Irrigation
Irrigating the crops and pastures in rural New Zealand ...
- Water Infrastructure Forum
20 December 2008
For Ministers to gain an understanding of how water infrastructure could contribute to the Government's infrastructure development programme through learning about the situation and opportunities for developing new, and upgrading existing water supply infrastructure in Canterbury and Otago. - The Water Programme of Action
10 December 2004
The Water Programme of Action is a Government initiative to determine how, as a country, we car fairly use, protect and preserve water. - Water Bibliography
September 2004
MAF Policy has compiled this bibliography to capture public documents on water quality, irrigation and efficiency of water use. The bibliography targets publications completed since 1995. - The Economic Value of Irrigation In New Zealand
June 2004
MAF Technical Paper No: 2004/01
This paper was developed by MAF Policy Information and Regions Group staff to provide information on the socio-economic contribution irrigation currently makes to the New Zealand economy, and an estimate of the potential to add to economic growth. - Upper Waitaki Catchment
7 April 2004
MAF Information Paper No: 51
Review of History and Basis of 1969 Order in Council Allowance for Irrigation Opportunities. - Riparian Attenuation of Faecal Microbes -
Objective 2 of the Pathogen Transmission Routes Research Programme
October 2003
MAF Technical Paper No: 2003/7
Objective 2 of the Pathogen Transmission Routes Research Programme (PTRRP) focused upon two areas of related research: faecal contamination of surface runoff; and riparian attenuation of faecal microbes. - Equity Investment Options for Community Irrigation Projects
October 2002
MAF Technical Paper No: 2002/10
The objective of this study is to identify the range of feasible funding options and likely fund providers available for financing large-scale water enhancement projects, determine which is the most appropriate funding structure for these developments, identify the key risks for potential funding providers and possible risk management strategies to assist in reducing the impact of these risks. - Policy Framework for the Development of Large Scale Water Enhancement Projects in NZ Overview and Commentary
December 2002
MAF Technical Paper No: 2002/14
In 2001, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) undertook preliminary work to respond to the information needs of a number of groups who were investigating and promoting communal irrigation schemes in New Zealand. Since that time, interest has further expanded and with it the demand for more detailed information on a number of key issues surrounding the development of large-scale water enhancement projects. - Management Strategies to Mitigate Faecal Contamination Inferred from Analysis of Data from the Waikato Region
December 2002
MAF Technical Paper No: 2002/15
Environment Waikato has collected E. coli data from 73 stream sites across the Waikato region that encompass a diverse range of faecal contaminant sources. Examination of this microbial dataset has been conducted in conjunction with a range of environmental factors including the physical characteristics of each catchment, the land management practices within it, and dynamic processes such as hydrological and meteorological conditions. - Public and Private Sector Partnerships - Review of International Models and Experiences
November 2002
MAF Technical Paper No: 2002/09
This report focuses on international experiences for financing and implementing large-scale infrastructure projects in general, and water enhancement projects in particular. The study is based on a literature search and information gathering exercise to capture the essential elements of experiences in Europe, the United Kingdom and closer to home and in more detail, in Australia. - Role of Local Government in Community Irrigation Projects
November 2002
MAF Technical Paper No: 2002/12
This Paper is one of a series of jointly funded reports commissioned investigate impediments and opportunities for the development of large scale water enhancement projects in New Zealand, with a primary focus of providing water for community irrigation schemes. - Economic and Social Assessment of Community Irrigation Projects December
2002
MAF Technical Paper No: 2002/13
The overall objective of this Study is to establish the economic returns from a national, regional and individual viewpoint and the social changes that occur with community irrigation development. - Irrigation Scheme Development
29 November 2001
This report has been written in response to the information needs of a number of groups throughout New Zealand who are investigating and promoting communal irrigation schemes. It draws on the experience of the previous 80 years of development of communal irrigation schemes in New Zealand and experience gained in the recent commissioning of communal irrigation schemes. - Best Management Guidelines for Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture
11 July 2000
The principal objective of this project is to develop best management guidelines which provide practical information and advice that farmers can use to make, document and revise decisions relating to the design and operation of irrigation systems, to achieve sustainable irrigation. - Financial Benefits of Making Improvements to an Irrigation System
6 July 2000
The primary objective of this project was to demonstrate that improvements to the design of a cropping farm irrigation system were financially beneficial. A 164 ha spray irrigation farm near Darfield on the Canterbury Plains that grows a range of crops was chosen for this study. - Indicators of Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture
3 July 2000
If agriculture is to be a sustainable industry, farmers must be able to make a net profit over the long term, and the resources on which farming depends must be used in a sustainable manner. - Developing an Effective Irrigation Water-Use Meter
3 July 2000
This project was initiated to develop a prototype irrigation water use meter that could be easily installed and used with reliable results on all types of pressurised irrigation systems. The development of this meter was required to significantly increase the applicability and value to agriculture of indicators of sustainable irrigation. - Survey of Farmers' Approaches to & Perceptions about Irrigation Management
26 June 2000
The purpose of this project was to establish where farmers are at, with respect to irrigation management, where they are coming from, where they perceive they need to be, how they think they will get there, and what they think they need to be able to get there. - Testing of Irrigation Best Management Guidelines
26 June 2000
Within an overall framework of promoting sustainable farming, MAF Policy has designed a research program with the aim of developing procedures to achieve sustainable irrigated agriculture and to have those procedures adopted and used by the New Zealand farming industry. - Designing Effective and Efficient Irrigation Systems
22 June 2000
The sustainability of irrigated agriculture depends upon consistently achieving high irrigation application efficiency. Low irrigation efficiency threatens the renewal of water permits and thus the future of irrigated agriculture. - Field Testing Indicators of Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture Study
22 June 2000
The purpose of this project was to test, under field conditions, a set of indicators developed for sustainable irrigated agriculture. This has been part of an ongoing programme of research into indicators of sustainable agriculture. - Summary of Sustainable Irrigation Papers
22 June 2000
This is one of a series of 10 technical bulletins, which report the detail of projects commissioned by MAF Policy on sustainable irrigation. The projects in this series broadly divide into two groups, technical irrigation design factors and management factors.
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