title: Development of organic farming in distant rural Maori communities in New Zealand
creator: Kerckhoffs, Dr LHJ (Huub)
description: Abstract - A unique programme was initiated between scientists and distant rural Māori communities in New Zealand’s East Coast to help these communities with the transition from extensive agriculture to intensive organic horticulture. Through intensive collaboration  and interaction with local organic Māori growers (organised within a growers’ trust), scientific, educa-tional and extension services have been provided to develop and implement best organic vegetable grow-ing practices. Initial topics were soil (fertility) and weed management, and these were illustrated in a range of workshops, fieldwalks and fieldtrials.
date: 2006
type: Conference paper, poster, etc. 
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: other
identifier: http://orgprints.org/7389/1/Kerckhoffs.doc
identifier: Kerckhoffs, Dr LHJ (Huub) (2006) Development of organic farming in distant rural Maori communities in New Zealand. Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006.
relation: http://orgprints.org/7389/