Glen Greer
Lincoln University (New Zealand)
18 Papers
77 Citations
Glen Greer is an academic researcher from Lincoln University (New Zealand). The author has contributed to research in topics: Agriculture & Sustainability. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 18 publications.
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Papers
Comparison of the financial performance of organic and conventional farms.
Glen Greer,William Kaye-Blake,Eva Zellman,Chris Parsonson-Ensor +3 more
- 01 Jan 2008
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the sustainability of organic, integrated and conventional farms in New Zealand by monitoring environmental, social, economic and management parameters, and found that there are significant differences in farm costs and revenue across farming systems within a sector, and that there is greater variability in the bottom-line indicators of profitability within farming systems than across them.
The economic costs of weeds on productive land in New Zealand
John Saunders,Glen Greer,Graeme W. Bourdôt,Caroline M. Saunders,T. James,Carol A. Rolando,Juan J. Monge,Michael S. Watt +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a case study on giant buttercup invasion in dairy pastures is presented, and a dynamic approach is used to estimate the estimated costs of weeds to New Zealand's agricultural economy.
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New Zealand Farmer and Orchardist Attitude and Opinion Survey 2008: Characteristics of organic, modified conventional (integrated) and organic management, and of the sheep/beef, horticulture and dairy sectors
John Fairweather,Lesley Hunt,Jayson Benge,Hugh Campbell,Glen Greer,Dave Lucock,Jon Manhire,Sarah Meadows,Henrik Moller,Chris Rosin,Caroline M. Saunders,Yuki Fukuda +11 more
- 01 Jul 2009
TL;DR: In this article, the ARGOS project was funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (Contract Number AGRB0301) and the New Zealand Research Council (NRC).
The Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability Programme: The Design of A Longitudinal and Transdisciplinary Study of Agricultural Sustainability in New Zealand
Hugh Campbell,John R. Fairweather,Jon Manhire,Caroline M. Saunders,Henrik Møller,John Reid,Jayson Benge,Grant Blackwell,Peter Carey,Martin Emanuelsson,Glen Greer,Lesley Hunt,Dave Lucock,Chris Rosin,David A. Norton,Catriona McLeod,Benjamin Knight +16 more
- 01 Feb 2012
TL;DR: The work in this paper was funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRT), with additional financial assistance from: ZESPRI============International Ltd., Fonterra, a meat processing company, Merino New Zealand Inc.,======COKA (Certified organic Kiwifruit Growers Association) and in-kind support from TeウスRūnanga O Ngāi Tahu.
Doing the unthinkable: linking farmers' breadth of view and adaptive propensity to the achievement of social, environment and economic outcomes
Lesley Hunt,John R. Fairweather,Chris Rosin,Hugh Campbell,David Lucock,Glen Greer +5 more
- 01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest that supporting and encouraging farmers' social and environmental "breadth of view" or awareness of the impact of their farms on the wellbeing of themselves, their families, communities and the wider world environmentally and socially may lead to them being more likely to adapt and change their practices.
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