Nuffield 2005 Reports

New Zealand primary producers have been facing a gradual decline in real commodity prices for decades, costs of production are increasing and more recently land values have in many places exceeded the level where an acceptable return on capital is possible. I hypothesised that our commodity producers could overcome these problems, on an industry wide … Read more

This report investigates aspects of corporate governance as it should apply to New Zealand agricultural co-operatives. It looks at best practice corporate governance in public listed companies and identifies areas which pose challenges to agricultural co-operatives. The author attended the 55th Advanced Course in Agricultural Business Management at the Imperial College Wye campus in Kent … Read more

The quality of our NZ economy depends on our ability to acquire, protect, translate, combine and apply knowledge.  This knowledge is required to solve today’s problems and to prepare the ground for solving tomorrow’s.  Without new knowledge, and new combinations of knowledge, there will be no innovation.  And without innovation, NZ will struggle to keep … Read more