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AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO NEW ZEALAND'S DYNAMIC AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY Written by experts from Massey University's School of Agriculture and Environment, this is an accessible and straightforward overview of the business of growing plants for human and animal consumption, as w...
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Massey University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Auckland, New Zealand : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO NEW ZEALAND'S DYNAMIC AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY Written by experts from Massey University's School of Agriculture and Environment, this is an accessible and straightforward overview of the business of growing plants for human and animal consumption, as well as forestry and flower production. It has a focus on New Zealand practices, and information on social issues, environmental costs, food safety, chemical use, post-harvest management and availability. Chapters cover pasture and forages, field crops and vegetables, kiwifruit, grapes, pip fruit and summer fruit. There are also useful chapters on soils and precision agriculture, and how new technologies are improving productivity and sustainability. The book is aimed at high school students studying agriculture, and year one tertiary students undertaking degrees or diplomas in this subject. Those studying agribusiness, resource management, nutrition, food technology and ecology will also find it helpful. SALES POINTS * Overview of the growing agricultural and horticultural industries in New Zealand written by experts * Specific content on local practices not available in other publications, as well as information on social issues, environmental costs, food safety, chemical use, post-harvest management and availability * Valuable guide for agricultural science students at all levels, lifestyle block owners, farmers and media * In the same series as the highly regarded. |
| Item Description: | Written by experts from Massey University's School of Agriculture and Environment, this is an accessible and straightforward overview of the business of growing plants for human and animal consumption, as well as forestry and flower production. It has a focus on New Zealand practices, and information on social issues, environmental costs, food safety, chemical use, post-harvest management and availability. Chapters cover pasture and forages, field crops and vegetables, kiwifruit, grapes, pip fruit and summer fruit. There are also useful chapters on soils and precision agriculture, and how new technologies are improving productivity and sustainability. The book is aimed at high school students studying agriculture, and year one tertiary students undertaking degrees or diplomas in this subject. Those studying agribusiness, resource management, nutrition, food technology and ecology will also find it helpful. SALES POINTS * Overview of the growing agricultural and horticultural industries in New Zealand written by experts * Specific content on local practices not available in other publications, as well as information on social issues, environmental costs, food safety, chemical use, post-harvest management and availability * Valuable guide for agricultural science students at all levels, lifestyle block owners, farmers and media * In the same series as the highly regarded. |
| Carrier Form: | 267 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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9780995123045 0995123047 |
| Index Number: | S471 |
| CLC: | F361.26 |
| Call Number: | F361.26/A278 |
| Contents: | Soils / Alan Palmer -- Pasture and forages / Lydia Cranston -- The New Zealand arable industry / James Millner -- Vegetable production / Nick Roskruge & Kevin Stafford -- Grapes and wine / Julian Gorman & -- Stone fruit or summerfruit / Svetla Sofkova-Bobcheva, Julian Gorman, Jill Stanley & Claire Scofield -- The pipfruit industry / Svetla Sofkova-Bobcheva, Julian Gorman & Huub Kerckhoffs -- The Kiwifruit industry / Svetla Sofkova-Bobcheva -- If not food then what? / Marion MacKay -- Weeds / Kerry Harrington -- The forest industry / James Millner -- Precision agriculture / Pullanagari Rajasheker Reddy. |