Papers presented at the New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (Inc.) Sixth Annual Conference : Where from - where to? : incorporating the 24th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (Inc.) : Blenheim Country Lodge, July 2000.

Published on behalf of the New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society by Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, Lincoln University, [2000].The themes for the 2000 Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society were Farm and Micro-business, Agribusiness, Environment and Security, and Trade and Food Policy. This discussion paper includes the full text of the following papers: Kelvin Sanderson, Maori Primary Sector Enterprise; W J Parker, Research Challenges And Issues In Introducing New Technology To New Zealand Agriculture; Tony Rhodes, Willie Smith, Bryan Willis & Phil Joumeaux, Impediments To Optimising The Economic And Environmental Performance Of Agriculture - A Study Of issues Affecting North Island Hill Country Farmers; G Rauniyar & W J Parker, Determinants Of The Future Status Of Small Dairy Farms In New Zealand; C Saunders & A Moxey, Rural Micro-business In Canterbury: Some Survey Results; Terry Parminter, Justine Pedersen, John Wilson & Sandra Jefford, Farm Effluent Management On Victorian Dairy Farms; Stuart Forde & Murray Doak, The Regional Economic Impacts Of The 1997-99 Canterbury Drought; Brian Bell, QuRA - World Best Practice For Evaluating Capital Investments; Nick Giera & Sandra Martin, Entrepreneurial Behaviour By New Zealand Farmers; Robin Johnson, The Analytics Of Dairy Company Amalgamation; Altair Dias de Moura, Sandra Martin & Diane Mollenkopf, The Role Of Inter-firm Relationships In The Management Of Product Specification In Agribusiness Supply Chains: A Framework For Analysis; Siham EI-Kafafi, Review Of Quality Management Literature And Its Relevance To Water Utilities Management In New Zealand; Don Crump, A Basis For Allocating Biosecurity (Agriculture and Forestry) Costs Between The Private Sector, The Crown And Producers; Ross Cullen, Geoff Kerr, Ken Hughey & Ali Memon, Selection Of Mechanisms To Achieve Internalization Of Fishing Externalities; Ross Cullen, Kenneth Hughey & Geoffrey Fairburn, Economic Evaluation Of Threatened Species Recovery Programmes And Projects; Ian Cairns, Our Evolving Land Policy: The Past 150 Years; Frank Scrimgeour & Quentin Way, Conflict And The Evolution Of Property Rights For Rivers And Streams In New Zealand; Chris Nixon, CER: The Cornerstone Of New Zealand's Trade Policy; C. Saunders, A Moxey & VA Ronigen, Simulating The Impact Of Trade Liberalisation On Dairy Trade And The Environment; Dr Azmat Gani, Food Security And Human Development; Aaron Breimer & G Rauniyar, Rural - urban Differences In Consumer Preference For Genetically Engineered Food In New Zealand: A Case Study Of Manawatu District; Sue M Cassells & Anton D Meister, Costs And Trade Impacts Of Environmental Regulations: Effluent Control And The New Zealand Dairy Sector; Tanira Kingi, Culture, Ethnicity And Organisational Performance: Issues In Evaluating Maori; Bill Sutton, Developing A Treaty-based Framework For MAF - Maori Relations; V Fakava & P Nuthall, Development From Subsistence To Cash Farming: The Case Of Tonga; Frank Scrimgeour & Svetlana Bohorova, Economic Analysis And Indigenous Community Development; Rauniyar, ST Morriss & A Chu, Farming In East Java, Indonesia: Labour Allocation Patterns And Gender Roles