Agriculture
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/4806
2024-02-06T09:35:45Z
2024-02-06T09:35:45Z
Rural Areas within Twenty Territorial Local Authorities, Compared
Pomeroy, Ann
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10248
2024-02-02T02:29:08Z
2020-08-16T21:11:12Z
Rural Areas within Twenty Territorial Local Authorities, Compared
2019-12
Pomeroy, Ann
This is the fourth report in a series sponsored by the Taranaki Bishop’s Action Foundation (BAF). The series aims to build understanding of the changes occurring in rural in New Zealand, with particular attention to the Taranaki region.
This fourth report examines the rural districts, rural centres and minor urban areas of another ten territorial local authorities and compares them to the rural areas of the ten territorial local authorities compared in report two. The ten territorial local authorities selected include case study areas for a Department of Geography project at Otago University being conducted under the auspices of the National Science Challenge (NSC) Building better homes, towns and cities: Ko ngā wā kāinga hei papakainga.
2020-08-16T21:11:12Z
Assessment of soil properties and earthworms in organic and conventional farming systems after seven years of dairy farm conversions in New Zealand
Manono, Bonface Ombasa
Moller, Henrik
Benge, Jayson
Carey, Peter
Lucock, David
Manhire, Jon
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8941
2023-11-24T02:14:21Z
2019-02-10T21:01:38Z
Assessment of soil properties and earthworms in organic and conventional farming systems after seven years of dairy farm conversions in New Zealand
2019-01-31
Manono, Bonface Ombasa; Moller, Henrik; Benge, Jayson; Carey, Peter; Lucock, David; Manhire, Jon
Environmental degradation and consumer awareness are raising concerns about the sustainability of conventional farming while increasing interest in organic farming as an alternative food and fiber production. Well-replicated studies during the transition are necessary for testing the causes of observed changes. To test soil property changes following conversion, we collected data from 18 dairy farms (nine converting and nine that remained under conventional methods) in the Waikato, Taranaki, and Manawatu regions of New Zealand. Soil properties on the converting group were compared with matched farms that continued with conventional methods. Converting to organic did not result in increased total carbon or nitrogen, but phosphorus decreased by 42%. Bulk density decreased by 3.5% in converted farms but increased by 9.8% in conventional farms. Earthworm densities were higher in organic farms but there was no significant change in soil microbial parameters. Total nitrogen was lower where microbial respiration was higher but there was no evidence of a link between earthworms and soil nutrient levels. This observation challenges whether the observed changes in studies of farms that have already converted are indeed caused by organic farming methods themselves. Long-term studies are needed before the broader implications of conversion can be fully assessed.
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2019-02-10T21:01:38Z
Characterising rural resilience in Aotearoa-New Zealand: a systematic review
Spector, Sam
Cradock-Henry, Nicholas A
Beaven, Sarah
Orchiston, Caroline
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8469
2023-11-24T02:14:21Z
2018-10-24T01:07:05Z
Characterising rural resilience in Aotearoa-New Zealand: a systematic review
2018-10-08
Spector, Sam; Cradock-Henry, Nicholas A; Beaven, Sarah; Orchiston, Caroline
The concept of ‘resilience’ has recently gained traction in a range of contexts. Its various interpretations and framings are now used to examine a variety of issues, particularly relating to the human dimensions of global change. This can pose challenges to scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers seeking to develop focused research programmes, design targeted interventions, and communicate across disciplinary boundaries. The concept of resilience is widely used in Aotearoa-New Zealand, where it informs both government policy and research programmes. Resilience is particularly relevant in this small developed nation, which is heavily reliant on primary production in rural areas and affected by a range of geological and climatic hazards. To understand the range and extent of application of resilience in the rural context, we use systematic review methods to identify, characterise, and synthesise this knowledge base. Currently, research applying the concept of resilience in the rural context is limited in areal extent, largely quantitative in nature, and led by a small number of researchers. There is limited evidence of collaboration. Research has focused on a small number of hazards, failing to capture the diversity of risks and hazards in addition to their impacts. The results of our analysis and methodology offer important insights for meta-analyses of risk and hazard scholarship. The findings provide a baseline to track the future progress and effectiveness of resilience interventions and help inform current and future research priorities targeting persistent vulnerabilities in rural New Zealand and elsewhere.
