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Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) for Land Use Diversification tool

This Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) tool was tested in a project with farmers in the Upper Taieri Wai catchment group, which identified alternative land uses…
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Journal Article

Reducing Uncertainty of Groundwater Redox Condition Predictions at National Scale, for Decision Making and Policy

Understanding hydrogeochemical heterogeneity, associated with natural nitrate attenuation, is an integral part of implementing integrated land and water management on a regional or national scale.…
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Transferring the impacts of pilot-scale studies to other scales: Understanding the role of non-biophysical factors using field-based irrigation studies

Researchers are challenged to design research that can generate credible claims regarding cross-scale impact and adoption. However, the context in which new knowledge or innovation…
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Technical Report

Optimising on-farm nitrogen management in the face of regulated fertiliser input

The key purpose of this project was to investigate how farmers had responded to the regulatory capping of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser at a maximum of…
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Technical Report

Farmer preferences and drivers of decision-making related to water quality actions and land use change in Tukituki

Farmer interviews and survey results indicate that farmers and growers in the Tukituki have demonstrated considerable commitment to enhancing water quality, with significant endeavours in…
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Te Mana o te Wai Audit Tool

This audit tool has been developed to support councils and mana whenua to work together to assess how both sets of organisations are prepared for…
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Journal Article

The efficacy of good practice to prevent long-term leaching losses of phosphorus from an irrigated dairy farm

We measured P fractions in leachate at 70cm depth from two soils of low-P sorption capacity in an intensively grazed dairy farm. In response to…
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Technical Report

Efficacy of subsurface denitrification to attenuate nitrate in shallow groundwaters

Our preliminary results indicate occurrence of complete ‘benign’ denitrification in the reducing shallow groundwater sites with lower dissolved oxygen (DO) contents (DO < 1mg L-1),…
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