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August 30, 2024
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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.…
Journal Article
A review of the development and implementation of the critical source area concept: A reflection of Andrew Sharpley’s role in improving water quality
Critical source areas (CSAs) are small areas of a field, farm, or catchment that account for most contaminant loss by having both a high contaminant…
Technical Report
Kia Whakatōmuri te Haere Whakamua: Reimagining primary production based on traditional models of the past
This research paper identifies and discusses the key differences and commonalites of Pākehā and Māori societal structure, governance and cultural motivation, Western agricultural systems and…
Presentation
The Fairies at the Bottom of the Lab: or Aotearoa New Zealand Food Industry Imaginaries of a Cellular-Agriculture Future
Defining cellular agriculture. The aim of the research project. A growing sociotechnical network. Premium-scape, multi-scape or STEM-scape? Presented at the AgriFood Conference 2023 in Tasmania,…
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Rethinking the Whenua Around our Cities Could Help Turn the Table on our Food Crisis
By making the fertile land surrounding our cities more sustainably productive, we can improve our food, housing and wellbeing all at the same time. As…
Journal Article
Balancing the Push and Pull factors of Land-Use Change: A New Zealand Case-Study
New Zealand is increasingly facing environmental and social challenges associated with its current land-use choices. There is therefore a drive to find ways to continue…
Technical Report
Establishing perennial ground cover species, as a management practice to suppress weeds in a pipfruit orchard’s “weed spray strip”
Can low-growing, perennial plants be established as a ground cover in pipfruit orchards, as a replacement for a traditional ‘weed spray strip’ management practice? In…
Journal Article
Beyond Sustainable Intensification: Transitioning primary sectors through reconfiguring land-use
Internationally there is a desire to transition farming systems towards more sustainable production in response to global and local social and environmental challenges. This transition…
Video
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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