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Impediments to Optimising the Economic and Environmental Performance of Agriculture

Table of Contents

• Credits
  • Disclaimer
• Volume One:A study of Issues Affecting North Island Hill Country Farmers
  • Executive Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Objectives
  • 3. Methodology
    • 3.1 Statistical Analysis , 3.2 Interview Survey , 3.3 Survey Group Profiles , 3.4 Focus Groups , 3.5 Literature Review
  • 4. Economic versus Environmental Sustainability
  • 5. Economic Dimensions
  • 6. Environmental Dimensions
    • 6.1 Soil Degradation , 6.2 Water Quality , 6.3 Weeds , 6.4 Pests
  • 7. Social Dimensions
  • 8. Institutional Dimensions
  • 9. Values, Attitudes and Behaviour
    • 9.1 Quality Assurance , 9.2 Animal Welfare , 9.3 Aesthetics and Values , 9.5 An Indicator of Sustainability
  • 10. Mechanisms and Facilities
    • 10.1 Information Needs , 10.2 Sustainable Human Development , 10.3 Quality Assurance , 10.4 Leadership , 10.5 Time , 10.6 Sectoral Policy , 10.7 Land Ownership , 10.8 Institutional Change , 10.9 Costs and Benefits , 10.10 Conclusions
  • References
  • Appendix I: Data Sourced from Meat & Wool Economic Service of New Zealand
  • Appendix II: Data Used in Analysis
  • Appendix III: Economic Dimensions
    • Viability and Variance , Indicators of Business Viability , Income Generation and the Cost of Production , Cost of Business , Household , Factors Contributing to Variation in Economic Performance
  • Economic Parameter
    • Physical Characteristics of Farms - Quartiles grouped by EFS , Physical Characteristics of Farms - Quartiles grouped by Rate of Return , Physical Characteristics of Farms per $Million Farming Capital - Quartiles grouped by Rate of Return , Comparison of the Analyses , Equity in the Farm Business and Home , Equity in the Farm Business and Home - Quartiles grouped by EFS , Equity in the Farm Business and Home - Quartiles grouped by Rate of Return , Farm Business Operation and Efficiency , Comparison of the Analyses , Sources and Application of Funds - Quartiles Grouped by EFS , Sources and Application of Funds per $Million Farming Capital - Quartiles Grouped by Rate of Return , Sources of Funds - Comparison of Analyses , Application of Funds , Change in Equity - Quartiles Grouped by EFS , Change in Equity - Comparison of Analyses
  • Appendix IV: Glossary
  • Appendix V: Terms of Reference
  • Appendix VI: Questionnaire
• Volume Two: Review of Literature
  • 1. Executive Summary
  • 2. Introduction
  • 3. Methodology
  • 4. Factors Affecting Economic Performance of the Farm Business and Household
    • Economic Factors , Financing , Product Prices , Off-farm Income , Climate , Technology , Farming Systems and Labour , Capital Values , Goal Success , Social Factors
  • 5. Relationship between Economic Efficiency and Economic Performance
    • Capital Values
  • 6. Influences on Farm and Farm Household Values, Attitudes and Behaviour
    • Constraints , Financial , Labour , Term of Outlook , Succession , Characteristics , Adoption , Financial Incentives , Influences on Adoption of Practices
  • 7. Mechanisms and Instruments to Achieve Economic and Environmental Objectives
    • Introduction/Framework , Motivational and Informational Instruments
  • 8. Indicators of Farm Business Efficiency and Sustainability
    • Integrated Indicators , Financial Indicators , Environmental Indicators , Social Indicators
  • 9. Acknowledgements
  • 10. References
  • Appendix I Examples of Performance Indicators
    • Performance Measures for a Case Study Farm (from Shadbolt, 1998)
  • Appendix II Community Use of Social Indicators
    • Health and Safety , Command over, and availability of, key goods and services , Participation in social and public affairs , Indicators
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