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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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Journal Article
Let Nature be your teacher: Caring for agricultural landscapes through a sense of place
While the global agri-food system has fed a rapidly growing global population, industrialisation of agriculture is contributing to negative ecological and social outcomes. Strengthening humanity’s…
Retiring Farmland into Ngahere
Restoring Aotearoa together: Triple the area, at one-third the cost
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Presentation
Quantifying Actual Denitrification in Groundwater Systems – poster
This poster provides a one-page summary of research to quantify actual denitrification in groundwater systems. Measurement of neon, argon and N2(g) identifies: 1. Excess N2(g)…
Presentation
From Value-Added to Values-Added: Storying Kaupapa Māori Land & Water Food Relations
This presentation gives an overview of the Storying Kaitiaktanga project and presents preliminary findings and quotes from participants.
Journal Article
Minimizing phosphorus leaching from a sandy clay loam caused by phosphorus fertilizers
At moderate to high fertilization rates, sandy-textured soils can leach much phosphorus (P) threatening surface water quality. High rates are used to compensate for P…
Journal Article
Testing indicators of resilience for rural communities
The resilience of rural communities is a concern, both in itself and for its effects on the agricultural sector. This article investigates the possibility of…
Technical Report
Collaborative Research Towards Best Practice Nitrogen Management in Asparagus Cropping: Final report
Key findings: • Current nitrogen fertiliser recommendations are based on limited trial work. • Nutrient deficiency symptoms are not common and careful fern and root…
Interactive Tool
Data Supermarket
The Data Supermarket is a repository of data about the ingredients, food and fibre we can grow in New Zealand, now and in the future.…
Technical Report
Land Use Diversification Challenges and opportunities for three North Canterbury farmers
This project concentrated on the unique opportunity to assess three separate farm businesses and the proposed changes to their systems, illustrating the environmental impacts and…
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