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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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A Foot in the Door to the Alternative Protein Market
Developing a pea and fava bean protein market in New Zealand would have high environmental gains, finds new research – but who pays for the…
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Alternative kale feeding
Greenfeed crops can be an important winter feed source, but intensive grazing needs careful management. This project found environmental and management benefits to harvesting kale…
Journal Article
The ability to reduce soil legacy phosphorus at a country scale
The build-up of soil phosphorus (P) beyond plant requirements can lead to a long-term legacy of P losses that could impair surface water quality. Using…
Presentation
Benign denitrification in the subsurface environment
Our Land and Water Symposium, April 2017
Technical Report
Regenerative agriculture in Aotearoa NZ: project overview and statement of purpose
Traditional agricultural science can often take a linear approach: knowledge is shared from scientists to farmers, who might then adopt one change and observe the…
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Alternative Feeds to Hit Emissions Targets
Agricultural emissions targets could be met by 2030 by increasing brassica and grains in cattle diets by 20–30%, with stocking rates reduced just 5%, finds…
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Primary Industry Trade at Risk Unless Assurance is Tightened
Two recently published reports look at the gap between Aotearoa’s assurance schemes for the primary sector and our trade potential. A new report, EU Green Deal:…
Technical Report
Capturing premiums for authentic Māori agrifood products: Consumer willingness to pay and authentication processes
This report examines the types of premiums that Māori agrifood producers can get for their products through indigenous branding and environmental credentials generated by the…
Journal Article
Human Impacts Recorded in Chemical and Isotopic Fingerprints of Soils from Dunedin
We present results from the first urban chemical and isotopic soil baseline survey to be completed for a New Zealand city. The major, minor, trace…
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