2018-10-24T01:07:05Z
Rural Social Research Seminar Proceedings. Report 3
Pomeroy, Ann
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8230
2024-02-04T21:45:01Z
2018-07-20T04:20:55Z
Rural Social Research Seminar Proceedings. Report 3
2018-02
Pomeroy, Ann
Rural sociology
2018-07-20T04:20:55Z
Rural Taranaki compared with a selection of other rural areas in New Zealand: Report Two to the Bishops Action Foundation
Pomeroy, Ann
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8065
2024-02-02T02:29:08Z
2018-05-30T04:55:26Z
Rural Taranaki compared with a selection of other rural areas in New Zealand: Report Two to the Bishops Action Foundation
2017-05
Pomeroy, Ann
Socio-economic profile of Statistics New Zealand area unit data for the minor urban areas, rural centres and rural districts of ten territorial authorities in New Zealand.
2018-05-30T04:55:26Z
Rural Taranaki: Report One to the Bishops Action Foundation
Pomeroy, Ann
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8064
2024-02-02T02:29:08Z
2018-05-30T04:54:54Z
Rural Taranaki: Report One to the Bishops Action Foundation
2016-12
Pomeroy, Ann
Socio-economic profile of Statistics New Zealand area unit data for the minor urban areas, rural centres and rural districts of Taranaki’s three territorial authorities.
2018-05-30T04:54:54Z
Are Organic Standards Sufficient to Ensure Sustainable Agriculture? Lessons From New Zealand’s ARGOS and Sustainability Dashboard Projects
Merfield, Charles
Moller, Henrik
Manhire, Jon
Rosin, Chris
Norton, Solis
Carey, Peter
Hunt, Lesley
Reid, John
Fairweather, John
Benge, Jayson
Le Quellec, Isabelle
Campbell, Hugh
Lucock, David
Saunders, Caroline
MacLeod, Catriona
Barber, Andrew
McCarthy, Alaric
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7307
2023-11-22T21:52:19Z
2017-05-09T04:51:50Z
Are Organic Standards Sufficient to Ensure Sustainable Agriculture? Lessons From New Zealand’s ARGOS and Sustainability Dashboard Projects
2017-01
Merfield, Charles; Moller, Henrik; Manhire, Jon; Rosin, Chris; Norton, Solis; Carey, Peter; Hunt, Lesley; Reid, John; Fairweather, John; Benge, Jayson; Le Quellec, Isabelle; Campbell, Hugh; Lucock, David; Saunders, Caroline; MacLeod, Catriona; Barber, Andrew; McCarthy, Alaric
Etingoff, Kim
2017-05-09T04:51:50Z
Evaluation of a dairy agri-environmental programme for restoring woody green infrastructure
McWilliam, Wendy
Fukuda, Yuki
Moller, Henrik
Smith, Des
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7306
2023-11-22T22:14:52Z
2017-05-09T04:51:06Z
Evaluation of a dairy agri-environmental programme for restoring woody green infrastructure
2017-05-04
McWilliam, Wendy; Fukuda, Yuki; Moller, Henrik; Smith, Des
Pastoral landscape woody vegetation provides ecosystem services, but potentially competes for space, light and nutrients that could provide additional farm production. A questionnaire determined the values and behaviours of New Zealand dairy farmers to evaluate voluntary agri-environmental programmes for restoring woody vegetation. Findings indicate the area is increasing, while the composition and configuration of networks are changing and redistributing. Farms with little are losing more, and those with more are gaining. Farmers are planting new areas to increase their public ecosystem services, but may not provide these services through planting and management. Barriers include insufficient private woody vegetation ecosystem services, and low rates of growth of native plants. Government incentive programmes are ineffective in overcoming barriers. Farmers may be motivated by stronger evidence of valued ecosystem services, information about their benefits and drawbacks and how to support services through planting and management. However, a targeted environmental stewardship scheme is required to overcome barriers to planting, with government and the dairy industry working together to develop and maintain a landscape-scaled woody vegetation network on private and public land. Such networks would build sustainability and resilience into dairy farming, leading to an equitably sharing of benefits and costs of their public ecosystem services.
2017-05-09T04:51:06Z