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November 02, 2023
Resources for
Farm Advisors
Paul Sutherland
As a rural professional, you can help farmers and growers understand the drivers for regulation and get ahead of the game. Be confident in trying new approaches, with case studies and evidence-based resources to inform on-farm decision making and reduce risk.
Future Scenarios for Arable Agriculture
Modelling pathways to sustainability, resilience and profitability in arable agriculture
This project has produced
Assessing Contaminants with Stream Order
Determining whether excluding livestock from large streams in flat catchments would substantially decrease the contaminant load
Phosphorus Best Practice
Investigating whether current fertiliser and effluent guidelines and policy are strong enough to prevent phosphorus loss
Land Use Opportunities
Developing a holistic decision-making framework for evaluating land use opportunities.
Regenerative Agriculture
Developing a framework to collect scientific evidence about regenerative agriculture in Aotearoa
Indicators Working Group
Investigating the use of indicators to help the primary and public sector meet local, national and international reporting requirements
Reasons for Water Quality Improvement
Investigating the reasons for decreasing phosphorus concentrations in many waterways
Register of Land Management Actions
What's been done? A national record of land management actions to improve water quality and restore catchments
New Models of Collective Responsibility
Developing new ways to strengthen the connection between people, land and water
Rural Professionals Fund 2020–21
There were 15 successful projects in the first funding round for the Our Land and Water Rural Professionals Fund.
Whenua Life Values
An online tool to assist Māori agribusiness in making strategic decisions within a kaupapa Māori framework
Rural Professionals Fund 2021–22
There were 12 successful projects in the second funding round for the Our Land and Water Rural Professionals Fund.