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Off-farm investment in financial assets as a risk response for New Zealand sheep and beef farms
(Lincoln University. Farm and Horticultural Management Group, 1999-12)
Off-farm investment as a risk management strategy is not particularly popular among New Zealand sheep and beef farmers. This study explores the potential reduction in risk by diversifying farm asset portfolios to include ...
Evaluating the performance of dairy marketing systems : a stimuli response approach
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1997-10)
Modern agricultural marketing systems are often highly complex structures with a range of inter-linking players operating within diverse trading environments. To compare the
effectiveness of one agricultural marketing ...
The specification of property rights and compensation payments for conservation : an application of Bromley’s model of property rights
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1997-11)
Bromley developed a model of property rights which used agricultural land to illustrate how those with existing property rights had the advantage over those with emerging and competing demands, Bromley (1991) and Bromley ...
The impacts of attitudes, information, situation and behaviour on problem recognition : the impact on agrichemical training
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1995-09)
In spite of the significant benefits that can be derived from training on safe and efficient agrichemical application and management, many primary producers do not undertake formal agrichemical training. An identified ...
Public policy and private incentives for livestock disease control
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division, 1997-11)
The widely recognized externalities associated with livestock disease control have prompted countries throughout the world to invest in centralized control schemes designed to lower disease prevalence. As disease levels ...
Quantification of phytosanitary barriers to trade
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1998-09)
The Sanitary Phytosanitary Code (SPS) is an effort to reduce the technical barriers to trade created by phytosanitary regulations, or trade barriers related to plant and animal health. A key feature of SPS is risk assessment ...
An optimal control model for pest management under bait-shyness
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division, 1996-12)
This paper presents a dynamic bioeconomic model of vertebrate pest management which
incorporates a behavioural trait in the target population known as toxin or bait avoidance. Pests who exhibit such avoidance after exposure ...
Covenants as a policy mechanism for providing conservation of natural features : survey of QEII covenantees in Canterbury
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1995-10)
Conservation covenants have received scant attention internationally as a tool for providing conservation. This paper examines their use in New Zealand where they have been almost the sole policy measure in protecting land ...
The organic food market : a discussion of potential and problems
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1994-11)
This paper discusses changes in dietary patterns and proposes some reasons for these, including food safety and environmental reasons. Implications of these changes are discussed from both a national and international ...
The search for rules for non tariff barriers : fire blight of apples
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1997-12)
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, ...