Situation and Outlook for New Zealand Agriculture and Forestry (July 2009)
SONZAF looks at some of the broader issues facing the agricultural and forestry sectors and discusses the work on these issues that MAF is undertaking. For each of the key primary sectors (from kiwifruit to dairy), we forecast the likely economic and market conditions in the five-year period from 2009 to 2013.
You can download this publication as a PDF, either the full document [3.75MB] or by section:
- Contents/Foreword [PDF 481KB]
- What's behind the forecasts [PDF 46KB]
- Overview from 2009 to 2013 [PDF 502KB]
- Issues facing the primary sectors
- The global economic crisis [PDF 116KB]
- Meeting the challenges of a changing climate [PDF 178KB]
- What future for New Zealand meat? [PDF 158KB]
- Rural-urban divide - fact or fear? [PDF 156KB]
- Seeing the wood for the trees [PDF 198KB]
- Sustainable Farming Fund [PDF 143KB]
- Primary Growth Partnership [PDF 82KB]
- Forestry biosecurity [PDF 101KB]
- Situation and outlook for the primary sectors
Further copies
You can request hardcopies of this publication from:
Policy Publications
MAF Policy
PO Box 2526, Wellington 6140
New Zealand
Tel: +64 4 894 0100 or 0800 008 333
Email: policy.publications@maf.govt.nz
ISBN 978-0-478-33882-9 (Print)
ISBN 978-0-478-33883-6 (Online)
ISSN 0113-2164
© Crown copyright 2009 - Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. This document may be copied for non-commercial purposes providing its source is acknowledged.
Acknowledgements
Darran Austin, Rod Forbes, Elzet Grant-Fargie, Annette Carey, Nick Dalgety, Kay Cao, Tony Schischka, Hamish Forsyth, Diana Mathers, Trecia Smith, Gavin Forrest, James Palmer, Richard Lynch, Paul Stevens and Anton Nicholls of Cropright. Thanks to Alice Marfell-Jones for project management, Helen Matterson of Lindsay Consulting Ltd for editorial services and Claudia Riley for publication design and support. Thanks to Bob Zuur for the cover photo, and photos on pages 52 and 88.
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