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Resources for
Primary Industry Bodies
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People in primary sector support bodies provide important direction to land managers, helping ensure that practices evolve in response to new evidence. These resources can help you develop best practices and guidance for farm management, based on impartial and robust evidence.
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Measuring Farmer Wellbeing in the Context of Regenerative Agriculture
A 2-page visual summary on assessing the impact of regen ag on the wellbeing of farmers and their community.
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Summary: Food Quality and Safety from Regenerative Farms
A 2-page visual summary on assessing how regen ag might impact on food quality and safety, and how to assess that.
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Summary: Overseas Market Potential for NZ Regenerative Agriculture
A 1-page visual summary of a suggested approach to identify the market potential for New Zealand’s ‘regenerative’ practice.
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Summary: One Whenua, One Health Framework
A 2-page visual summary of the One Whenua, One Health concept and it’s potential relevance for assessing Regenerative farms.
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Summary: Farm Economic Metrics for Regenerative Agriculture
A 1-page visual summary of a suggested approach to assess the return of regenerative farming businesses.
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Regenerative Agriculture in Aotearoa NZ – Research Pathways to Build Science-Based Evidence and National Narratives
This white paper sets out 17 priority research topics and introduces 11 principles for regenerative farming in New Zealand. The white paper is the result…
Guidance
Designing Effective Farm Environment Plans
We have prepared a guidance document for people who need to design effective FEPs, FEP templates and processes. It proses a four-step approach and makes…
Journal Article
Projected wine grape cultivar shifts due to climate change in New Zealand
Climate change has already been affecting the regional suitability of grapevines. This has significant implications for New Zealand. We modeled key crop phenological stages to…
Summary
Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Sustainability and Other Attributes
Evidence gathered by four separate Our Land and Water research programmes has found that food shoppers in New Zealand’s key export markets do value attributes…
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National-scale implementation of mandatory freshwater farm plans: A mechanism to deliver water quality improvement in productive catchments in NZ?
Reducing agriculturally derived diffuse contaminant losses (via non-point sources) from land to water has proven difficult for decades. Owing to the diversity and complexity of…
Technical Report
Quantifying resilience to drought and flooding in agricultural systems
Soil has physical properties that affect its ability to retain water in periods of drought, and drain water in times of extreme or prolonged rainfall.…
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Predicted willingness-to-pay price premium for red meat and dairy products
This infographic summarises key findings from a meta-analysis of international studies. It found the highest consumer ‘willingness to pay’ (WTP) for sustainability attributes is for…