The food industry of today is in a constant state of change -- becoming increasingly globalised and consumer driven. Moreover, food consumption patterns in industrialized and many developing nations are changing dramatically, ...

The New Zealand dairy industry has been well placed to take advantage of the relaxing international market barriers that have long plagued the dairy trade. At the same time it is very important to keep the size of New ...

Some enduring location choices challenge the conventional models of competitive location allocation. One such is the persistence of market gardens around large urban centres that use locations that are highly valued because ...

This report presents information about cut flower purchase behaviour and was obtained from a survey of Christchurch households. Whilst primarily being a segmentation study, a comparison is also made with a Dutch consumer ...

The goal of this research was to assess why genetic engineering (GE) agricultural technology was embraced in some industrialized nations (United States) while it evokes extreme concern and aversion in others (New Zealand). GE ...

This paper presents an overview of the risk literature, concentrating on general approaches to risk analysis and risk assessment. We believe that this is an essential first step towards the setting of guidelines or the ...

Since the late 1970s, New Zealand red meat consumption has declined considerably whereas white meat consumption has gradually increased. The purpose of this research is to determine whether there has been a structural ...

Thailand has been one of significant recipients of foreign direct investment (FDI) among developing countries over the last 30 years, and has recorded rapid and sustained growth rates in a number of different industrial ...

The residential property market in New Zealand has been experiencing a boom and bubble period from 2001 through to mid 2007. Following a number of increases in the Official Cash Rate by the Reserve Bank and a decline in ...

This research report presents an analysis of the New Zealand market situation for maize. In addition, some research has been carried out on the international market situation and this has been reported. The cereals sector ...