Management practices to improve water quality
Help support farmers in creating cost-effective freshwater environment plans using science from Our Land and Water.
Communicating effectively with farmers
Learn new approaches to communicating effectively with your clients and the rural community, using our social science research.
Tools for making land use change decisions
Work through the activities in this kōwae (course) to learn how to help farm businesses to make decisions about land use diversification.
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