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    Integrating Māori values with environmental solutions

    5 August 2020

    Dr Selai Letica, talks about why the shift to Māori values is happening and why it matters.

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    Integrating Māori values with environmental solutions

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    Regenerating New Zealand pastoral agriculture

    5 August 2020

    I have worked in agricultural research and development in the area of nutrient cycles (soil/plant/animal) for over 40 years and in that time have also seen cycles of interest both from farmers and non-farmers in the way farming in New Zealand should be conducted. From biodynamic to organic, ecological to biological, conventional to industrial, all have their proponents and their detractors. The latest one that has fired people’s imaginations is regenerative agriculture.

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    Regenerating New Zealand pastoral agriculture

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    Too much supplementation for too little benefit

    5 August 2020

    We need to be smarter with our assessment of mineral advice (especially trace minerals) and more efficient at supplementing.

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    Too much supplementation for too little benefit

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    Droughts: How to generate more from less

    5 August 2020

    Climate change research predicts that farmers will face increasing climatic extremes. This suggests that the future survival of farming businesses in New Zealand will depend upon farmers' ability to design and manage resilient farming systems that can cope with climatic extremes and variability1.

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    Droughts: How to generate more from less