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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

Agrivoltaics: Integrating Solar Energy Generation with Livestock Farming in Canterbury

With increased interest in energy generation of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Aotearoa New Zealand, agrivoltaics provides the opportunity to increase the productivity of…
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Integrating solar electricity generation with livestock farming in Canterbury

Aotearoa New Zealand has committed to actions to mitigate climate change. By 2050 the intention is to be transitioned to a net zero carbon economy.…
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Agrivoltaics assessment tool for Canterbury farmers

Do you have an interest in knowing if your property is suitable for solar? Agrivoltaics is the integration of solar and agricultural activities. It offers…
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Wairoa River Bed Sediment

The Wairoa River carries large quantities of fine sediment (clays, silts and sands). This fine sediment cloaks both the bed and the banks of the…
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Understanding signals

More than ever farmers and their stakeholders want to drive change on-farm to achieve social, environmental, and business outcomes. As such, many people and organisations…
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Signals for Land Stewards: Final Report

Signals are information from the environment that either enable or prevent a farmer from moving along a constructive change process, whether they are at the…
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Digging into the Promise of Pasture Protein – for Humans

Harvesting pasture to extract protein for human food could be a promising option for farmers looking to diversify and reduce their environmental footprint, finds new…
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Spring milling wheat as a ‘nitrogen scavenger’ in the North Island

The use of wheat in the farm system should be considered as an effective nitrogen (N) mitigation technique. Wheat as an N scavenger crop does…
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Systems Thinking for Future Farm System Design

A farming business is an example of a complex and integrated system. Integrated systems (such as those involving land, water, air and people) are good…
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Novel financing solutions for land use change (infographic)

This 2-page, A3 infographic gives an overview of findings, outlined in greater detail in the report, Novel financing solutions for land use change. The second…
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Local Grain Economy: Pathways to Transition Framework

Aotearoa has the capacity to supply much more milling wheat to New Zealand eaters, but growing a local grain economy requires fundamental investment or support…
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Implications of global price and supply of supplementary feeds on the New Zealand agricultural sector

This report outlines some of the complexities of the global grain and PKE markets and the associated risks with being very reliant on IPF. It…
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