North Island hill country farmers' management response to issues of sustainability

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-42

  Smith, Willie ^a   Montgomery, Hayden ^a   Rhodes, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Impediments; NewZealand; Progress; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEAT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROFITABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WOOL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 33847696437     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: 17457939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2007.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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