An appropriate objective for trade policy ought to be to maximise imports. Unfortunately, trade policy negotiators get very caught up in the facilitation of this objective by necessarily arguing about access for exports, Krugman (1997). In this context, a ...

The goat in New Zealand has long been an accepted but largely ignored animal. In recent years interest in the goat has revived. This is especially so in terms of mohair production, as a result of the current high prices available for mohair, but intere ...

A population of 58 seedling yarrow (Achillea millefolium) plants m⁻² produced approximately 243,000 viable seeds per square metre in the first season of growth and development. Approximately 10% of the freshly harvested yarrow seed had no dormancy and was ...

Acacia melanoxylon provenance trials were assessed to investigate: (1) The degree to which insect populations influence growth and the change from juvenile to mature foliage. (2) How tree growth rates and overall performance respond to a range of fertilis ...

Stripe rust caused by Puccinia striiformis West., was studied in three seasons between 1981 and 1984, on the susceptible wheat cv. Rongotea. A sample unit of the top three leaves on a W-shaped sample pattern provided the basis of a reliable and sensitive ...