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Reference conditions and threshold values for nitrate-nitrogen in New Zealand groundwaters

Management of groundwater quality is assisted by an understanding of reference conditions, which describe the concentration ranges expected for key substances in the absence of…
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MitAgator

Built on a detailed farm map, MitAgator's software gives a spatial view of where contaminant losses are occurring and identifies critical source areas (CSAs). Targeting…
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Viewpoint: Act local, effect global: Integrating farm plans to solve water quality and climate change problems

Local farm plans can be used to minimise the effect of food production on water quality and greenhouse gas emissions but must be integrated with…
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Technical Report

Water Quality Monitoring for Management of Diffuse Nitrate Pollution

Aotearoa New Zealand is making significant investment in national policy and standards, regional plan rules and on-farm actions to reduce the impact of intensive land…
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Technical Report

Modelling impacts of agriculture on freshwater

In the last decade, the UNEP-SETAC working group (WULCA) established a framework to assess water consumption in life-cycle analysis, which was largely adopted by the…
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Quantifying Excess Nitrogen Loads in Fresh Water

At least 43% of New Zealand's agricultural land (31% of New Zealand's total land area) is in catchments that are under pressure (‘pressure' meaning the…
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Presentation

Perspectives on how Market Forces and Regulation are Shaping the Future of NZ Farming

Weed Science Society of America, February 2019, New Orleans USA
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Beef in California, USA

Online tool to access and analyse results of a survey of beef consumers in California about their consumer behaviour, preferences, technology use, understanding of Māori…
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Integrating Value Chains

Providing knowledge on how to construct global value chains that share increased value with New Zealand farmers and growers, and meet environmental expectations of consumers…
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