Research Design

A Draft Plan for Research, Pathways Towards Sustainability: Comparing Production Systems Across Four Sectors of New Zealand Agriculture

Draft CSAFE Discussion Paper No. 2

This is the draft plan leading up to the research proposal to FRST.

Research Rationales

The following are the Research Rationales which have been developed by each Objective Leader to describe the research approach for ARGOS.

Objective 1 - Management

Objective 2 - He Whenua Whakatipu

He Whenua Whakatipu: a draft sustainable development fraemework for Ngai Tahu landholders, February 2005 by John Reid

Objective 3 - Economic

Research Rationale for the Economic Objective, ARGOS, February 2005 by Caroline Saunders and Martin Emanuelsson

Objective 4 - Environmental

Environmental Monitoring and Research for Improved Resilience on ARGOS Farms by Henrik Moller, Alex Wearing, Andrea Pearson, Chris Perley, David Steven, Grant Blackwell, Jeff Reid and Marion Johnson (Appendix 3: Visual Soil Assessment)

Objective 5 - Social

Social Dimensions of Sustainable Agriculture: a Rationale for Social Research in ARGOS, Nov 2004 by Hugh Campbell, John Fairweather, Lesley Hunt, Carmen McLeod and Chris Rosin