Research Results

Published Articles

Journal Articles

2009

Carey, P. & Benge, J. (2009) Comparison of soil quality and nutrient budgets between organic and conventional kiwifruit orchards. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 132: 7-15.

Fairweather J. (2009) Farmer models of socio-ecologic systems: application of causal mapping across multiple locations. Ecological Modelling. See abstract at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.10.026

Fairweather J., Rosin, C., Hunt, L. & Campbell, H. (2009) Are conventional farmers conventional? Analysis of the environmental orientations of New Zealand farmers. Rural Sociology, 74(3): 430-454.

MacLeod C., Newson, S., Blackwell, G. & Duncan R. (2009) Enhanced niche opportunities: can they explain the success of New Zealand’s introduced bird species? Diversity and Distributions, 15: 41-49.

Rosin, C. & Campbell, H.  (2009) Beyond bifurcation: examining the conventions of organic agriculture in New Zealand.  Journal of Rural Studies, 25: 35-47. See abstract at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2008.05.002

2008

Greer, G., Kaye-Blake, W., Zellman, E. & Parsonson-Ensor, C. (2008) Comparison of the financial performance of organic and conventional farms. Journal of Organic Systems, 3: 18-28.

Kaye-Blake, W., Saunders, C.M. & Cagatay, S. (2008) Genetic modification technology and producer returns: the impacts of productivity, preferences, and technology uptake. Review of Agricultural Economics. 30(4): 692-710.

Ledgard, N.J. & Norton, D.A. (2008) The impact of browsing on wilding conifers in the South Island high country. New Zealand Journal of Forestry, 52(4): 29-34.

MacLeod, C.J., Blackwell, G., Moller, H., Innes, J. & Powlesland, R. (2008) The forgotten 60%: bird ecology and management in New Zealand’s agricultural landscape. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 32: 240-255

Moller, H., MacLeod, C.J., Haggerty, J., Rosin, C., Blackwell, G., Perley, C., Meadows, S., Weller, F. & Gradwol, M. (2008) Intensification of New Zealand agriculture: implications for biodiversity.  New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 51(3): 253-263. See abstract at http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/Site/publish/Journals/nzjar/2008/025.aspx

Rosin, C. (2008) The conventions of agri-environmental practice in New Zealand: farmers, retail driven audit schemes and a new spirit of farming.  GeoJournal, 73: 45-54. See abstract at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-008-9177-1

Saunders, C.M. & Barber, A. (2008) Carbon footprints, life cycle analysis, food miles - global trade trends and market issues. Journal of Political Science, 60, 1:73-88.

2007

Benge, J., Manhire, J., Pearson, A., Reid, J. & Moller, H. (2007) Differences in soil quality between and within organic and integrated management kiwifruit orchards in New Zealand. Acta Hort (ISHS) 753:599-608. See abstract at http://www.actahort.org/books/753/753_79.htm

Hunt, L. & Rosin, C. (2007) The active kiwifruit orchard: orchard/orchardist interaction. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 753: 575-582. See abstract at http://www.actahort.org/books/753/753_76.htm

Moller, H., Wearing, A., Perley, C., Rosin, C., Blackwell, G., Campbell, H., Hunt, L., Fairweather, J., Manhire, J., Benge, J., Emanuelsson, M. & Steven, D. (2007) Biodiversity on kiwifruit orchards: the importantce of shelterbelts. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 753: 609-618. See abstract at http://www.actahort.org/books/753/753_80.htm

Rate, S., Rosin, C., Blackwell, G., Moller, H. & Hunt, L. (2007) Diversity and abundance of birds in New Zealand Kiwifruit orchards. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 753: 619-626. See abstract at http://www.actahort.org/books/753/753_81.htm

Richards, S., Hewson, K., Moller, H., Wharton, D., Campbell, H., Benge, J. & Manhire, J. (2007) Soil biota as indicators of soil quality in organic and integrated management kiwifruit orchards in New Zealand. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 753:627-632. See abstract at http://www.actahort.org/books/753/753_82.htm

Steven, D. & Benge, J. (2007) Sprays on New Zealand kiwifruit - use patterns and outcomes. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 753:711-718. See abstract at http://www.actahort.org/books/753/753_93.htm

2006

MacLeod, C.J. & Moller, H. (2006) Intensification and diversification of New Zealand agriculture since 1960: An evaluation of current indicators of land use change. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 115(1-4):201-218.

