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On-Farm Impacts of environmental policy – a journey through time
Shadbolt, Nicola; Valentine, Barbara - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882157
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Turning farms into businesses: Some unexpected consequences of neoliberalism for New Zealand farmers
Hunt, Lesley; Rosin, Chris; Campbell, Hugh; … - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882158
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Cost Efficiency of Dairy Farming in New Zealand: a stochastic frontier analysis
Jiang, Nan; Sharp, Basil - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
competitiveness on efficient utilization of resources, both physical and financial. Prior research on the efficiency performance of … dairy farming in NZ is scant and the focus to date has been on technical efficiency, which alone only reveals how well farms … utilize the physical production process. This paper contributes to the empirical literature by examining the cost efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882160
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Progress of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy and some emerging issues
Jenkins, Bryan - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
emerging issues. The paper examines the provision of storage, water use efficiency, environmental flow adjustments, nutrients … and increased irrigation areas is proving problematic. Water use efficiency is advancing on some fronts – piped …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920196
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What is the impact of reduced-impact logging (RIL) policy on the Berau Economy?
Martana, Kadim; Lennox, James; Evison, David; Manley, Bruce - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
A dynamic recursive CGE model of the Berau District (East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia) was constructed, to analysis the impact of REDD policies. The model was used to simulate a policy to implement reduced-impact logging (RIL) by inducing a seven percent raise in logging cost. Results suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920198
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Efficiency And Equity Impacts Of The Rental Market For Cropland In Vietnam And Sources Of Transaction Costs Impeding The Market
Huy, Hoang; Lyne, Michael; Ratna, Nazmun; Nuthall, Peter - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
This research investigates the efficiency and equity impacts of the cropland rental market in rural Vietnam and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920204
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Analysing The Performance Of Two Export-Oriented Spice Chains In Nepal: Taking The Smallholder Perspective
Bhattari, Salil; Lyne, Michael; Martin, Sandra - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
This study assesses the performance of supply chains for two major export crops produced in Nepal (ginger and large cardamom) from a smallholder perspective. It aims to identify factors that constrain marketing choices available to smallholders, limiting the chain’s robustness from their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920211
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Pastoral Farmer Goals and Intensification Strategies
Small, Bruce; Murphy-McIntosh, Andrea; Waters, Warwick; … - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005
Focus groups were held with four pastoral sectors (sheep, dairy, deer, and beef) to investigate intensification strategies available to each sector. Focus groups first identified drivers of intensification in their sector, then identified the strategies they perceived as available, and evaluated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008800981
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Multiple Criteria Decision Making: Method Selection And Application To Three Contrasting Agricultural Case Studies
Dooley, A.E.; Sheath, Gavin W.; Smeaton, D. - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005
Agribusiness, farm business and agricultural-environmental decisions which varied in their characteristics were used to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008802802
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Regional Economic Implications of Water Allocation and Reliability
Harris, Simon; Doak, Murray; Ford, Stuart; Bywater, Tony; … - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005
The understanding of how allocation decisions can maximise the economic returns to the community from water for irrigation has received little attention, but is a significant issue for regional councils, those interested in water allocation policy development, and for irrigated farmers. There is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008802808