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Creating a Diverse and Sustainable Dairy Farming and Forestry Landscape (video)
This short video features Graham Smith, a Waikato dairy farmer whose farm played host to one of last year's Rural Professionals Fund Projects. The project…
Technical Report
Agrivoltaics: Integrating Solar Energy Generation with Livestock Farming in Canterbury
With increased interest in energy generation of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Aotearoa New Zealand, agrivoltaics provides the opportunity to increase the productivity of…
Technical Report
Case Study: Waiapu Kokahuhua
This is one of four mana whenua case studies that provide insights about addressing barriers and challenges they have experienced in freshwater management that could…
Summary
Sensors increase understanding and interest
Real-time nitrate sensors increased farmer understanding of contaminant pathways through their farm and the impact of rainfall events, and grew community interest in water quality…
Technical Report
Predicting Land-Based Nitrogen loads and Attenuation in the Rangitikei River Catchment – the Implications for Land Use
Where both the intensity of land use in high N-attenuation areas was increased and the intensity of land use in low N-attenuation areas was decreased,…
Presentation
Artificial proteins in Aotearoa New Zealand: Imagining futures for new technologies
The rapid growth of the cultivated meat industry; how cultivated meat protein is made, recent developments in the sector, and the view from Aotearoa New…
Model
Model of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Freshwater Eutrophication for Life Cycle Impact Assessment
Fate Factors (FFs) for use in life-cycle analysis (PCA) were developed for both dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP), distinguishing emissions from…
Technical Report
The Matrix of Drivers: 2019 Update
This 2019 report identifies key trends and challenges with potential to impact land use in New Zealand, prioritised by primary sector leaders, with open access…
Technical Report
Indicators in the NZ Sustainability Dashboard: An Overview of their Structure and Application
This report outlines the concept and structure of the New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard (NZSD), describes the NZSD sustainability indicators framework and details how the individual…
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