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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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Sustainability through farmer-citizen connection
Urban visitors and host farmers share a similar vision of sustainable farming, and urban visitors see direct-from-farmer food purchasing as their most impactful sustainable action.…
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Project Summary: Application of Remote Sensing in Spatial Irrigation Scheduling
This article summarises the results of a Rural Professionals Fund project that aimed to use the SWAN Systems platform, an automated water balance model, alongside…
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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…
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Development of a Systems Model for Assessing Pathways to Resilient, Sustainable, and Profitable Agriculture in New Zealand
There is a clear research gap in understanding how future pathways and disruptions to the New Zealand (NZ) agricultural system will have an impact on…
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About Our Land and Water
A video overview of the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge, featuring students from the Pūhoro STEMM Academy. Wai Ora – Healthy Water. Whenua…
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Linking the taniwha and dragon: Māori primary exports into China and culturally aligned value chains
Māori primary producers have focused their export attention to China, with many seeking to turn supply chains into value chains. Little attention is paid to…
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Guiding Biodiversity Investment in New Zealand
John Reid, the co-director of Eco-Index (developed by New Zealand’s Biological Heritage National Science Challenge), in conversation with Matthew Monahan. John speaks about his Our…
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Negotiating social licence to farm at Canterbury agricultural and pastoral shows
Agricultural and pastoral (A&P) shows are often depicted as a meeting point for town and country. The largest of these is the New Zealand Agricultural…
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Co-innovation and Integration and Implementation Sciences: Measuring their research impact – examination of five New Zealand primary sector case studies
The Primary Innovation programme investigated co-innovation to solve complex agricultural problems in five New Zealand primary sector projects. The projects engaged diverse stakeholders using a…
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