Technical Papers - 1993
1993
93/l Bibliography of MAF Policy Publications for 1992
Rod Forbes
ISBN 0-478-07316-X March 1993
This paper summarises publications under the March 1992 policy, the earlier MAF Policy papers (1990 and 1991), and from the earlier discussion paper series (1980 to 1990) and research paper series (1976 to 1987).
93/2 Soil conservation and the Resource Management Act: summary
Peter Clough and Douglas Hicks
ISBN 0-478-07311-9 March 1993
This paper is a summary of a detailed report on recent developments in soil conservation policy and practice in New Zealand. From an examination of the physical extent of problems in this area, recent policy measures for amelioration of soil degradation up to and including the passing of the Resource Management Act 1991 are reviewed.
93/3 MAF Policy conference papers in Agricultural Economics 1993: Volume 1
Prakash Narayan and Robin Johnson
ISBN 0-478-07312-7 April 1993
This technical paper makes available conference papers written by MAF Policy staff and presented at the annual conference of the Australia Agricultural Economics Society in February 1993 in Sydney, Australia. It contains two papers on current trade issues, two on agricultural supply responses and investment, and two on project analysis.
93/4 Non-tariff trade measures for meat in the pacific region
L A Petrey and R W M Johnson
ISBN 0-478-07318-6 April 1993
This paper sets out a framework for describing the way in which domestically originating laws designed to safeguard plant, animal and human health impact on international agricultural trade. Particular examples are taken from the sanitary arrangements for meat products.
93/5 Obstacles to the airfreighting of export primary products: focus - chilled lamb
Walter Glass and Norman Marr
ISBN 0-478-07319-4 November 1993
This report investigates factors that might be limiting air freighting of New Zealand produce in general, but in particular, for chilled lamb. Twin concerns of handling communication difficulties are highlighted. The implementation of more strategic planning and co-ordination within the air freight sector is seen as being of benefit to all parties involved.
93/6 Greenhouse gas emission policies: impact on agriculture
Nimmo-Bell & Company, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Connell Wagner Rankine and Hill
ISBN 0-478-07320-8 May 1993
An assessment of the impact on agriculture of Government policies to reduce CO2 (Carbon dioxide) emissions to their 1990 levels by the year 2000, and also to 20% below their 1990 levels. The implications of similar targets for methane emissions are considered.
93/7 Proceedings of a workshop on rural community studies held on 3 December 1992
R W M Johnson
ISBN 0-078-07321-6 June 1993
This document publishes the papers that were presented at a workshop in Wellington on Rural Community Studies. The workshop brought together academics, various contractors to MAF Policy, and MAF staff to exchange information and to discuss research approaches.
93/8 Scoping study on access of rural people to education services
Julie Meade Rose
ISBN 0-478-07322-4 June 1993
The report reviews literature on education services in rural areas and provides information from rural interest groups on access issues to education services by rural people. Fields of interest ranged from early childhood to general education for all ages. Attention also focused on transport issues and Ministry of Education programmes such as the Education Development Initiative. Access was reported as problematic.
93/9 Towards self-help: urban/rural differences in access to services
NZ Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
ISBN 0-478-07323-2 May 1993
The report examines the nature of enquiries received by rural clients of the Citizens Advice Bureau and budgeting services affiliated to the Federation of Family Budgeting Services. Enquiries received by rural and urban bureaux are compared and contrasted, with particular emphasis on the analysis of enquiries made of bureaux located in rural areas. The report includes a variety of recommendations for addressing the service needs of rural communities.
93/10 Towards sustainable agriculture: freshwater quality in New Zealand and the influence of agriculture
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C M Smith, R J Wilcock, W N Vant, D G Smith and A B Cooper
ISBN 0-478-07324-0 September 1993
This report summarises data on the quality of New Zealand's freshwater, examines their suitability for various purposes and assesses the effects of agriculture on water quality. Lowland river reaches in agriculturally developed catchments are in poor condition, with livestock faecal contamination the most widespread problem.
93/11 Changes in sharemilking: 1973 - 1993
F J Hall and P Martyn
ISBN 0-478-07326-7 June 1993
This report looks at the trends and issues affecting sharemilking over the last 20 years. For 50/50 sharemilkers, farm ownership has become more difficult because net returns and dairy stock asset values have not kept pace with the inflating value of land. While return on investment and equity for 50/50 sharemilkers has been maintained, a deterioration has occurred for land owners.
93/12 Impacts on the environment of reduced agricultural subsidies: a case study of New Zealand
Russ Reynolds
ISBN 0-478-07327-5 July 1993
This paper looks at the environmental impact of the reduction in Government subsidies to the agriculture sector since 1984. The effects of the removal of agricultural subsidies, when combined with a general downturn in commodity prices during this period, had some pronounced effects on farm input-use and output mix in the short term. To achieve sustained environmental benefits in the long-term there is a need to continue reforms of natural resource management policies in New Zealand.
93/13 A profile and comparison of rural manufacturing and farming in New Zealand
Brian Pomeroy
ISBN 0-478-07327-5 August 1993
This report uses 30 case studies to compare and contrast the experiences of non farm business proprietors with those of farmers in terms of managing a wide range of business elements, capitalising on opportunities and overcoming impediments to business success.
