Research Results - 1998/99
Table of Contents
- Research Results - 1998/99 Research Final Report Summaries
- 1. Biological Control of Possums
- 2. Facilitating
agricultural market access
- Treatment of agriculture in Regional Trade agreements and their impacts for multilateral trade negotiations. , The impact on developing countries of the Uruguay Round agreement on agriculture and the agreement on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures. , State Trading Enterprises and the next World Trade Organisation Round: A comparative analysis focusing on trade distortion. , The impact of the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis on agriculture and forestry in New Zealand. , Evaluation and development of wool price forecasting framework.
- 3. Facilitating
horticultural market access
- Review of post-inspection security requirements for New Zealand export produce., Assessment of the viability of developing diagnostic tests to replace field surveys as phytosanitary measures for exports of plants and plant products. , Assessment of the practicalities of conducting pest risk analysis for export commodities, using the risk of codling moth introduction through cherry trade as an example.
- 4. Maintaining
agricultural security
Refinement of diagnostic test methods for Johne’s disease in deer. , Determination of the prevalence of paramyxovirus serotypes 1, 2, and 3 in caged birds, wild birds and poultry in New Zealand. , Validation of bluetongue PCR test. , Strategies for the monitoring and management of tropical grass webworm (Herpetogramma licarsisalis) in Northland.
- 5. Maintaining
horticultural security
- Categorisation of organisms from comprehensive pest lists. , Assessment of the effectiveness of border strategies at modifying aircraft passenger behaviour. , Development of a diagnostic key for Tortricidae. , Monitoring the effectiveness of pest plant control in New Zealand. , Cost benefit analysis procedures to be applied to unwanted organisms or pest responses.
- 6. Promoting industry and
rural community development
- Impact of agricultural change on rural communities - phase 2. , Review of overseas experience in using compulsorily acquired funds to finance industry activities such as research, generic promotion and information collection and dissemination in agriculture. , East Coast North Island Farm Business Survey
- 7. Facilitating resource management
- 8. Animal Welfare
- A benchmark survey to establish the proportion of farms and the proportion of sows that use close confinement systems and the average duration of the confinement period in each reproductive cycle., Additional indices of distress in lambs and calves. , Identifying strategies to facilitate transfer and uptake of knowledge on velveting best practice. , Practical guidelines for inspecting the effectiveness of stunning and slaughter in redmeat slaughterhouses., Ante-mortem assessment of bobby calves. , Evaluation of the most effective use of local anaesthetic for the provision of analgesia to the velvet antler of stags. , Survey of condition score in layer hens. , Slaughter methods for crayfish. , Humane ways of inducing moulting in layer hens.
- 9. Greenpackage
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APPENDIX TWO - SCIENCE POLICY UNIT 
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