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August 30, 2024
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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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Rewarding Sustainable Practices
Delivering validated new knowledge to agribusiness leaders transforming commodity supply chains to premium value chains
Method
Forestry Catchment Planner documentation website
The documentation site for the Forestry Catchment Planner app is designed to provide users with clear, accessible information on the project's methodology and data analysis.…
Guidance
Guidance for Catchment Groups to Develop Farm Plans
Printable 4-step plan for catchment groups to develop effective farm plans (PDF, 1 page). To make farm plans an effective tool for improving waterways, we…
Summary
Helping Māori Businesses Move Up the Value Chain: Richard Jones and Poutama Trust
Read about the role of a Māori business development service provider and how Māori values such as manaakitanga and kaitiakitanga have a role to play…
Journal Article
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…
Technical Report
Application of remote sensing in spatial irrigation scheduling
While the science of calculating crop coefficients using remote sensing has been around since the 1970's, a robust commercial product is not yet available. This…
Journal Article
Understanding signals influencing on-farm change
We developed a framework to identify external off-farm signals from farmers' operating environment and internal on-farm signals that provide information about the farming system. We…
Video
Using green crops for soil fertility and health
These video resources have been created to make it easier for NZ farmers to use green crops more confidently and effectively. Doing so will improve…
Technical Report
Mosaics Testing Model
Our modelling indicates that while more mosaic-y landscapes are likely to produce somewhat better outcomes in profitability terms, the differences are likely to be small.…
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