This resistance management factsheet explains why resistance management matters, what’s at stake for growers and the long term cost of inaction, based on The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) modelling over a 1o year horizon. It explains why resistance management keeps your future options open and helps production systems stay resilient. A list of key actions growers can take to influence how long their crop protection products remain effective is also included.
- Download factsheet: Resistance management future proofing your business
The NZIER report ‘Deemphasising resistance management, exploring plausible futures‘ provides a preliminary estimate of the costs of deemphasising resistance management. It examines the counterfactual – what happens if resistance management is reduced using scenario analysis to estimate the likely economic impacts over time.
- Download resistance management research: Deemphasising resistance management, exploring plausible futures – NZIER report.
