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November 02, 2023
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Researchers
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
When experts disagree: The need to rethink indicator selection for assessing sustainability of agriculture
Sustainability indicators are well recognized for their potential to assess and monitor sustainable development of agricultural systems. A large number of indicators are proposed in…
Journal Article
A review of the policies and implementation of practices to decrease water quality impairment by phosphorus in NZ, the UK, and the US
We outline policy in New Zealand, the UK, and the US who have imposed limits for P. We contrast the strategies used and discuss their…
Journal Article
Guiding phosphorus stewardship for multiple ecosystems services
We propose a conceptual framework‚ the ‘phosphorus ecosystem services cascade’ (PESC)‚ to integrate the key ecosystem processes and functions that moderate the relationship between P…
Technical Report
Enabling a transformation in New Zealand’s bioeconomy
The OECD called for a global transition towards a bioeconomy in 2009, which resulted in a number of nations adopting strategies to develop their bioeconomy.…
Technical Report
Enhancing Māori agribusiness through kaitiakitanga tools
This report focuses on Māori agribusinesses and their dynamic and holistic approach to natural resources that seek to balance commercial and cultural imperatives. An overview…
Technical Report
Interoperable Models for Land and Water Framework selection and preliminary design
This report presents a proposal for the development of an interoperable modelling system suitable for integrated spatial assessment the economic, production and environmental implications of…
Journal Article
Optimizing land use for the delivery of catchment ecosystem services
Despite widespread implementation of best management practices, sustainable farming is neither practical nor possible in certain locations, where protecting water quality and promoting agricultural production…
Journal Article
Does variable rate irrigation decrease nutrient leaching losses from grazed dairy farming?
A six-year study was conducted to determine whether the use of variable rate irrigation (VRI), compared to uniform rate irrigation (URI), could decrease N and…
Journal Article
Assessing the Yield and Load of Contaminants with Stream Order: Would Policy Requiring Livestock to Be Fenced Out of High-Order Streams Decrease Catchment Contaminant Loads?
This paper won the JEQ Best Paper Award 2019. Concentration and flow data for 1998 to 2009 were used to calculate catchment load and yields…
Journal Article
Impacts of long-term biomass management on soil phosphorus under temperate grassland
We assessed and quantified the cumulative impact of 20 years of biomass management on the nature and bioavailability of soil phosphorus (P) accumulated from antecedent…
Journal Article
Rewarding Responsible Innovation when Consumers are Distant from Producers: Evidence from NZ
This paper examined the question of whether local producers can be rewarded for responsible innovation (for example, to improve sustainability of production) when the bulk…
Technical Report
Stocktake of Indicator Projects
This ‘stocktake’ report identifies and describes 28 projects or programmes that were involved in assembling indicators about agriculture and the environment. Some of these focus…