Projects Approved in the Sustainable Farming Fund 2006/07 Round
(Less than $20,000 Category)

Grant No. Name of Applicant Group Project Title Contact Person Telephone Email
L06/002 AMIGO Biological Control of Blackwood Pests with the Southern Ladybird Ian Brown 07 843 4389 idbrown@xtra.co.nz
L06/003 Biological Husbandry Unit Organics Trust A crusher roller system for killing green manure crops in no-till cropping systems without the use of herbicides Holger Kahl 03 325 3684 thebhu@quicksilver.net.nz
L06/005 Carbon Farming Establishment Group (CFEG) Carbon Farming development and establishment project John Dentice 04 299 1314 john.dentice@kyoto.co.nz
L06/006 Carbon Farming Establishment Group (CFEG) Carbon Farming market analysis study John Dentice 04 299 1314 john.dentice@kyoto.co.nz
L06/008 Clutha District Sheep Council through Clutha Agricultural Development Board Demonstrate the multiple benefits of establishing a natural water filtration system within a sheep/ beef farming system Malcolm Deverson 03 418 3188 cadb@es.co.nz
L06/014 East Coast Indigenous Forest Group Decision Support for Indigenous Forest Opportunities Jason Funk 04 939 4250 jfunk@stanford.edu
L06/028 Growers for Enhanced Profitability Getting out of the Paddock - Enhancing Arable and Process Vegetable Growers Profitability Nick Pyke 03 325 6353 pyken@far.org.nz
L06/029 Hamiora Whanau Trust Wetland Restoration on Matakana Island Bubby Jenine Murray 07 578 4574
0211392998		 b-murray@xtra.co.nz
L06/032 Hawk's Bay Regional Council Promotion of on-farm irrigation evaluations to the pipfruit and summerfruit industries Andrew Curtis 06 833 8093 curtis@hbrc.govt.nz
L06/036 Indigenous Forestry Section (IFS) of the NZ Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA) Indigenous Forestry - information dissemination John Wardle 03 312 4171 wardlejr@xtra.co.nz
L06/044 Marlborough Research Centre Trust Investigation of grapevine trunk fungi in Marlborough Gerald Hope 03 577 2377 geraldh@wineresearch.co.nz
L06/045 Meat & Wool NZ Partnering with Agriculture ITO On-Farm Strategic Leadership Workshop Series Dennis Radford 027 277 2993
04 801 9646		 dennis.radford@agservices.co.nz
L06/046 National Beekeepers Association Keeping the South Island Varroa free Pamela Edwards 06 362 6301 pamedwards@xtra.co.nz
L06/047 Native Afforestation Silviculture Group A pilot inventory of elite native timber trees as seed-sources for native afforestation silviculture from lowland environmental domains. Helmut Janssen 06 3538345; 0211377709 helmut.janssen@paradise.net.nz
L06/051 Northland Pastoral Festival Group (NPFG) Promoting Northland's Pastoral Industry through Creation of a Northland Pastoral Festival Gareth Baynham 09 430 2410 gareth.baynham@meatandwoolnz.com
L06/058 Farmers Supporting Farmers (FSF) Farmers pilot mentoring scheme Sally Hobson 07 834 6824
027 4924 751		 sally.hobson@xtra.co.nz
L06/059 Ruataniwha Plains Irrigation Group Best practice design of multiple sprayline irrigation systems Andrew Curtis 06 833 8093 curtis@hbrc.govt.nz
L06/061 Saxton, Valerie PhD Measuring grape damage as an indicator of bird pressure on grapes Valerie Saxton 03 325 2811 x8429 saxtonv@lincoln.ac.nz
L06/064 South Otago MWNZ Monitor Farm Community Group (SOMF) Reducing Bearings on High Performance Sheep Farms Aspinall 0275 948 444 raspinall@pggwrightson.co.nz
L06/065 Southern Hazelnut Growers Group Monitoring the factors influencing pollination of Hazelnuts in southern New Zealand Craig 03 449 3060 nzginseng@xtra.co.nz
L06/066 Taranaki Rural Sustainability Group Assessment and optimisation of cleaning water use on diary farms in Taranaki Richard Fitzpatric 06 763 8514 kurigerfarms@xtra.co.nz
L06/068 Te Mara a Tane (Tane's Garden) Karaka nuts: a 'new' nut crop David Klinac 07 856 9321 dklinac@xtra.co.nz
L06/078 Aotea Hononga Ki Te Whenua Trust Assessing the sustainable development of commercially vaible Freycinetia banksii production systems as a n alternative land use option Miria Bradshaw 07 839 3403 aoteatehonongakitewhenuatrust@msn.com