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Improving farm dairy effluent management!
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2010)
Dairy effluent and how it is managed has been the cause of much frustration and reputational
damage of the dairy industry within New Zealand. As a farmer representative on the Waikato
executive of Federated Farmers I ...
Innovation adoption and farm management practices in the Canterbury dairy industry
(Lincoln University, 2014)
This research examined technology adoption behaviours of Canterbury (New Zealand) dairy farmers and the socio-demographic, farm and information seeking characteristics (ISCs) associated with adoption. Ten farm management ...
Drivers of smallholder adoption and the intensity of conservation agriculture in the Masvingo District of Zimbabwe
(Lincoln University, 2016-07-29)
Conservation agriculture (CA) has been promoted among smallholders in Zimbabwe as a way of addressing challenges associated with poor soil fertility, low yields, and insufficient rainwater. The technique was introduced to ...
Institutional factors affecting value added by agricultural cooperatives in St. Lucia
(Lincoln University, 2016-08-02)
St. Lucia intends to privatise its marketing and processing parastatals, and expects agricultural cooperatives to play a much greater role in value-adding. For most of St. Lucia’s agricultural cooperatives, this will require ...
DRT programs/modeling
(Lincoln University. Lincoln Ventures., 2011-08)
This presentation is about the DRT programs or modelling. It summarizes the Canadian BZM scheme, European DRT schemes and assessing the UK LERAP and German Schemes independently from a NZ/Australian perspective. In conclusion, ...
The Fair Trade and Fair Trade Organic chains for small honey producers in the Tucuman and Santiago del Estero provinces of Northwest Argentina
(Lincoln University, 2016)
Argentina plays a major role in the global honey market as the world’s second largest exporter behind China. About 70% of Argentine beekeepers are small to medium-sized. Consumers from affluent markets are increasingly ...
Perspectives on staff turnover in agriculture
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2011)
This study set out to discuss staff turnover, the factors that drive turnover and the
implications of varying levels of turnover on the productivity and profitability of a business.
Of particular interest was the examination ...
Women in leadership in the New Zealand dairy industry
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2012)
The business case for gender diversity is well documented; women make up 46% of the New
Zealand workforce, women control 65% of global spending (Continuum) and yet how does
New Zealand agribusiness sit in the leadership ...
On-farm certification programmes: what makes them successful for producer uptake?
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2011)
On-farm Certification programmes and the successful uptake of them by producers relies on some
key elements especially if the programmes are to help mitigate the 'licence to operate' debate that
is currently hampering ...
Dairy beef production as an alternative to supplying the dairy company
(Lincoln University, 2017-07-01)
Dairy farmers in New Zealand are vulnerable to changes in milk payout which can be substantial. A potential option for dairy farmers is to alter their system in low payout years to dairy beef, preferentially feeding milk ...