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Andrii Medvediuk, 123RF
Stay up to date with new evidence and mātauranga Māori from cross-institute, transdisciplinary teams of Aotearoa New Zealand’s best agricultural and environmental scientists, working to future proof farming and improve the vitality of te Taiao.
Journal Article
System reset – Regenerating the marae economy
What role can marae communities play in a post-COVID-19 lockdown’reset’? This situation report looks at the opportunity of unlocking innovation within marae kin communities through…
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Long-term atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment decreases soil phosphorus availability in a grazed temperate pasture
Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (eCO2) associated with climate change increases plant production and soil nutrient transformations. However, changes in soil phosphorus (P) availability and dynamics…
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Interpreting practice: Producing practical wisdom from qualitative study of practitioner experience
This paper discusses methodological challenges in researching practice. The primary challenge arises from the view that practice is inextricable from its performance, and that performance…
Technical Report
Interoperable Modelling – spatial economic optimisation
In this report we describe the application of the spatial modelling and optimisation framework LUMASS as a spatial optimisation tool in the Interoperable Modelling Project.…
Summary
Revealing Groundwater’s Denitrification Capacity
A new way to measure denitrification in groundwater has been proved, and could make analysing groundwater’s denitrification capacity more accessible for regional councils and farmers.…
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Examining developed versus emerging economy online food and beverage purchase behaviour and predictors: A survey comparison of Indian, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and United Kingdom consumers
Consumers are increasingly using online shopping for purchasing food and beverage (F&B) products. A challenge to industry stakeholders is understanding which elements of online digital…
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On the use of stressor-response relationships in the management of lake eutrophication
Since the 1960s, theoretical and empirical advances in limnology have offered lake managers different approaches to address lake eutrophication problems. The Vollenweider input–output model and…
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Māori Agribusinesses – The Whakapapa Network for Success
Reviews of Māori land generally focus on how the 80% identified as’under-performing’ or’under-utilised’ can be more productive. This article analyses the 20% of Māori Land…
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Reshaping a farming culture through participatory extension: An institutional logics perspective
Participatory extension programmes influenced practices, beliefs and values underlying the learning logic (changing from a ‘linear’ to ‘multi-actor’ logic) and thus can help facilitate more…
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Demonstrating efficacy of on-land management actions to improve water quality: How can we quantify what actions have been done?
We reviewed 91 global publications and proceedings between 1989 and 2019 which assessed the complexities related to recording and reporting sustainable land use actions with…
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Role of organic anions and phosphatase enzymes in phosphorus acquisition in the rhizosphere of legumes and grasses grown in a low phosphorus pasture soil
Rhizosphere processes play a critical role in phosphorus (P) acquisition by plants and microbes, especially under P-limited conditions. Here, we investigated the impacts of nutrient…
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Measuring Chinese food consumers’ preferences for sustainability attributes: The case of the Shanghai yoghurt market
This paper reports on the application of a discrete choice experiment survey designed to measure consumer preferences for sustainability attributes in the Shanghai yogurt market.…