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August 30, 2024
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Reducing phosphorus losses from agricultural land to surface water
Enrichment of surface waters with phosphorus (P) leads to algal growth and eutrophication. About 27% of agricultural land exceeds optimal soil P levels, posing a risk of P loss to surface waters. Agricultural…
Guidance
How to Talk About the Future of Farming in Aotearoa New Zealand
This guide is to help people talk effectively about the future of farming, and land-use change in particular, to the general public and farming communities…
Technical Report
Farm Certification Scheme Survey, 2022
This survey followed up a baseline survey to measure KPIs for the OLW Challenge – specifically, measuring participation in farm certification schemes. The data tables…
Guidance
Monitoring visual water clarity in lakes
Visual water clarity is a measure of the ability of light to travel through water. Visual clarity in lakes may be reduced due to suspended…
Guidance
Impacts of sediment on freshwater and estuarine and freshwater fish species
Sediment can affect freshwater and estuarine fish used for mahinga kai. This collection of fact sheets bring together existing scientific information on these effects, along…
Journal Article
Growing for good: Producing a healthy, low greenhouse gas and water quality footprint diet in Aotearoa
Food production plays a central role in the health of humanity and our environment. New Zealand produces a large amount of food, but it is…
Journal Article
Suitability of six extraction methods for isolating a large quantity of high-quality RNA from NZ free-draining stony soil
High-quality RNA from soil is essential for investigating the functionality of soil microbial communities. The affordability the RNA-Seq method enables innovative studies of whole ecosystems…
Journal Article
Geographically-explicit, dynamic partial equilibrium model of regional primary value chains – Mathematical formulation and application to forestry in Northland region of New Zealand
This paper lays out the mathematical foundation of the Primary Value Chains (PVC) model, which is a geographically explicit, dynamic partial equilibrium model of regional…
Infographic
Summary: Food Quality and Safety from Regenerative Farms
A 2-page visual summary on assessing how regen ag might impact on food quality and safety, and how to assess that.
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