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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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A new robust hybrid model based on support vector machine and firefly meta-heuristic algorithm to predict pistachio yields and select effective soil variables
Pistachio production is an economically important crop that grows in arid environments. To predict yield and sustainably manage the use of natural resources such as…
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
Amending soils of different pH to decrease phosphorus losses
In most cases the application of Al, Fe and Ca amendments decreased WEP in proportion to the rates applied. However, poor performance was noted when…
Video
Monitoring Freshwater Improvement Actions webinar
This webinar explains an interactive WebApp that helps detect improvements in rivers, lakes and groundwater, and helps select appropriate monitoring technologies that enable early detection…
Summary
Slash and Social Licence: An examination of the role of institutional assemblages in (re)negotiating social licence to forest in NZ
This report examines the role of ‘institutional planning assemblages’ in ((re)negotiating a social licence to forest in Aotearoa New Zealand. The case study chosen was…
Guidance
Using variable rate irrigation to mitigate nutrient losses
Variable rate irrigation (VRI), where the application rate of irrigation water across an area changes depending on soil type and other factors, can also decrease…
Summary
Consumers want NZ farmers to comply with regulations – better monitoring and transparency would help to build trust
Assurance systems such as freshwater monitoring are a cornerstone of New Zealand’s agribusiness. But these systems face growing challenges. Urban communities demand higher transparency and…
Appropriate Use of Taonga Species
Exploring cultural licence to use indigenous organisms in high-value product development, to support emerging land-use opportunities for collectively owned Māori land
Summary
Awanui Huka Pak: Producing Kai in the Footprints of Our Forebears
Read about the largest Māori kiwifruit entity operating in Aotearoa, Awanui Huka Pak. Featuring the kōrero of Te Awanui Huka Pak chairperson, Ratahi Cross, we…
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