By RNZ
A new report suggests the country needs to change its thinking about how it uses agricultural land to get better productivity and economic returns from farmers.
The Lincoln University report, The Future Use of Land and How to Fund It, examines a range of scenarios driven by the
need to control greenhouse gas emissions or increase export returns.
Alan Renwick, of Lincoln University, said the report looked at optimising the use of land, with the challenge of meeting economic, environmental, and social goals simultaneously.
“This requires practical, future-focused solutions - like integrating horticulture into traditional pastoral systems, developing on-farm processing to capture more value locally, or growing Māori agribusinesses around high-value niche products like mānuka honey or native botanicals.”
