Open AccessSOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS AND HILL COUNTRY PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Author(s) -
Dagmar Walter
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1982.43.1589
Subject(s) - livestock , production (economics) , agriculture , economic shortage , agricultural economics , economic growth , business , political science , geography , economics , forestry , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , government (linguistics) , macroeconomics
More than twenty papers have been delivered at this 1981 New Zealand Grassland Association meeting and almost all have dealt with two aspects of farming - how to grow more feed for livestock and how to convert this feed into production. All of the participants and speakers here must at some stage, whether in the research centre or in the field, have wondered how much of this information was going to hit where it counted. Would it end up being preached to the converted again, played with by the farmer 'guinea pigs', scoffed at by many as more impractical academic garbage? Just how much impact on farming production and development will your findings and recommendations have? Could it be, like a seagull on top of a lighthouse, your earnest calls will be largely drowned out by the forces of the elements? 'fhere is no shortage of cynics in our community, and plenty under the label of farmers:But the mere fact of having a discussion on socio-economic effects on hill country production and development confirms growing awareness over the past few years that other factors than farming technology may be inhibiting growth on these farms.