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Increasing Value
People overseas value many things about New Zealand food, and many customers are willing to pay more for these qualities. These resources can inform the development of practices, products and value chains that reward farmers and growers for sustainable production.
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Project Summary: Reducing Variation in Apple Tree Yield
This article summarises the results of a Rural Professionals Fund project that aimed to see if trees on different soil types on the same apple…
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Project Summary: Impact of Regenerative Farming on Meat Quality
This article summarises the results of a Rural Professionals Fund project that aimed to compare the quality of meat from cattle of comparable age, sex…
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Project Summary: Integrating Horticultural and Arable Land Use Options into Hill Country Farm Systems
This article summarises the results of a Rural Professionals Fund project that aimed to develop a process and tools to help farmers select different crops…
Technical Report
Farm Certification Scheme Baseline Survey, 2020
Participating in farm certification schemes can be frustrating for farmers but does lead to improvements on-farm, according to a recent survey by the Our Land…
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Reflecting on the journey of environmental farm planning in NZ
Environmental farm planning in New Zealand dates to the 1950s when soil conversation plans were first undertaken. Since then the extent and complexity of whole…
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35 Drivers Likely to Impact Farming in New Zealand: Fact Sheets
Each of the 35 global trends and challenges likely to influence land use change in New Zealand, identified by the Matrix of Drivers project, has…
Technical Report
The Matrix of Drivers: 2022 Update
The Matrix of Drivers: 2022 Update presents an up-to-date summary of 35 global issues, trends and innovations (the ‘drivers’) with potential to influence the agri-food…
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Creating Value for New Zealand Agri-food Exports: Moving from supply chains to value chains
This Research Briefing presents results of research that identifies nine key elements of successful agri-food value chains from New Zealand. The research team worked with…
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9 attributes of successful value chains
This graphic A3 poster summarises in plain language the nine attributes of successful value chains for New Zealand SMEs exporting products derived from NZ-grown food…
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The Value Project: How Can Aotearoa New Zealand Generate Greater Returns from Sustainable Production?
New Zealand is great at producing food. And we’re getting better at doing it sustainably. So how can we capture that value and be rewarded…
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Meat insights: Uruguayan consumers’ mental associations and motives underlying consumption changes
A telephone survey (n = 601) was conducted in Uruguay to explore participants’ mental associations with meat and the underlying reasons changes in the quantity…
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Building Kaitiaki Intelligence Platforms: Positioning iwi as the national first-movers in precision, high-resolution environmental monitoring
Kā Waimaero | Ngāi Tahu Centre seminar presented on 16 August 2022 by Dr John Reid at University of Canterbury. Over the last few years…