural sustainability

Hunt, Lesley M.; Benge, J.; Campbell, H.; Fairweather, John R.; Greer, Glen; Lucock, D.; Manhire, J.; Moller, H.; Reid, J. R.; Rosin, C.; Saunders, Caroline M. (International Farming Systems Association, 2010-07)

The Agricultural Research Group on Sustainability (ARGOS), a transdisciplinary research programme funded by New Zealand’s Public Good Science Fund and business organisations interested in primary production, aims to improve ...

Are organic standards sufficient to ensure sustainable agriculture? Lessons from New Zealand's ARGOS and Sustainability Dashboard projects

Merfield, Charles; Moller, H.; Manhire, J.; Rosin, Christopher; Norton, S.; Carey, P.; Hunt, Lesley M.; Reid, J.; Fairweather, John R.; Benge, J.; Le Quellec, I.; Campbell, H.; Lucock, David L.; Saunders, Caroline M.; MacLeod, C.; Barber, A.; McCarthy, A. (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2015-07-14)

Our review concludes that organic standards need to account for a broader set of criteria in order to retain claims to ‘sustainability’. Measurements of the ecological, economic and social outcomes from over 96 kiwifruit, ...

Understanding kiwifruit management using causal mapping

Fairweather, John R.; Hunt, Lesley M.; Rosin, C.; Campbell, H.; Benge, J.; Watts, Michael J. (Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2006-09)

Causal mapping was used to document how the 36 participating kiwifruit orchardists described and explained the management of their orchards. This approach asks the participants to identify the factors which are important ...

The agriculture research group on sustainability programme: a longitudinal and transdisciplinary study of agricultural sustainability in New Zealand

Campbell, H.; Fairweather, John R.; Manhire, J.; Saunders, Caroline M.; Moller, H.; Reid, J.; Benge, J.; Blackwell, G.; Carey, Peter; Emanuelsson, M.; Greer, Glen; Hunt, Lesley M.; Lucock, D.; Rosin, C.; Norton, D.; MacLeod, C.; Knight, B. (Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2012-02)

This report provides an overview of the key design features of the Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability (ARGOS) programme. This ongoing long-term research project started in 2003, involving a group of around 20 ...

Do orchardists walk the talk?

Hunt, Lesley M.; Fairweather, John R.; Greer, Glen; Rosin, C.; Campbell, H.; Moller, H.; Benge, J.; Manhire, J.

This paper was presented to discuss the management of kiwifruit orchards for a better outcome of practices and production, leading to the study of good orchards/orchardists. Implications for its sustainability were also ...

Sector survey indicator results: Comparing management systems within horticultural sector

Fairweather, John R.; Hunt, Lesley M.; Benge, J.

This survey was designed to compare management systems in the areas of sheep/beef, horticultural and dairy sectors. It also presents its results and provides an understanding of the general patterns.

New Zealand farmer and orchardist attitude and opinion survey 2008 : characteristics of organic, modified conventional (integrated) and organic management, and of the sheep/beef, horticulture and dairy sectors

Fairweather, John R.; Hunt, Lesley M.; Benge, J.; Campbell, H.; Greer, Glen; Lucock, David L.; Manhire, J.; Meadows, S.; Moller, H.; Rosin, C.; Saunders, Caroline M.; Fukuda, Y. (Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2009-07)

The core of the ARGOS research design is a longitudinal panel study of New Zealand farms (including orchards in the case of the kiwifruit sector). Panels of 12 farms were selected to represent conventional, integrated and ...

Kiwifruit casual mapping in 2008 : comparisons to 2005 and to other sectors

Fairweather, John R.; Hunt, Lesley M.; Rosin, C.; Benge, J.; Campbell, H. (Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2009-03)