Research Results

Research Notes

1. Background to the ARGOS Programme, also available in French

2. Transdisciplinary Research, also available in French

3. Cicadas in Kiwfruit Orchards, also available in French

4. Market Developments for NZ Agricultural Produce, also available in French

5. Spiders in Kiwifruit orchards

6. Organic Kiwifruit Survey 2003

7. Analysis of ZESPRI's Organic Kiwifruit Databases

8. Types of Kiwifruit Orchardist

9. First Kiwifruit Interview: Individual and Orchard Vision

10. Sketch Map Results : Kiwifruit Sector

11. Sketch Map Results: Sheep/Beef Sector

12. Positive aspects of wellbeing for ARGOS sheep & beef farmers, also available in French

13. What makes ARGOS sheep & beef farmers stressed? also available in French

14. Ways in which ARGOS sheep & beef farmers managed the stress of farming, also available in French

15. Soil nematodes in kiwifruit orchards

16. Understanding kiwifruit management using causal maps

17. Bird Sampling Methods, also available in French

18. Birds on sheep/beef farms, also available in French

19. Birds on kiwifruit orchards, also available in French

20. Management of Data in ARGOS, also available in French

21. Evaluation of the bait-lamina test for assessing biological activity in soils on kiwifruit orchards

22. Annual monitoring of cicadas and spiders to indicate kiwifruit orchard health

23. Cicada Species in Kiwifruit Orchards

24. Shelterbelts in kiwifruit orchards

25. Biodiversity on Kiwifruit Orchards: the Importance of shelterbelts

26. Kiwifruit orchard floor vegetation

27. Monitoring stream health on farms

28. Stream management: it really matters what you do on your own farm! also available in French

29. Soil Phosphorus and Sulphur levels in Dairy farms

30. Soil Phosphorus and Sulphur levels in Sheep & Beef farms

31. Assessing the sustainability of kiwifruit production: the ARGOS study design

32. Fertiliser use on ARGOS kiwifruit orchards

33. How ARGOS uses Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

34. Food Miles, also available in French

35. Understanding sheep/beef management using causal maps

36. Earthworms in kiwifruit orchards

37. Four types of sheep/beef farmers across the ARGOS panels

38. Audits and Sheep/Beef Farm Management

39. Quality Assurance Programmes in Kiwifruit Production

40. High Country Woody Weeds

41. The Relevance of Performance Indicators Used for Non-Agribusinesses to Kiwifruit Orchards

42. The Relevance of Performance Indicators Used for Non-Agribusinesses to Sheep and Beef Farms

43. Common elements of pastoral farming systems as shown by causal mapping

44. Differences in soil quality within kiwifruit orchards

45. Differences in soil quality between organic and conventional kiwifruit orchards

46. Strong production focus shown in kiwifruit causal mapping, also available in French

47. Relative abundance of cicadas in ARGOS kiwifruit orchards: 2010 update