Technical Papers - 1995
95/1 Bibliography of MAF Policy Publications: 1993 to 1994
Rod Forbes
ISBN 0-478-07395-X February 1995
A summary of papers published in 1993 and 1994 with details of publication categories, reference numbers, titles, authors, publication dates, ISSN, ISBN and brief abstracts.
95/2 Forestry and Community. Part 2, statistical data and commentary by wood supply region
Sue Cumberworth, Paul Bacon and Peter Jarvis
ISBN 0-478-07398-4 January 1995
This paper is the second part of scoping the impact of exotic forestry on rural New Zealand communities since 1980. This provides information on changes in the ownership, size and distribution of the exotic forest estate in New Zealand, changes in land use (farming to forestry) and employment.
95/3 Agri-environmental programmes in New Zealand: a report to the OECD
Jim Sinner, Ian Cairns, Mark Storey and Bernie Warmington
ISBN 0-478-07400-x July 1995
This report provides detailed information on central and regional government programmes up to 1994/95 which have been developed to create a balanced and coordinated set of policies for sound environmental management undistorted by government support programmes for agriculture.
D L Hicks
ISBN 0-478-07403-4 August 1995
This report was prepared under MAF's sustainable agriculture facilitation programme, and summarises the wealth of information that has been gathered over the years on managing soil erosion. It provides indicative valuations of the benefits and good practices that minimise the detrimental effects of land use, with the aim of encouraging land owners to take greater responsibility for managing soil erosion on their properties.
95/5 Soil Structural breakdown and compaction in New Zealand soils
R J Hayes
ISBN 0-478-07404-2 August 1995
This report was prepared under MAF's sustainable agriculture facilitation programmes and presents an overview of the extent of soil structural degradation and compaction in New Zealand. The main focus of the report is to provide a practical outline of how to identify, alleviate and prevent soil structural breakdown based on recent New Zealand and overseas scientific literature.
95/6 Off-farm income survey: 1992/93 financial year
David Rhodes and Philip Journeaux
ISBN 0-478-0707-7 May 1995
This report describes the findings of a survey of off-farm income covering the 1992/93 financial year and includes both off-farm employment and off-farm investment but excludes income earned on-farm from non agricultural activities. For properties with off-farm income, it was equivalent to 14% of gross farm revenue for dairy farms, 20% for sheep and beef farms, 25% for cropping properties, 45% for pipfruit orchards and 69% for kiwifruit orchards. Seventy-three percent of properties had income from off-farm sources.
95/7 Proceedings of the indicators for sustainable agriculture seminar
Ian Cairns
ISBN 0-478-07414-X August 1995
Derived from a joint MAF/Manawatu Wanganui Regional Council seminar in August 1995, whose main purpose was to share approaches, assess progress, and discuss issues relating to environmental indicators. Short proceedings papers include: 'The development of agri-environmental indicators at the OECD', 'Towards a core set of national environmental indicators', 'The Waikato self assessment scales project', and 'Decision support tools for managing water quality'.
Ann Pomeroy
ISBN 0-478-07423-9 August 1995
A considerable body of research has been undertaken or sponsored by MAF in support of rural resources and rural affairs programmes. This paper provides summaries from selected papers covering three topic areas; sustainable agriculture, the changing structure of the rural economy and opportunities for development, and adequate access by rural people to basic services. A full list of research papers undertaken are referenced.
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