93/14 Summary of selected papers at the 8th world congress of rural sociology
Ann Pomeroy
ISBN 0-478-07331-3 June 1993
The report is a summary of the field trip and of 54 papers either attended or obtained at the conference. The subject areas covered include rural development activity and strategies; rural extension and agriculture knowledge systems; the sociology of agriculture/commodity trading; international perspectives on rural and farm women/reshaping gender relations; family farming; inter-generational transfer; servicing rural areas; rural health; and, rural environmental issues.
93/15 Farmer attitudes to farm safety
Margaret Wheatstone
ISBN 0-478-07335-6 September 1993
This report summarises responses from 500 farmers to four questions asked relating to farm safety. Overall, the responses indicated that farmers saw safety as a cost, without compensating benefit. This needs to be addressed, particularly the link between safe operation and farm viability.
93/16 Farm succession viability and retirement: ten case studies from Canterbury
Hugh Eaton
ISBN 0-478-07336-4 November 1993
This report contains in-depth case studies of 10 families from Canterbury who are in, or who have been through, the process of transferring farm property from one generation to another. Key findings were that if passing on the farm business, it should be viable, it should be passed on with minimal disruption to the family and the successors to the farm require assistance through gifting, low or nil interest loans, and eventual bequests.
93/17 Risk perceptions and management responses to risk in farming and horticulture
Sandra Martin
ISBN 0-478-07340-2 December 1993
This study has identified important risk sources - production, market and financial - and strategies used for managing risk across a wide range of New Zealand farm types. Business risk was considered to be a greater risk than financial risk across all farm types with the risk of changes in product prices being ranked as an extremely important risk in all cases. Risk management strategies varied by farm type reflecting the production realities and marketing environment in the different industries.
93/18 Risk management strategies applied to the cherry industry in Marlborough
Mike Kearney and Murray Neal
ISBN 0-478-07341-0 December 1993
Rain damage is a serious problem with cherry orchards. Over the period 1942 to 1993 rain damaged crops in Marlborough in 3 out of 4 years. Susceptibility to damage from rain varies by variety. The optimal variety mix was investigated taking risk into account using target MOTAD. Results suggest that a change in variety structure would benefit growers by reducing risk for similar returns. Covering is another major way to reduce the effect of rain damage. This was investigated for one variety but was found to be highly uneconomic.
93/19 Estimation of a 1990/91 national inter-industry table with employment
G V Butcher
ISBN 0-478-07342-9 December 1993
This report describes the procedures used to derive a 1990/91 inter-industry table with employment based on the 1986/87 table published by Statistics New Zealand. Changes in multipliers (ratios of total to initial effects) are often not great, but the changes in total effects per $ million of output are very significant in some cases, particularly in agriculture.
93/20 Analysis of trends in the economic impacts of agriculture
G V Butcher
ISBN 0-478-07343-7 December 1993
This report describes the structural changes over time as depicted in inter-industry tables published by Statistics New Zealand in 1976/77, 1981/82 and 1986/87 and the recent update commissioned by MAF for 1990/91. Output, income and employment multipliers have all varied significantly over the period 1976/77 to 1990/91. The general trend has been an increase in output, income and employment multipliers and a smaller increase in income and employment multipliers. For agriculture and forestry, multipliers have also been derived to include forward linkages.
93/21 The role of economic instruments in water management: Wairau Catchment Study
Philip Donnelly
ISBN 0-478-07344-5 July 1993
This study identifies and evaluates the scope for using economic instruments in the Wairau catchment in New Zealand. The report proposes implementation of tradeable water rights for the groundwater resource using a system of preferential shares. Performance bonds and controls on activities are recommended to protect groundwater quality, along with limited transferability of permits for domestic septic tanks. The report recommends a number of instruments to protect surface water quality, including policies that would create an economic incentive to polluters to reduce discharges of contaminants. Consultation with interested groups, including irrigators, iwi, and elected councillors is also described.
93/22 The impact of wheat deregulation on the arable industry
Chris Nixon
ISBN 0-478-07345-3 December 1993
This report analyses through the framework of structure, conduct and performance, the effect of wheat deregulation on the arable industry. Deregulation has lead to a halving of wheat crop area and a diversification of crops grown. The benefits from deregulation have occurred mostly off-farm. Possible impacts of the Dunkel package for the GATT Round will benefit the arable sub-sector, but less so compared to other parts of the agricultural sector.
93/23 MAF Policy conference papers in agricultural economics 1993: volume 2
Rod Forbes
ISBN 0-478-07346-1 December 1993
This paper makes available conference papers written by MAF Policy staff and presented at the annual conference of the NZ Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society in July 1993. There are six papers compiled in this document; two papers describe econometric models on kiwifruit supply response and meat consumption; two papers on horticultural production risk: one paper on environmentally sustainable agriculture; and one paper on the capital asset pricing model.
Research in progress 1995/96 research objectives
See Updated Version
ISBN 0-478-07410-7
This paper provides a background to the origin of MAF Policy's Operational Research Funds, the contracting procedure, and research objectives for 1995/96. Individual research projects are briefly described.
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