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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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Connecting communities for effective farm plans – webinar
Land use intensification and the degradation of water quality was enabled by a system that considered all farms separately, despite their cumulative effects on water…
Technical Report
Pasture For Humans
Protein harvesting from pasture has the potential to provide Aotearoa farmers with alternate land-use choice. For the farmer, the inclusion of protein harvesting has the…
Journal Article
Testing indicators of resilience for rural communities
The resilience of rural communities is a concern, both in itself and for its effects on the agricultural sector. This article investigates the possibility of…
Summary
Project Summary: Measuring Real-Time Nitrogen Losses in Vegetable Production
This article summarises the results of a Rural Professionals Fund project that aimed to find an accurate way to measure the amount of nitrate leaching…
Faecal Source Tracking
Identifying the sources of faecal contamination in waterways, and identifying naturalised Escherichia coli to help establish water quality for swimming
Interactive Tool
MitAgator
Built on a detailed farm map, MitAgator's software gives a spatial view of where contaminant losses are occurring and identifies critical source areas (CSAs). Targeting…
Technical Report
Canterbury Farmers' and Rural Professionals' Perception of Drone Use in Environmental Management
The purpose of this research project is to identify barriers to, and incentives to overcome the challenges of, integrating drone use to achieve better environmental…
Journal Article
Rewarding Responsible Innovation when Consumers are Distant from Producers: Evidence from NZ
This paper examined the question of whether local producers can be rewarded for responsible innovation (for example, to improve sustainability of production) when the bulk…
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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…
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