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August 30, 2024
Our Land and Water has now ended.
Our mission was to preserve the most fundamental treasures of Aotearoa – its land and water – while producing value from those same treasures.
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Technical Report
A risk assessment approach for prioritising actions in farm environment plans with mahinga kai values
The project co-developed and produced a geospatial tool that is available through a webpage. The beta tool allows users (initially dairy farmers) to identify and…
Technical Report
Assembling indicators of market access risks for food exports
The purpose of this research was to identify and test indicators of the level of consumer interest in specific market drivers. The drivers were previously…
Technical Report
Measuring actual denitrification to understand nitrogen loads through aquifers
Ne is an inert, soluble, gas which is present in air and has been used in international studies to understand recharge conditions. The aim of…
Presentation
Rewarding Sustainable Practices: Introducing the Value Chain Compass
Researchers from the Agribusiness & Economic Research Unit (AERU) were asked by Our Land & Water to investigate the role of value chains in rewarding…
Technical Report
Technologies and Audit Systems for Authenticating Food Trust
Collaborative value chains that effectively communicate credence attributes will help enhance New Zealand’s global reputation for sustainable and high quality primary products. This report describes…
Journal Article
Integration of ANP and Fuzzy set techniques for land suitability assessment based on remote sensing and GIS irrigated maize cultivation.
Land suitability assessment can inform decisions on land uses suitable for maximizing crop yield while making best use, but not impairing the ability of natural…
Infographic
Farm Soil Health: Healthy soil, healthy plants, healthy people
This visual summary document contains several infographics that show a general improvement in soil health as land-use changed from forestry to pasture. Monitoring and management…
Method
Lower Cost Native Restoration of Farmland: Tīmata Method Fact Sheet
This six-page fact sheet on the Tīmata Method has been developed for New Zealand land owners. The Tīmata Method, which in Māori translates to begin,…
Technical Report
EU Green Deal: Impact on New Zealand’s Land-based Primary Producers
Several areas of focus for the EU Green Deal are likely to pose significant challenges for New Zealand’s export sectors, not only directly in the…
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