Energy use in New Zealand agricultural production

Economic Evaluation of Agricultural Research in Australia and New Zealand

State governments and the Commonwealth are pursuing policies to focus research and development (R&D) resources on high priority areas and to improve the effectiveness of R&D delivery. An important aspect of improving the allocation of research resources is the establishment of an efficient system for evaluating the impact of completed research (ex-post studies) and assessing the likely returns ...

Early Games Production in New Zealand

This illustrated paper reports on the early digital games industry in New Zealand, during the late 1970s and 80s. It presents an overview of this largely unknown history, drawing on in depth archival research, interviews with key industry participants and collectors. It discusses the local production of consoles, handhelds, and arcade games in this market, as well as anomalies of distribution o...

Non-Parametric Energy Use Efficiency, Energy Ratio and Specific Energy for Irrigated Wheat Crop Production

In this paper, non parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was subjected to the energy data of wheat producers in Punjab state, India, and technical, pure technical and scale efficiencies were calculated for farms both category wise and zone wise. The main objective was to determine the strength of the correlation between non-parametric efficiencies and indices such as energy ratio and speci...

Fatal work related injuries in agricultural production and services to agriculture sectors of New Zealand, 1985-94.

OBJECTIVES To describe work related fatal injuries to agricultural workers in New Zealand to identify priority areas for further research and injury control measures. METHODS Injury deaths in New Zealanders aged 15-84 inclusive for the period 1985-94 were identified and the coroner's files for these obtained. These files were then reviewed to determine whether the death arose as a result of w...

Recent Developments in Organic Food Production in New Zealand