Research Results - ARGOS Research Reports

Any published papers and Research Notes will be posted on this site as and when they become available. 

Research Reports

08/02 Causal mapping of ARGOS high country farms and comparisons to sheep/beef and dairy farms, by John Fairweather, Lesley Hunt, DaveLucock, Chris Rosin

08/01 Causal mapping of ARGOS dairy farms and comparisons to sheep/beef farms, by John Fairweather, Lesley Hunt, Chris Rosin and Hugh Campbell

07/14 Transdisciplinary synthesis, by ARGOS

07/13 Social Objective Synthesis Report: Differentiation among Participant Farmers/Orchardists in the ARGOS Research Programme, by Chris Rosin, Lesley Hunt,
John Fairweather and Hugh Campbell

07/12 Environmental indicators from alternative farm management systems: Signposts for different pathways to sustainable primary production in New Zealand?, by Tanja Maegli, Sarah Richards, Sarah Meadows, Peter Carey, Marion Johnson, Monica Peters, Katherine Dixon, Jayson Benge, Henrik Moller, Grant Blackwell, Florian Weller, David Lucock, David Norton, Chris Perley and Catriona MacLeod.

07/11 Economics Objective Synthesis Report, by Caroline Saunders, Glen Greer, Eva Zellman

07/10 Sustainability Monitoring Report of Case Study Farms in the He Whenua Whakatipu Research Objective, by John Reid, Tim Jenkins and Martin Emanuelsson

07/09 Management and Production Features of ARGOS farms and Differences etween Production systems, by Jayson Benge, Dave Lucock, Martin Emanuelsson, Jon Manhire

07/08 New Zealand Farmer and Grower Attitude and Opinion Survey: Kiwifruit Sector, by John Fairweather, Lesley Hunt, Andrew Cook, Chris Rosin, Jayson Benge and Hugh Campbell

07/07 New Zealand Farmer and Grower Attitude and Opinion Survey: Analysis by Sector and Management System, by John Fairweather, Lesley Hunt, Andrew Cook, Chris Rosin, Hugh Campbell

07/06 There are Audits, and There are Audits: Response of New Zealand Kiwifruit Orchardists to the Implementation of Supermarket Initiated Audit Schemes, by Chris Rosin, Lesley Hunt, Hugh Campbell and John Fairweather

07/05 Becoming the Audited: Response of New Zealand Sheep/Beef Farmers to the Introduction of Supermarket Initiated Audit Schemes, by Chris Rosin, Lesley Hunt,
Hugh Campbell and John Fairweather

07/04 Applicability of Performance Indicators to Farms and Orchards, by Caroline Saunders, Eva Zellman, William Kaye-Blake

07/03 The Representativeness of ARGOS Panels and Between Panel Comparisons, John Fairweather, Lesley Hunt, Andrew Cook, Chris Rosin, Hugh Campbell

07/02 Understanding sheep/beef farm management using causal mapping: development and application of a two-stage approach, by John Fairweather, Lesley Hunt,
Chris Rosin, Hugh Campbell and Dave Lucock

07/01 Soil Properties on ARGOS Dairy and Sheep & Beef Farms 2005-6, by Peter Carey, Dave Lucock and Amanda Phillips, May 2007

06/10 New Zealand Farmers and Wetlands, by Carmen McLeod, Lesley Hunt, Chris Rosin, John Fairweather, Andrew Cook, Hugh Campbell, November 2006

06/09 Understanding kiwifruit management using causal mapping, by John Fairweather, Lesley Hunt, Chris Rosin, Hugh Campbell, Jayson Benge and Mike Watts, September 2006

06/08 Kiwifruit energy budgets to be published, Andrew Barber and Jayson Benge

06/07 Total Energy Indicators: Benchmarking Organic, Integrated and Conventional Sheep and Beef Farms, by Andrew Barber and Dave Lucock, September 2006

06/06 to be published

06/05 Prevalence and diversity of non-forage herbaceous plants on sheep/beef pastures in the South Island, by Grant Blackwell, Dave Lucock, Henrik Moller, Richard Hill,
Jon Manhire and Martin Emanuelsson

06/04 to be published

06/03 Cleaner streams and improved stream health on North Island dairy and South Island sheep/beef farms, by Grant Blackwell, Mark Haggerty, Suzanne Burns, Louise Davidson,
Gaia Gnanalingam and Henrik Moller, June 2006

06/02 Weed survey to be published, Henrik Moller et al

06/01 Understanding Approaches to Sheep/Beef Production in New Zealand: Report on First Qualitative Interviews of ARGOS Sheep/Beef Participants, by Lesley Hunt, Chris Rosin, Marion Read, John Fairweather, Hugh Campbell, February 2006

05/10 Sketch Maps: Features and Issues Important for the Management of ARGOS Orchards and Farms, by Marion Read, Lesley Hunt and John Fairweather, July 2005

05/09 to be published

05/08 to be published

05/07 Interspecific interaction and habitat use by Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) on sheep and beef farms, South Island, New Zealand, by Marcia Green, Erin O'Neill, Joanna Wright, Grant Blackwell and Henrik Moller, July 2005

05/06 Bird community composition and relative abundance in production and natural habitats of New Zealand, by Grant Blackwell, Erin O'Neill, Francesca Buzzi, Dean Clarke, Tracey Dearlove, Marcia Green, Henrik Moller, Stephen Rate and Joanna Wright, June 2005

05/05 ARGOS biodiversity surveys on Kiwifruit Orchards and Sheep & beef farms in summer 2004-2005: rationale, focal taxa and methodology, by Grant Blackwell, Stephen Rate and Henrik Moller, June 2005

05/04 Food Markets, Trade Risks and Trends, by Caroline Saunders, Gareth Allison, Anita Wreford and Martin Emanuelsson, May 2005

05/03 Soil quality on ARGOS sheep & beef farms, 2004-2005, by Andrea Pearson, Jeff Reid, and Dave Lucock, June 2005

05/01 Understanding Approaches to Kiwifruit Production in New Zealand : Report on First Qualitative Interviews of ARGOS Kiwifruit Participants, by Lesley Hunt, Chris Rosin, Carmen McLeod, Marion Read, John Fairweather and Hugh Campbell, June 2005