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climate

Bryce Morrison

This report analyses the impact climate change will have on kiwifruit growing regions with strategies to help kiwifruit growers build resilience.

Grace McLeay

This report translates scientific climate modelling into practical contexts for Manawatū-Rangitīkei sheep and beef farmers. It aims to provide knowledge of climate change predictions, risks and opportunities associated with climate change predictions, and what actions might future-proof farming businesses?
Den Anderson 2020 Nuffield Scholar

Ben Anderson

This paper initially set out to determine whether it was possible to better monetise sustainability with the New Zealand Deer Industry. In addition to this, I wanted to understand why NZ deer farmers seemed to achieve such poor returns in comparison to both the end value of their products, and the level of risk they accepted in producing them. And lastly, I wanted to know whether our conventional industry supply chains were going to be fit for purpose in a rapidly changing world.

David Eade

Commodity prices received by New Zealand farmers are close to all-time highs, yet we are protesting in the streets for the first time in decades. Our resistance to environmental regulation has exposed a vulnerability – we, farmers, are struggling to hold our place in the power hierarchy.

Valerie Walpot

With the New Zealand economy dependent on primary industries and export, New Zealanders concerned about the state of our natural environment, the ever-increasing focus on climate change, global consumers’ changing expectations and disruptive technologies challenging our existing systems and processes; significant questions for the primary industries rise. Are our land-based farm systems fit for purpose … Read more

Matthew Hodgson

New Zealand produces world-class innovation but struggles to capture its full value. Capital, market and people constraints drive IP offshore, often after significant government investment. Foreign direct investment brings needed competition and capital, but better mechanisms are needed to retain intellectual property and returns domestically.

Jori Tuinier

This report is about climate change and its effects on the dairy industry on the East Coast of New Zealand. I have been working in the industry for the past 12 years and have seen some of the changes in climate. As a farmer, you would be foolish not to have a better understanding about … Read more