New Zealand farmer and grower attitude and opinion survey : analysis by sector and management system

Rosin, Chris; Cook, Andrew; Hunt, Lesley; Fairweather, John; Campbell, Hugh

New Zealand farmer and grower attitude and opinion survey : analysis by sector and management system

Fairweather, John; Hunt, Lesley; Cook, Andrew; Rosin, Chris; Campbell, Hugh

Cite this item: Fairweather, J., Hunt, L., Cook, A., Rosin, C., & Campbell, H. (2007). New Zealand farmer and grower attitude and opinion survey : analysis by sector and management system (ARGOS Research Report No. 07/07). Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5291

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Date: 2007

Publisher: Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability

Series: ARGOS Research Report

Series number: 07/07

ISSN: 1177-7796

Keywords: ARGOS; New Zealand; Sustainable Agriculture; Social dynamics

Research Type: Commissioned Report for External Body

Languages: English

Abstract:

The core of the ARGOS research design is a longitudinal panel study. Panels of 12 farms were selected to represent conventional, integrated and organic management for the sheep/beef sector, Kiwigreen, gold and organic management for the kiwifruit sector, and conventional and organic management for the dairy sector. The research involves gathering data on these farms in order to assess the nature of production from environmental, economic and social points of view and the design rests on testing the null hypothesis that there is no difference between management systems. Farms in the panels were generally typical of their sectors in terms of obvious characteristics such as size, level of production etc. Farms from a range of geographies and with different levels of intensity of production were chosen in order to achieve results that would be applicable to a broad range of farms.

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