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Land-Use Change
Land use in Aotearoa will change as new opportunities and challenges emerge under a changing climate. Water quality expectations will also drive change in some catchments, where investing in mitigations could be less pragmatic than some change in land use.
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Technical Report
The Case for a Novel Edible Nut Agroforestry System
This paper reviews the case for a novel agroforestry system in the Rotorua lakes catchments, based on an interest in trees that can produce edible…
Technical Report
The impact of policy on sustainable land use options in New Zealand
Do current national and regional policy frameworks discourage (or insufficiently encourage) change at the scale and diversity needed for the Our Land and Water National…
Presentation
De-Risking Land-Use Transformation in New Zealand
Agricultural Economics Society, April 2019, Belgium
Technical Report
Six ‘Star’ Grain and Legume Crops for NZ Farmers: Specialty Grains and Pulses Report
The Specialty Grains & Pulses Report identifies opportunities to expand the grain and pulse crops grown in New Zealand. The research team identified six crops…
Technical Report
Pulses and Grains Consumer Insights Report
This consumer insights summary is based on 1 x distributor interview, 14 x business to business interviews (retailers, manufacturers and influencers), 1 consumer focus group…
Method
Method to Measure Rural Community Resilience
The Indicators Working Group (co-funded by AgResearch) produced a method to measure community resilience at a point in time using Statistics NZ data to indicate…
Presentation
Development of Next Generation Farming Systems using a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making framework
Land Use and Water Quality Agriculture and the Environment, June 2019, Denmark
Presentation
Next Generation Farming Systems -Transformation by Design
Poster presentation displayed at the Land Use and Water Quality Agriculture and the Environment, June 2019, Denmark
Summary
Futureproofing for our Grandchildren: Onenui Station, Tawapata South Inc
Read about a sheep and beef station on an East Coast Peninsula who express kaitiakitanga by diversifying their land-use practices and by entering into collaborations…
Technical Report
Climate change impacts on land use suitability
This report aims to assist land managers and natural resource planners to assess the resilience of agricultural land uses across New Zealand and to inform…
Journal Article
Challenges and opportunities for land use transformation: Insights from the Central Plains Water Scheme in NZ
This paper considers the factors that are important to land managers in determining whether to change their land use system when the development of an…
Journal Article
Development of a model using matter element, AHP and GIS techniques to assess the suitability of land for agriculture
Land suitability assessment is an essential step for land use planning and development. Over the last decade, many researchers, organizations, research institutes and governments have…