Kiwifruit Journal

This magazine is published bimonthly and distributed to over 2,000 kiwifruit growers. While it is not refereed, it is checked by ZESPRI International Ltd prior to printing.

2009

Benge, J., Fairweather, J., Hunt, L., Cook, A., Rosin, C. & Campbell, H. (2007) Sustainability and the sentiments of kiwifruit orchardists - results from a national survey. NZ Kiwifruit Journal. January/February: 45-47.

Fairweather, J. & Hunt, L. (2009) Understanding kiwifruit orchard systems.
NZ Kiwifruit Journal. April/May: 13-16.

2008

Benge, J. & Moller, H. (2008) Is conventional or organic kiwifruit production better for the environment? Further results from the ARGOS research project. NZ Kiwifruit Journal. November/December: 24-27.

Carey, P. & Benge, J. (2008) Do organic or conventional kiwifruit orchards have better soil quality? NZ Kiwifruit Journal. July / August 2008: 29-32.

Benge, J. & Manhire, J. (2008) Safeguarding future market access - ARGOS.
NZ Kiwifruit Journal. July/August: 44-45.

2005

Benge, J., Moller, H., Emanuelsson, M., Rosin, C., Fairweather, J., Hunt, A., Barber, A. & Manhire, J. (2005) Enhancing kiwifruit sustainability - early results from ARGOS. NZ Kiwifruit Journal. November/December: 25-29.

2004

Benge, J., Manhire, J. & Steven, D. (2004) Research to enhance sustainability - ARGOS. NZ Kiwifruit Journal. March/April: 30-31.

Book Chapters

2008

Rosin, C., Campbell, H. & Hunt, L. (2008) Audit Me This! Orchard-Level Effects of the EurepGAP Audit System on New Zealand Kiwifruit Producers.  In: Stringer, C. & Le Heron, R. (eds.) Agri-food Commodity Chains and Globalising Networks. Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 61-74.

Saunders, C.M. (2008) Further market access issues for New Zealand's agircultural exports to the EU. In: Gibbons, M. (ed.) New Zealand and The European Union. Auckland, Pearson.

2007

Campbell, H. & Le Heron, R. (2007) Supermarkets, Producers and Audit Technologies: The Constitutive Micro-Politics of Food, Legitimacy and Governance. In: Lawrence, G. & Burch. D. (eds)  Supermarkets and Agri-Food Supply Chains: Transformations in the Production and Consumption of Foods.  London, Edward Elgar, pp. 131-153.

Conference Papers

2008

Campbell, H. & C. Rosin. (2008) Global retailer politics and the quality shift in New Zealand horticulture. In: Butcher, M. R., Walker, J. T. S. and Zydenbos, S. M. (eds.). Future Challenges in Crop Protection: Repositioning New Zealand’s Primary Industries. Hastings: New Zealand Plant Protection Society Inc. pp. 11-26.

Fukuda, Y., Burns, B. & Moller, H. (2008) The effects of farming practices and shelterbelt types on invertebrate biodiversity in dairy farms. The 47th New Zealand Entomological Society Conference. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 4-8 April.

Hunt, L. (2008) A moral economy of growing: orchard/orchardist interactions. (A story of the use of BRCSS funding). Talking Together: BRCSS-SPEaR Research Colloquium. 14-15 April, Wellington.

Hunt, L. (2008) Watching cows: associating farmer wellbeing and cows. Reflecting on our Relationships: Animals and Agriculture Workshop. University of Auckland, 18 July.

