When Patsy Bass left high school, she had planned to go to university and become a kindergarten teacher. Her father talked her out of it and she eventually went on…
One of the main aims of Our Land and Water National Science Challenge is to develop practical tools and resources to help farmers add diversity, increase resilience, and tackle environmental…
Ten farms in Waikato and Te Arawa Waka have stepped up to share their knowledge and trial new approaches as part of the Rere ki Uta, Rere ki Tai research…
For the fourth – and final – time, rural professionals are invited to team up with farmers to apply for funding to test innovative ideas that help farmers add diversity,…
Our rivers and lakes are under pressure – and pressure is also mounting on land managers to meet new regulations and customer expectations for increasingly sustainable food production. The good…
A new study has found that dairy farmer investment in composting shelters is being driven largely by a desire to tackle environmental challenges, improve animal welfare, provide labour efficiencies and…
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” asked Alice.“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.“I don’t…
Bill Kaye-Blake, principal economist with NZIER, reflects on 20 years of research into creating greater value in New Zealand's primary sector. I’ve been doing research on agri-food systems for 20…
Twenty new research projects have been funded by Our Land and Water (Toitu te Whenua, Toiora te Wai) following a contestable funding round. Five new research programmes will run until…
Our Land and Water researchers Ed Challies (University of Canterbury) and Marc Tadaki (Cawthron) are pleased to have had the opportunity to edit a special issue of the NZ Geographer…
An instruction is not a plan: how to create value in the primary sector