Research in ARGOS
Social Monitoring & Analysis
The following publications are based on social monitoring and analysis in a general sense within the ARGOS project. For sector specific publications on social monitoring and analysis, please follow the links on the left hand side of this page, and go to the specific sector pages.
Research Rationale
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
Research Reports
09/03 New Zealand Farmer Attitude and Opinion Survey 2008:
Management systems and farming sustainability, by John Fairweather, Lesley Hunt, Chris Rosin, Henrik Moller and Solis Norton
09/02 New Zealand Farmer and Orchardist Attitude and
Opinion Survey 2008: Characteristics of organic, modified conventional (integrated) and organic management, and of the sheep/beef, horticulture and dairy sectors,
by John Fairweather, Lesley Hunt,
Jayson Benge, Hugh Campbell, Glen Greer, Dave Lucock, Jon Manhire, Sarah Meadows, Henrik Moller, Chris Rosin, Caroline Saunders and Yuki Fukuda
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
07/07 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
Published Articles
Journal Articles
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. & Hunt, L. (2009) Can farmers map their farm system? Causal mapping and the sustainability of sheep/beef farms in New Zealand. Agriculture and Human Values. See abstract at http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s10460-009-9252-3
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.
Conference Papers
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.
Fairweather, J. (2005) Understanding farmers using causal maps. Agrifood ’05. Rosslyn Bay, Queensland, 5-8 July.
Working Papers
Working Paper 1: Social Dimensions of Sustainable Agriculture: a Rationale for Social Research in ARGOS by Hugh Campbell, John Fairweather, Lesley Hunt, Carmen McLeod and Chris Rosin
Working Paper 2: Social Research Compendium: Key Questions on Social Dimensions of Agricultural Sustainability (The Corpse) by Hugh Campbell, John Fairweather,
Lesley Hunt, Carmen McLeod and Chris Rosin |
