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Technical Report

What are the opportunities to reduce variability in apple tree productivity through targeted (sub-block) water and nutrient application?

Most of New Zealand’s apple production occurs on soils which have formed from alluvial (river movement) deposits. These soils range from clays to sand, to…
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Interactive Tool

Changing Climate: Disease Risk & Costs

This free interactive tool provides apple and grape growers and prospective investors with a glimpse into how climate change may affect the risk and costs…
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Summary

The supplement struggle

New Zealand’s dairy industry is so reliant on internationally produced supplements that production and profitability would be impacted significantly if this food supply was interrupted.…
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Journal Article

Collective storytelling as a river restoration tool: The role of catchment communities in inspiring environmental change

In Aotearoa New Zealand, catchment communities have been actively working to restore the health of their rivers, in some cases for many decades. Their knowledge…
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Video

Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 6: We can make progress – but we need to work together

Local community involvement is one of the keys to the long-term health of our rivers and lakes, and communities like catchment groups can play a…
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Video

Science for Policy – System Supports

This webinar describes the results of an in-depth study into the role that science played in the development of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater…
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Journal Article

Changes in soil cadmium concentrations with time following cessation of phosphorus fertilizer inputs

Cadmium (Cd) can accumulate in soil from the application of phosphorus fertilizer. However, there is little information on what happens to soil Cd concentrations when…
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Journal Article

Meat insights: Uruguayan consumers’ mental associations and motives underlying consumption changes

A telephone survey (n = 601) was conducted in Uruguay to explore participants’ mental associations with meat and the underlying reasons changes in the quantity…
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Model

Land-Water Interoperable Models

This report summarisises the work of the Interoperable Modelling Systems for Integrated Land and Water Management programme. The programme aimed to develop an interoperable modelling…
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