This paper examines the past and current development of the organic industry in New Zealand. Organic farming in New Zealand has changed and grown rapidly over the last 10 years. This has mainly been due to the development ...

The aim of this report is to look at present initial farm training and decide whether it is preparing the trainees for work on a commercial farm. As farming profits reduce, farmers no longer have the time or money to spend ...

The trade and wages debate worldwide, over the last decade has focused attention on the possible relationships between trade liberalisation and the factor distribution of income. In Australia real wages in manufacturing ...

New Zealand embarked on major unilateral trade policy changes as part of the economic reform packages from 1984. Since that time there has been some evidence that unskilled wages have fallen relative to skilled workers ...

Purpose: To describe and examine the social impacts of the arts on a rural community. To describe and examine the economic impacts of the arts on a rural community. To describe and examine the public and private funding ...

Effective models for the management and evaluation of information technology are developing. However, evidence suggests more emphasis should be placed on customer value. Customer value is the relative significance of the ...

This article examines the extent to which Irish university accounting curricula provide the PC skills necessary to prepare graduates for a career in accountancy. The entry-level self-perceived PC skills of accounting/commerce ...

For the purposes of developing a resource suitable for assisting non profit organisations / community groups to present outputs through their annual report process in a style that is accountable, measurable and will ...

The opening of the Waimakariri Irrigation Scheme on the 30th of October 1999 is a sequel or rebirth of the water race system. This water race transformed the Waimakariri-Ashley Plains when opened by the Prime Minister ...

The imposition of tariffs and quotas by the United States on lamb imports into that country in July 1999, was the culmination of strong lobbying and political pressure from an inefficient domestic industry seeking ...