Tawa Room Miro Room Rimu Room Kauri Room Thursday morning Animal welfare -- -- Forestry Chairs Graeme Doole University of Waikato Richard Yao 11.00 – 12.30 Panel session Panel session Thursday afternoon Trade I Innovation and productivity Biosecurity and biodiversity Farms and rural society Chairs Darran Austin – Ministry for Primary Industries Muhammad Siddique Massey University Tony Schischka – Ministry for Primary Industries Racheal Davidson DairyNZ 1.30 - 2.00 Michael Lyne Phil Journeaux Tommy Robertson Alison Bailey Stepping out of traditional cooperatives to add value: A case study in Papua New Guinea Economic evaluation of stock water reticulation on hill country Investing in interventions against pests – an analysis of choices made by decision makers under uncertainty What really drives dairy production systems: Economic rationale or social and environmental responsibility? 2.00 – 2.30 Sayeeda Bano Glen Richard Yao Utkur Djanibekov New Zealand and India trade in agricultural and manufactured products and determinants: An empirical analysis The impacts of research in an era of more stringent performance evaluation Does the economic benefit of biodiversity exceed the cost of conservation in planted forests? Nexus of energy use, agricultural production, employment and incomes among rural households in Uttar Pradesh, India 2.30 – 3.00 Ivan Luketina Alexander Malherbe Matthew Newman Carla Muller Why does New Zealand export sawn timber to some markets and logs to others? Principle-based cooperative law: Contrasting the Australian legislative environment Economic impact assessment of Mycoplasma bovis in New Zealand Management ability in farm systems modelling
Tawa Room Miro Room Rimu Room Kauri Room 3.00 – 3.30 Sayeeda Bano Mark Neal Wei Yang Wanglin Ma An empirical study of the employment effects of regional integration: A case study of ASEAN Defining zones for pasture potential: How much profit could be in the paddock? Consumer willingness to pay price premium for credence attributes of livestock products Off-farm work, smartphone use and household income: Evidence from rural China Friday morning quality and agriculture Land use Risk and farm systems Climate and farming Chairs Sandra Barns BoP Regional Council Wei Yang AgResearch Mark Neal DairyNZ Pamela Boot Landcare Research 8.30 – 9.00 Zack Dorner Phil Journeaux Graeme Mercy Kiremu A behavioural rebound effect: Results from a laboratory experiment Drivers and barriers to land use change The dynamics of a business in a turbulent world Hedging drought risk in Kenya with weather derivatives: The potential use of options 9.00 – 9.30 Justin Connolly Patrick Walsh Katie Bicknell Kendon Bell Understanding ‘wicked’ freshwater problems with causal loop diagrams Valuing changes in New Zealand marginal land: Water quality, carbon and afforestation Feed use intensification and technical efficiency of dairy farms in New Zealand Empirical estimation of the impact of weather on dairy production 9.30 – 10.00 Phil Journeaux Stefania Mattea Angie Fisher Rachael Davidson Thoughts on the allocation of nutrients; the issue with natural capital allocation Is the unobserved heterogeneity truly unobserved? An exploration of the individual and spatial sources of taste variations for landslide protection progression pathways: Volatility and developing new operating structures Key drivers of greenhouse gas emissions on New Zealand dairy farms
Tawa Room Miro Room Rimu Room Kauri Room 10.00 – 10.30 Emma Moran Bruce Greig Muhammad Siddique Alan Renwick Managing nutrient losses and profitability for 95 farms in Southland A survey of New Zealand dairy farm debt Measuring efficiency of NZ dairy farms with DEA and PCA using panel data Enabling transformation in New Zealand’s bioeconomy Friday morning Dairy futures -- -- II Chairs Alan Renwick Lincoln University Caroline Saunders Lincoln University 11.00-11.30 Panel session Caroline Saunders Perspectives on New Zealand agrifood trade 11.30-12.00 David Evison The influence of New Zealand’s monetary policy and regulations on export 12.00-12.30 Shamim Shakur New Zealand’s trade prospects in an uncertain Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) environment: Results from gravity model
Tawa Room Miro Room Rimu Room Kauri Room Friday afternoon Trade III Rural Society Food safety Chairs Ivan Luketina – Ministry for Primary Industries Emma Moran Environment Southland Kendon Bell Landcare Research 1.30 – 2.00 Mai Tran William Mai Ha Impact of energy consumption and trade liberalisation on the environment in Vietnam Testing indicators of resilience for rural communities The determinants of food safety risk perception in Vietnam 2.00 – 2.30 Sayeeda Bano Ben Wiercinski Caroline Saunders An empirical examination of the J-curve: New Zealand’s bilateral trade with selected countries Effects of education and gender on attitudes and behaviours in New Zealand Consumer preferences for attributes in food and beverages for beef and wine in the US: Prelim. results 2.30 – 3.00 Yangyuyu Luo Pike Brown Melissa Export performance and productivity of NZ Evidence from a continuous treatment model Preview of the 2017 Survey of Rural Decision Makers Modelling NZ dairy production: The impact of traceability between the farm and the factory