Moller, H. (2008) Climate Change Challenges for Aotearoa’s environmental educators. Invited speaker, New Zealand Association for Environmental Education 10th National conference. University of Otago, Dunedin, 16 January.

Moller, H., Campbell, H., Rosin, C., Hunt L. & Fairweather, J. (2008) Questing for the transdisciplinary utopia: an untrodden pathway to achieve agricultural resilience in New Zealand?  Sustainable Consumption and Alternative Agri-Food Systems.  University of Liege, Arlon. May 27-30.

Saunders, C.M., Marshall, L., Kaye Blake, W., Greenhalgh, S. & de Aragao Pereira, M. (2008) Impact of US biofuel polices on international trade in meat and dairy products.  Agricultural Economics Society Conference. Cirencester, United Kingdom, March.

2007

Campbell, H. & Rosin, C. (2007)  After the Suits and Cellphones: Reflections on the Transformation of Organic Agriculture in NZ. Organics Aotearoa New Zealand Conference. Lincoln University, 17 August.

Campbell. H., Rosin, C. & Perley, C. (2007)  Is There Agri-Food Systems Resilience? Reflecting on the Relevance of Socio-Ecologial Resilience Theory for Agri-Food Analysis. Agri-Food XIV: Annual Meeting of the Agri-Food Research Network. Brisbane, Australia, November.

Carey, P.,Benge, J., Moller, H., Lucock, D. & Phillips, A. (2007) What effect does farming Organic vs. Conventional have on soil properties across increasingly intensive (sheep & beef, dairy and kiwifruit) production sectors? NZ Institute of Agricultural & Horticultural Science Convention. Lincoln University, 13 August.

Carey, P., Benge, J., Moller, H., Lucock, D. & Phillips, A. (2007) What effect does farming Organic vs. Conventional have on soil properties across increasingly intensive (sheep & beef, dairy and kiwifruit) production sectors? Organic Aotearoa New Zealand Conference. Lincoln University, 17 August.

Carey, P., Moller, H., Benge, J., Lucock, D., Phillips, A., Blackwell, G., Pearson, A., Reid, J. & Manhire, J. (2007) Do differences in soil quality between organic and conventional farms increase across increasingly intensive production sectors? 2008 Australasian Soils Societies Conference. December 2007, Palmerston North.

Fairweather, J. (2007) Comparing sheep/beef organic, integrated and conventional farming systems. Organics Aotearoa New Zealand Conference. Lincoln University, 17 August.

Hunt, L. (2007) The moral economy of farming: the good farmers of  New Zealand.  'Public Sociologies: Lessons and Trans Tasman Comparisons'. TASA & SAANZ Joint Conference. 4-7 December, University of Auckland, Auckland, N.Z.

Magbanua, F., Matthaei, C., Blackwell G. & Townsend, C. (2007) Community responses of stream macroinvertebrates to conventional, integrated and organic farming practices in the South Island, New Zealand.  NZ Freshwater Sciences Society Conference, Queenstown, December.

Moller, H., Perley, C., Campbell, H., Richards, S. & Blackwell, G. (2007) Organic agriculture and sustainability/resilience: Is organics the chosen path to sustainability in New Zealand Agriculture? Organic Aotearoa New Zealand Conference. Lincoln University, 17 August.

Mondot, M., Blackwell, G. & Maegli, T. (2007) Baseline data on the diversity and abundance of selected bird species on conventional and converting organic dairy farms. New Zealand Grasslands Association Conference. Vol. 69, November, Taupo, New Zealand.

Reid, J., Pauling, C. & Jenkins, T. (2007) Building, constructing, and developing a research project designed to facilitate sustainable farm-based development on Maori land.Organic Aotearoa New Zealand Conference. Lincoln University, 17 August.

Saunders, C.M. & Zellman, E. (2007) New Zealand Access to the EU Market: Factors Affecting Agricultural Exports. European Union Centres Network Conference. St David’s Centre, University of Otago, 12-13 November.

