Feeding the world’s growing population
New Zealand’s reputation as a quality food producer is growing.
The Fertiliser Association of New Zealand promotes and encourages responsible and scientifically-based nutrient management.
Supporting student research
The Fertiliser Association is a long-term supporter of PhD projects on fertiliser issues. Not only is the Fertiliser Association interested in developing new science and information to take the primary industry forward, we recognise the importance of supporting and increasing the skills and knowledge base of our agricultural science disciplines.
Theané de Klerk
Research: Analysis of the New Zealand agricultural phosphorus budget.
An interest in farm sustainability and sustainable fertiliser management was the key driver behind Massey University student Theané de Klerk’s decision to focus her Master’s degree on New Zealand’s agricultural phosphorus budget.
Read moreKaitlin Watson
Research: Nutrient Cycling Under Regenerative and Conventional Agriculture Management
Kaitlin Watson, is a Lincoln University student whose PhD looks at phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) cycling in dryland pastures under conventional and regenerative agriculture management.
Nicola Wilson
Research: Hot Water Extractable Carbon and Nitrogen
Massey University student Nicola Wilson is currently undertaking research on ‘What Hot Water Extractable Carbon and Nitrogen can tell us about changes in labile soil Carbon and Nitrogen.’
Nilusha Ubeynaryana
Research: Mechanisms of cadmium uptake and transport in forage and food plant species
Nilusha's research focused on how best to manage cadmium concentration in New Zealand soils.
Thangavelautham Geretharan (Gere)
Research: Impact of soil fluorine on soil microbiology
Gere pioneered research in an aspect of soil health that had largely been ignored - fluorine's impact on nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Aaron Stafford
Aaron (right) with his supervisor Professor Mike Hedley.
Research: Soil Cadmium: Distribution in Waikato allophanic soils, its accumulation in selected plant species and the implications for selected management and mitigations
Aaron’s research shows a variation in the plant cadmium uptake of forage species.
Daniel Hendrie
Research: Investigations on phosphorus, sulphur and pH/aluminium for pasture legumes on hill country soils
Daniel hit upon the ideal formula for applying lime to increase phosphorus availability.
