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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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Journal Article
Plant species rather than elevated atmospheric CO2 impacts rhizosphere properties and phosphorus fractions in a phosphorus deficient soil
By 2050, elevated atmospheric CO2 (eCO2) could stimulate plant growth, but dwindling phosphorus (P) stocks in the soil could limit growth. However, little is known…
Interactive Tool
Matarau
Decisions about the future use of whenua are complex and there are a lot of factors to consider. This tool brings together data and information…
Summary
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…
Technical Report
The NZ Food and Fibre Sector: A Situational Analysis
The Primary Sector Council commissioned the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU) at Lincoln University to prepare this situational analysis that provides a global perspective…
Presentation
Developing a framework to assess the impacts of land use change using wellbeing indicators
An in-progress update on the development of a framework to measure the true (integrated) effects of land use change, focussed on the selection of wellbeing…
Journal Article
On the use of multicriteria decision analysis to formally integrate community values into ecosystem-based freshwater management
Freshwater ecosystems are essential to peoples’ economic, cultural, and social well-being, yet are still among the most threatened ecosystems on the planet. Consequently, a plethora…
Video
Future Land Use Opportunities video
An animated illustration of a diversified farm of the future in Aotearoa New Zealand. A static illustration is also available. CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, Yasmine El Orfi for…
Technical Report
Consumer Insights and Willingness to Pay for Attributes: NZ Yoghurt Products in Shanghai, China
To achieve greater value in global markets, New Zealand can increase its understanding of our international customers’ demands for products from New Zealand’s land and…
Summary
Future scenarios for arable agriculture
Food security, tackling climate change through emissions reduction, and developing alternative proteins in New Zealand are three threads that were explored by the Future Scenarios…
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