Long before synthetic fertilizers, the global guano trade reshaped farming, fueled American expansion and exposed the hidden human costs of feeding the modern world.
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A new study finds attitudes to biodiversity changing down on the farm, but there are still perceived barriers to planting what could be productive land in natives.
The issue of ‘carbon leakage’ is used to argue against domestic pricing policy that could reduce agricultural production. But New Zealand farmers could benefit if competing countries also take action.
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Professor of Applied Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Research Officer, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Research Officer, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Research associate, University of Waikato
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Biodiversity, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Amherst College