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Resources for
Non-Government Organisations
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People who work in NGOs can grow understanding of land and water science in our communities, enabling the well-informed conversations that create transformational change. These resources are based on impartial, robust evidence from Aotearoa New Zealand’s best agricultural and environmental scientists.
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Summary
Diverse Experiences of Farming – summary
This short summary highlights 14 key insights from research that sought to understand what shapes New Zealanders’ perceptions of farming, and define the points of…
Infographic
Diverse Experiences of Farming – infographic
Diverse Experiences of Farming surveyed and interviewed over 1,300 New Zealanders, and asked them – urban and rural – what they really think about farming.…
Video
Diverse Experiences of Farming – video
Massey University surveyed and interviewed over 1300 New Zealanders, and asked them – urban and rural people – what they really think about farming. The…
Video
Using eDNA to identify taonga species: Te Miro Farm case study
This research project aimed to enable farmers to see where wildlife and farmed animals are contributing to environmental DNA (eDNA), provide a method to detect…
Technical Report
Nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment and Escherichia coli in New Zealand’s aquatic receiving environments: Comparison of current state to national bottom lines
This report is the first assessment of where ‘bottom lines’ for contaminants are exceeded across Aotearoa. It reveals the size of job required to achieve…
Guidance
Pā to Plate Grower’s Guide
This beautifully illustrated booklet provides a brief grower’s guide from pā to plate. Beginning as a research project in 2016, Pā to Plate has evolved…
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…
Technical Report
Strip-till Fodder Beet to Improve Land and Water Outcomes
Fodder beet is an important crop for wintering in New Zealand farming systems. It keeps well through winter providing a high dry matter feed. However,…
Presentation
Artificial proteins in Aotearoa New Zealand: Imagining futures for new technologies
The rapid growth of the cultivated meat industry; how cultivated meat protein is made, recent developments in the sector, and the view from Aotearoa New…
Presentation
Emerging Proteins: Threat or Opportunity for Māori?
What are the opportunities from a shift to any of the viable options for plant-based protein, to address social, environmental, cultural, and economic issues associated…
Presentation
The Fairies at the Bottom of the Lab: or Aotearoa New Zealand Food Industry Imaginaries of a Cellular-Agriculture Future
Defining cellular agriculture. The aim of the research project. A growing sociotechnical network. Premium-scape, multi-scape or STEM-scape? Presented at the AgriFood Conference 2023 in Tasmania,…
Infographic
Protein future scenarios: Infographics
Three infographics depict the environmental, economic, and selected regional outcomes of four scenarios based on different rates of technological advancement for the main alternative protein…