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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, ...

New Zealand Farmer Attitude and Opinion Survey 2008 : Management systems and farming sustainability

Fairweather, John R.; Hunt, Lesley M.; Rosin, C.; Moller, H.; Norton, S. (Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2009-10)

The survey results presented in this report are part of ongoing research on New Zealand farmers and how they respond to changes and issues related to the sustainability of primary production. The survey assessed how farmers ...

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 ...

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 ...