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New Zealand’s food system – from production to delivery – has been built around efficiency rather than resilience to climate change and natural disasters. But there are solutions.
Consumers’ main concerns regarding farm monitoring are food safety, animal welfare and water quality. Many would like to see Māori values and land practices incorporated.
Dairy farming in New Zealand has intensified by using more supplementary feed. While this boosts production, costs also rise and this ultimately cuts profits - and it adds more harm to the climate.
The issue of ‘carbon leakage’ is used to argue against domestic pricing policy that could reduce agricultural production. But New Zealand farmers could benefit if competing countries also take action.
Paying without cash is growing in popularity. But, as the experience of China over the past decade shows, the benefits of mobile payments can leave some groups behind.
Horticulture underpins the local economy in areas devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle. Climate change may mean some parts of the region will become less suitable for crop production during this century.
Critically endangered grasslands and productive farmland in NSW would be cleared to lay the Hunter Gas Pipeline.
Urban green spaces are threatened by growing cities. But research shows the importance of protecting access to nature as housing densification increases.
New Zealand’s first adaptation plan gives local councils clearer guidelines, but it doesn’t tackle crucial questions about who should pay and how to future-proof major investments.
Invasive mammals have already removed some native bird species from our cities. It’s why urban forest restoration and predator control are crucial to support the ‘ghosts of predation past’.
Ending GST on some foods is being touted as a way to reduce food poverty. But cheap food comes with a high environmental and health cost. Is there a way to value food but reduce hardship?
Most consumers want a better deal, but New Zealand’s small size and relative isolation make it hard for large-scale competitors to enter the supermarket sector.
New Zealand can expect more days above 25℃, the threshold for heat stress in livestock, and fewer frost days, which will affect crops like kiwifruit that need winter chilling.
As the impacts and costs of climate change increase over time, New Zealand’s financial systems could become less stable and the government less able to support those affected.
An ageing labour force and ongoing border closures will put severe pressure on
New Zealand’s economic reliance on immigration.
Many Indigenous people in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are lacking food security due to public health orders preventing them from traditional food sourcing.
Muchas plantas son realmente buenas resistiendo los incendios forestales, pero la combinación de sequías, olas de calor y plagas de insectos acrecentadas por el cambio climático puede llevarlas al límite.
Many plants are really good at withstanding bushfires, but the combination of drought, heatwaves and pest insects under climate change may push them to the brink.
Tree planting projects that use non-native trees risk releasing more carbon back into the atmosphere, undermining efforts to fight climate change.
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Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Professor Applied Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Provost, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Senior Lecturer in Property Studies, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Assistant Vice Chancellor, Maori & Pasifika, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Research Officer, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Research Officer, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Distinguished Professor in Pest Management and Conservation, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Associate Professor of Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Associate Professor of Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Lecturer in Strategic Management, Lincoln University, New Zealand
