Document library

This digital library of resources is aimed at helping primary producers and businesses understand and respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by climate change.

Each resource summarises a climate change risk assessment, impact assessment or adaptation research project funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries’ SLMACC programme.

Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change (SLMACC) programme

Individual projects funded by SLMACC are led by a range of expert bodies, including Crown Research Institutes, universities and industry organisations.

Showing 1-9 of 27 documents

Overview
On-farm Understanding for Farmers: Mitigating methane emissions from ruminants – the current science
Summary of NZ research underway to better understand what happens in livestock rumen that leads to methane production, and how animal breeding, diet- and rumen-manipulation might help to reduce enteric methane emissions without increasing emissions of other greenhouse gases.
March 2020

PDF 659kB

Case study
Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern NZ – Case study 9
Marlborough sheep and beef farmers, Kevin and Carol Loe, have evolved a more ecological approach to farming by identifying and working within the limits of their land and a dry, windy climate. This case study documents the steps they have taken to manage water and wind erosion in particular.
March 2020

PDF 840kB

Advisory
Climate variability will affect dairy farming in New Zealand
Advice from MPI on the expected general impacts – both positive and negative – of climate change on the dairy sector. Impacts will vary from region to region.
March 2020

PDF 3.5MB

Advisory
Climate variability will affect sheep, beef and arable farming in New Zealand
Advice from MPI on the expected general impacts – both positive and negative – of climate change on the sheep and beef and arable sectors. Impacts will vary from region to region.
March 2020

PDF 3.4MB

Case study
Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern NZ – Case study 10
Over a 30-year period, Alan Totty has invested considerably in his 284-hectare sheep and beef farm near Ashburton to ensure it can cope with the increasingly extreme Canterbury climate. This case study documents measures he has taken to build resilience against drought, wind and snow.
March 2020

PDF 772kB

Overview
Ensuring planted forestry remains light on its feet as the planet warms
Summary of the effects of climate change on New Zealand’s planted forests in the coming century, with a focus on impacts, risks and opportunities. Findings are from research conducted by Scion in 2005 and published in 2008.
January 2018

PDF 621kB

Overview
Facing up to pest, weed and disease incursions as the world warms
Summary of threats to New Zealand’s biosecurity from pests, weeds and diseases, including changing import pathways, border management and host suitability, as the climate warms. Findings identified by a 2015 study led by CRIs and Lincoln University.
January 2018

PDF 462kB

Overview
Methane inhibitors – helping to nip a problem greenhouse gas in the bud
Summary of the research pipeline, efficacy, progress, challenges and pathway to commercialisation of methane inhibitors – a promising tool for reducing the amount of methane (a powerful greenhouse gas) belched out by ruminant animals.
January 2018

PDF 607kB

Overview
Sizing up the emissions footprint on low and high input dairy systems
Overview of multi-season studies involving SLMACC, NZAGRC, AgResearch, Lincoln University and DairyNZ investigating the practicality, economic returns and impacts on water and greenhouse gas emissions of increased-efficiency dairy systems in Canterbury.
January 2018

PDF 825kB

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