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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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Next Generation Systems
Identifying next generation primary production systems and opportunities to change the face of farming
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Summary
Māori Values Motivate Entrepreneurship
The approaches and values of Māori agribusinesses have been proven to grow export value and benefit our people and environment. This article was prepared as…
Technical Report
Predicting Land-Based Nitrogen loads and Attenuation in the Rangitikei River Catchment – the Implications for Land Use
Where both the intensity of land use in high N-attenuation areas was increased and the intensity of land use in low N-attenuation areas was decreased,…
Guidance
Monitoring phosphorus in rivers
Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for the growth and development of plants and animals. It occurs naturally as phosphate bound to rocks and soil, and…
Journal Article
Soil nitrogen treatment alters microbiome networks across farm niches
A farm is a collection of interlinked ecological habitats split by locations, including above-ground, below-ground, and animal-associated niches each harbouring unique microbiomes. We examined agricultural…
Technical Report
Zero Internationally Produced Supplement in the New Zealand Dairy System: Final report
The aim of this project was to determine how the effects of removing all Internationally Produced Supplement (IPS), affects our New Zealand dairy farming systems…
Journal Article
Towards implementation of robust monitoring technologies alongside freshwater improvement policy in NZ
International studies point out that some freshwater policy objectives are not achieved. This study describes that this is in part caused by shortcomings that include:…
Technical Report
Canterbury Farmers’ and Rural Professionals’ Perception of Drone Use in Environmental Management
The purpose of this research project is to identify barriers to, and incentives to overcome the challenges of, integrating drone use to achieve better environmental…
Technical Report
Shifting from land-use capability to land-use suitability
The LUS classification system will be based on concatenation of three categories: land-use potential, contribution to catchment contaminant delivery, and pressure in receiving environments (Fig.…
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