Feeding the world’s growing population
New Zealand’s reputation as a quality food producer is growing.
The Fertiliser Association of New Zealand promotes and encourages responsible and scientifically-based nutrient management.
Research
Ongoing scientific research is critical to New Zealand agriculture. The Fertiliser Association of New Zealand allocates more than one million dollars annually for research. Areas of focus include environmental mitigation, precision agriculture, management tools, data collection and reporting, managing contaminants and agronomic performance.
We aim to:
- facilitate major beneficial changes in nutrient management practices
- drive significant innovation in systems and tools for nutrient management
- deliver direct benefits for farmers – financial, environmental and technological.
As well as funding research, we develop New Zealand capability by supporting PhD research on nutrient management. We also support Overseer, an agricultural management tool that encourages better decision making.
Research Projects
Planting forest to sequester carbon, either for carbon farming or directly offsetting farm emissions, is likely to increase, a new study from AgFirst, Groundtruth and Market Economics.
Col Gray, AgResearch, March 2021
Sam Carrick, Linda Lilburne, Gerard Grealish, Pierre Roudier, Veronica Penny, Nadia Laubscher - Landcare Research
Completed June 2020
Phil Journeaux, AgFirst
Completed June 2020
Phil Journeaux, AgFirst
Completed May 2020
Malcolm McLeod, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
Completed March 2020
Jim R Crush & Lily Ouyamg, AgResearch Ruakura, Hamilton, Greig Cousins, PGGWrightson Seeds, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North
Completed October 2019
Stewart Ledgard and Shelley Falconer
Completed August 2019
Phil Journeaux (lead author), John Wilton, Leander Archer, Stuart Ford and Gary McDonald
Completed November 2019
Tony van der Weerden, Bob Longhurst & Martin Kear
Completed May 2019
