Market Signals & Responses

Research in ARGOS

Recent research highlights from ARGOS (also available on their respective research portfolio pages)

The New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard: Unified monitoring and learning for sustainable agriculture in New Zealand

• ARGOS Working paper

Environment

Reduced pesticide toxicity and increased woody vegetation cover account for enhanced native bird densities on organic orchards.

• Journal of Applied Ecologyhttp://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02135.x/abstract".
• Video interview. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwbqWier5yo&feature=plcp

Responses of stream macroinvertebrates and ecosystem function to conventional, integrated and organic farming.

• Journal of Applied Ecology 47, 1014–1025.  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01859.x/abstract
• TV interview; http://www.ch9.co.nz/content/study-shows-organic-and-integrated-farming-have-similar-effects-streams
• Newspaper article: Otago Daily Times. http://www.odt.co.nz/news/farming/130863/stream-health-little-different.

Invertebrate community richness in New Zealand kiwifruit orchards under organic or integrated pest management.

• Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 141: 32–38. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880911000454

Effects of organic farming, fencing and vegetation origin on spiders and beetles within shelterbelts on dairy farms.

• New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 54: 155–176. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00288233.2011.591402
• Newspaper article: Country-Wide. http://www.country-wide.co.nz/article/12179.html

Assessing a farm's sustainability: insights from resilience thinking.

• International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 8: 186–198.
• TV interviews: Country99TV  ‘Sector Report 2010’ programme, screened March 2010 to estimated audience of 15,000 subscribers viewers.  www.country99tv.co.nz.  Two back-to-back programmes featured the ARGOS programme, including a 9 minute interview with Henrik Moller on general principles of farming sustainability.

Social

High Country Farming in New Zealand: Exploration of the pathways to sustainability revealed through responses to external and internal drivers derived from the ARGOS retrospective interviews

• ARGOS Research report

The social practice of sustainable agriculture under audit discipline: initial insights from the ARGOS project in New Zealand.

• Journal of Rural Studies 28: 129–141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.08.003

Resilience in Retrospective: Analysis of Response to Shocks and Stress in the New Zealand Kiwifruit and Sheep and Beef Sectors.

• ARGOS Research report

Market signals and responses

Sustainability Trends in Emerging Markets: Market Drivers for Sustainable Consumption in China and India

• ARGOS Research report

Ahikā Kai system: an online market (with specified standards criteria) developed for small Ngai Tahu businesses specializing in food harvesting and production within traditional food producing areas.

• Website: http://ahikakai.co.nz/

Transdisciplinary

The Agriculture Research Group On Sustainability Programme: The Design of A longitudinal and Transdisciplinary Study of Agricultural Sustainability
in New Zealand

• ARGOS Research report

Complementary pathways to sustainability

• ARGOS Research report

Physical and financial comparisons of Organic, Integrated and Conventional sheep/beef farms participating in the ARGOS project

• ARGOS Research report ARGOS Annual Sheep/Beef Sector Report, October 2011

Physical and financial comparisons of Organic and Conventional dairy farms participating in the ARGOS project

• ARGOS Research report ARGOS Annual Dairy Sector Report, October 2011

Farm Management

Resilience of Farming Systems During Periods of Hardship

• ARGOS Research report