Saunders, C.M., Marshall, L., Kaye-Blake, W., Greenhalgh, S. & de Aragao Pereira, M. (2007) Impacts of U.S. biofuel policies on international trade in meat and dairy products. Center for North American Studies conference, Domestic and Trade Impacts of U.S. Farm Policy: Future Directions and Challenges. Washington, D.C., 15-16 November. Available at http://cnas.tamu.edu/SessIBPaperSaundersKayeBlakeEtAl.doc. Conference programme available at http://cnas.tamu.edu/.

2006

Campbell, H.R. & Rosin, C. (2006) Audit me this! Orchard-Level Effects of the EurepGAP Audit System on New Zealand Kiwifruit Producers. IGU Globalising Worlds: Geographical Perspectives on Old and New Value Chains, Commodity Chains, Supply Chains Conference. Auckland, June 26-30.

2005

Fairweather, J. (2005) Understanding farmers using causal maps. Agrifood ’05. Rosslyn Bay, Queensland, 5-8 July.

Hunt, L., McLeod, C. & Rosin, C. (2005) The active kiwifruit orchard. AgriFood ’05. Rosslyn Bay, Queensland, 5-8 July.

Hunt, L.M., McLeod, C. & Rosin, C. (2005). The active kiwifruit orchard: orchard/orchardist interaction. Delivered at Sociological Association of Aotearoa N.Z. (SAANZ) Conference 2005, 25-27 Nov. 2005, Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier.

Hunt, L.M., McLeod, C. & Rosin, C. (2006) The active kiwifruit orchard: orchard/orchardist interaction. Kiwi2006, 6th International Kiwifruit Symposium. 20-24 February, Heritage Park, Rotorua.

Rosin, C., Hunt L., McLeod, C., Campbell, H. & Fairweather, J. (2005) Of regulations and paperwork: reflecting on response to audit. Agrifood ’05. Rosslyn Bay, Queensland, 5-8 July.

Reports

2006

Saunders, C.M., Barber, A. & Taylor, G. (2006) Food Miles - Comparative energy/emissions performance of New Zealand’s agriculture industry. Agribusiness & Economic Research Unit, Lincoln University. Research Report No. 285.

Forum Articles

2008

Blackwell, G., Fukuda, Y., Maegli, T. & MacLeod, C. (2008) Room for everyone? Refugia and native biodiversity in New Zealand's agricultural landscapes. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 51(4): 473-476. Available at http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/includes/download.aspx?ID=98250

Fairweather, J.R. (2008) The number of farms and farmers in New Zealand: a plea for researcher access to farm samples and the inclusion of farmer data. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 51(4): 485-488. Available at http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/includes/download.aspx?ID=98253

Meadows, S., Gradwohl, M., Moller, H., Rosin, C., MacLeod, C.J., Weller, F., Blackwell, G. & Perley, C. (2008) Pathways for integration of biodiversity conservation into New Zealand's agricultural production. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 51(4): 467-471. Available at http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/includes/download.aspx?ID=98249

Moller, H., Blackwell, G., Weller, F., MacLeod, C.J., Rosin, C., Gradwohl, M., Meadows, S. & Perley, C. (2008) Social-ecological scales and sites of action: keys to conserving biodiversity while intensifying New Zealand's agriculture? New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 51(4): 461-465. Available at http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/includes/download.aspx?ID=98247

Rosin, C., Perley, C., Moller, H. & Dixon, K. (2008) For want of the social, was the biodiversity battle lost? On the need to approach social-ecological resilience through transdisciplinary research. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 51(4): 481-484. Available at http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/includes/download.aspx?ID=98252

Weller, F., Meadows, S. & Gradwohl, M. (2008) Retaining adaptive capacity in New Zealand's ecological systems. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 51(4): 477-479. Available at http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/includes/download.aspx?ID=98251