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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This research report documents the likely economic impacts (on regional income and employment) of a change in Mackenzie Basin land use from farming to forestry.

Markets for New Zealand's sheepmeat products, particularly for lamb, are dynamic and changing. In this study, markets for lamb which have been growing in the recent past and which might reasonably be expected to continue ...

The New Zealand agricultural sector has over most of its history been seen as the backbone of the New Zealand economy and has also been the subject of a varying range of influences caused by the implementation of various ...

Although the history of the Milk Board is documented in this report from its conception as the Central Milk Council in 1944 until its dissolution in 1988, there has been no attempt at a definitive historical narrative. The ...