School of Agriculture and Environment , Te Kura Mātauranga mō Ahuwhenua me Te Taiao

Ana Meikle is Professor of Animal Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Uruguay. Ana’s research expertise includes:

• dairy cattle nutritional management
• parity and biotype on milk quality
• metabolism and reproductive physiology to improve herd performance from a holistic and interdisciplinary approach.

Bambang Hari Kusumo's research includes:

• management of dryland agricultural systems
• soil carbon dynamics and sequestration
• improved method for soil carbon mapping and monitoring.

A recent project was East Indonesia Innovative Farming Systems and Capability for Agribusiness Activity (IFSCA) in collaboration with Massey University.

Brent Clothier is a principal scientist at the crown research institute Plant & Food Research. Brent is a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi and the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science. Brent is also a Fellow of four foreign science academies:

• Soil Science Society of America
• American Agronomy Society
• American Geophysical Union
• Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Brent has published scientific papers on the movement and fate of water, carbon and chemicals in the root zones of primary production systems, irrigation allocation and water management, plus sustainable vineyard and orchard practices, including adaptation strategies in the face of climate change.

Professor of Ruminant Nutrition Dahlanuddin (Dahlan) is a key researcher in a series of international collaborative research projects and developments on smallholder beef cattle in Indonesia since 2001.

He has experience working in major cattle producing areas such as NTB, NTT, South Sulawesi and East Java.

Involved in many international collaborative projects, his skills include research management, community development and policy development. Project monitoring and evaluation experience includes projects under the Indonesia-Australia Red Meat and Cattle Partnership.

Jason Archer has specialist expertise in animal breeding and genetics, and wider interests in livestock production and agricultural systems.

Jason has experience in research, extension, senior management and governance in New Zealand and Australia, and has worked as a consultant to international clients including several beef cattle breed associations, R&D funding institutions and industry development bodies.

He is a genetics specialist with Beef + Lamb NZ, and a board member for the International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR).

Jayanthi Nadarajan leads the germplasm conservation team at the crown research institute Plant & Food Research. Jayanthi previously worked with the UK's Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

Jayanthi has decades of experience in plant conservation science, with particular focus in seed conservation science. She advocates integrated conservation strategies, which include conservation of pollen and seeds, complemented by in-vitro and cryopreservation techniques to mitigate the effects of biotic and abiotic threats to threatened and endangered plants in field / wild populations.

Marta Camps-Arbestain specialises in the study of soil organic matter and nutrients of managed and natural ecosystems, with a focus on:

• soil carbon sequestration
• nutrient recycling from wastes
• biochar systems.

Her work also includes remediation of contaminated soils, management of acid soils, and reclamation of saline and sodic soils. Marta is also Editor-in-Chief of Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems.

Tommy Boland is the Professor of Ruminant Nutrition and Sheep Production at University College Dublin. He is also Vice-President of the Agricultural Science Association, the representative body for agricultural science graduates in Ireland, and Secretary of the Livestock Farming Systems commission of the European Association of Animal Production.

Tommy's teaching focuses on animal nutrition and sheep production systems. His research interests include sustainable pasture-based production systems, reducing methane emissions and nitrogen excretion from ruminants, multispecies swards, and forage analysis.

Our research strengths include:

• plant and animal production systems in farms and agribusinesses
• dynamics defining financial and resilient performance and their management
• market and industry structures
• extension and service systems that support innovation and capability in the primary sector.

Contact Janet Reid

Our research includes animal genetics, reproduction, nutrition, lactation, growth and meat science. Our work aims to improve animal productivity, efficiency, product quantity and quality, and welfare in a sustainable and responsible manner.

Our research includes a range of farmed and companion animals.

Contact Patrick Morel

Using advanced Earth observation, remote sensing techniques and computational modelling, we integrate ongoing scientific advancements in Earth surface processes with our volcanic and fluvial environment. Our new solutions inform practical risk-management strategies in New Zealand and overseas communities.

Contact Jonathan Procter

Environmental science at Massey covers soil science, hydrology, nutrient cycling, and environmental management. Our expertise is advancing new approaches for sustainable consumption and production, farm environment planning and risk assessment of contaminated soil and water.

Contact Chris Anderson

Our expertise is in applied and basic areas of horticultural crop production and management, plant breeding, genetics and germplasm conservation, protection and pest and disease management, Māori community food systems and ethnobotany, seed science, weed science and plant and post-harvest physiology.

Contact Nick Roskruge

The school has a breadth of expertise and experience in research and delivery of rural development internationally. Work to date extends across the Pacific, South-East Asia, South America and Africa, with a focus on enhancing integrated production and support services and building resilient farm, agribusiness and food systems.

Contact Janet Reid

Massey staff are on the Tāhuri Whenua National Committee. This group represents Māori interests in the horticulture sector, and provides information for growers, books, projects and contacts for regional activity.

Find out more about Tāhuri Whenua

A partnership between Massey and Plant & Food Research to offer world-class learning and research opportunities. Massey's teaching and research expertise is complemented by Plant & Food Research's focus on delivering for industry. Staff work together on research and teaching.

Joint Graduate School of Horticulture and Food Enterprise

The growth, forage traits, economics and mātauranga Māori of several native shrub species are being assessed as potential browse in hill country. Other outcomes are improved soil conservation, water quality and biodiversity. Part of Beef and Lamb New Zealand's Hill Country Futures project.

Contact James Millner

A new system of beef production which uses surplus calves from the dairy industry with slaughter at the age of one year. Research investigates production characteristics, on-farm environmental footprint, meat quality and application into an integrated supply chain.

Contact Nicola Schreurs

This DairyNZ-led collaborative research and development initiative aims to substantially reduce nitrogen lost to freshwater and greenhouse gas produced from pastoral sectors by using the grazing herb plantain.

Plantain programme

Contact Danny Donaghy

Āhea riri ai ngā maunga puia? When will our volcanoes become angry? This research will develop resilience and mitigation solution for the multiple and dynamic threats from volcanic activity into long-term planning and emergency management response. Part of the National Science Challenge's Resilience Challenge.

Contact Jonathan Procter