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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Incentives for Data Sharing
Developing a multilateral data-sharing agreement model that increases access to data
This project has produced
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…
The Kaitiaki Intelligence Platform: An automated sensor network design for meeting the environmental intelligence needs of Māori Agribusiness Collectives and iwi
This main report details the process involved in creating the Kaitiaki Intelligence Platform, its overarching design, and cost to build. Based on a detailed review…
Rural Professionals Fund 2021–22
There were 12 successful projects in the second funding round for the Our Land and Water Rural Professionals Fund.
Difficulties in using land use pressure and soil quality indicators to predict water quality
Land pressures and soil quality can influence local water quality. Land use, catchment and climatic factors were strong predictors of 15 years of water quality. A snapshot…
Integrating horticultural and arable land use options into hill country farming systems: The multi-criteria decision-making process
The ‘Integrating Horticultural and Arable Land Use Options into Hill Country Farm Systems' research project aims to develop a process and tools for crop identification…
A perspective on Te Ao Māori and regenerative agriculture – Tangata ahu whenua: nurturing our landscapes
This report provides an overview on te ao Māori (the Māori worldview) and regenerative agriculture. Although alignment has been suggested by many across all agricultural…
Spring milling wheat as a ‘nitrogen scavenger’ in the North Island
The use of wheat in the farm system should be considered as an effective nitrogen (N) mitigation technique. Wheat as an N scavenger crop does…
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