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A Preliminary Analysis of the Benefits of Introducing Apomixis into Rice
Frisvold, George B.; Bicknell, Kathryn; Bicknell, Ross - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005
The objective of this research is to undertake an ex ante economic analysis of basic scientific research that aims to identify the gene(s) that control apomictic reproduction, with the ultimate aim of transferring the characteristic into commercially important crops. This paper reports very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008802818
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Niche Agribusiness Supply Chains and the Channel Coordinator’s Role in their Creation and Management
Patterson, Alastair; Martin, Sandra; Mollenkopf, Diane A. - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005
, focussed on delivering a product with specific attributes to the target niche, the supply chain will be incapable of working in … attributes to a target market niche. A framework is developed to determine the factors that will influence the strategy of a … and profitably to reach the target market niche with the product attributes desired. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008802823
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Productivity of heli-logging with the Sikorsky S-61F, S-64E and S-64F in Sarawak
Bigsby, Hugh; Ling, Ling - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
Selection logging in the tropics is increasingly moving to systems that reduce the impact of harvesting operations on forests and soils. While much of the focus has been on modifying the tractor logging system using RIL principles, alternative harvesting systems have also been introduced. One of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920201
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Friend or Foe? The Kyoto Protocol and the NZ Greenhouse Industry
Barber, Andrew; Parminter, Irene - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2004
The greenhouse sector has reinvented itself as a technologically advanced and relatively environmentally friendly industry over the past 15 years. However it remains a high energy user. Two recent surveys have highlighted the potential impact on greenhouse grower costs of the proposed emissions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008802880
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The Carbon Challenge for Mixed Enterprise Farms
Kingwell, Ross S. - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009
As part of its climate change policy the Australian government has introduced a Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) scheme and is also attempting to introduce a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). Using as a case study a main agricultural region of Australia, this paper examines how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008802945
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The Economic Determinants of the On-farm Management of Rice Cultivars in the Rhone River Delta (France)
Jaeck, Melanie; Lifran, Robert - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011
The aims of our paper are to identify economic determinants of the on-farm cultivars diversity and to empirically characterize the farmers' diversification choices. We focus on the private decision making process involving the choice of rice cultivars and the corresponding allocation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320474
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How Important is Reputation for New Zealand Wine Makers?
Bicknell, Kathryn; MacDonald, Ian - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009
The wine industry in New Zealand has been maturing over the past few decades, with consumers becoming more sophisticated and wineries responding by increasing their production of premium varieties. In addition, there have been several legal changes and subsequent changes to the distribution and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322837
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A Binomial Tree Approach to Valuing Fixed Rotation Forests and Flexible Rotation Forests Under a Mean Reverting Timber Price Process
Tee, James; Scarpa, Riccardo; Marsh, Dan; Guthrie, Graeme - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2010
NPV and LEV are established and common approaches to valuing single rotation and infinite rotation forests respectively, when the rotation age is fixed in advanced. More recently, Real Options approaches have been employed to value single and infinite rotation forests with a flexible harvest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324275
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Good Industry-good Investments
Greer, Glen; Zwart, Tony - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2010
New Zealand primary sector industry approaches to industry-good investment, and the approaches to evaluation reported … needs. The extent to which planning and evaluation processes are linked to achievement of measurable industry objectives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324285
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Evaluation of Conservation Biological Control Innovation in Winegrowing
Cullen, Ross; Forbes, Sharon; Grout, Rachel; Smallman, Clive - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2010
evaluation of the uptake and economic sustainability of this innovation is provided. Results indicate that there are ongoing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324286