Tweet this page Like this page Email this page Share this page Home» Our Science » Research portfolios » Society, Culture & Policy » Survey of Rural Decision Makers » SRDM 2013 » Outlook and planning Outlook and planning Are you generally a person who is fully prepared to take risks or do you try to avoid taking risks? [full details] How important is being a highly productive farmer/forester/grower to who you are? [full details] How important is being a highly profitable farmer/forester/grower to who you are? [full details] How important is being a farmer/forester/grower who takes good care of the environment to who you are? [full details] How likely is it that part or all of this operation will be sold in the next 5 years? [full details] How likely is it that you will purchase or lease additional land in the next 5 years? [full details] How likely is it that you will change the land use mix to reduce your workload in the next 5 years? [full details] How likely is it that the mix will be changed to more intensive land uses in the next 5 years? [full details] I prefer to leave experimenting with new ideas to someone else. [full details] I am always one of the first in the district to try something new. [full details] I am a farmer/forester/grower because I am committed to the tradition in our family. [full details] When I see new practices and technologies being successfully used by other farmers/foresters/growers, then I am also likely to adopt the new practice or technology. [full details] I have the necessary knowledge and skill to implement best practices or adopt new technologies that improve environmental outcomes on my farm/forest/growing operation. [full details] My farm/forest/growing operation is financially robust enough to enable me to implement best practices or adopt new technologies that improve environment outcomes. [full details] There are other issues that constrain me from implementing best practices or adopting new technologies that improve environmental outcomes. [full details] Most of my immediate family believe that I should manage my farm/forest/growing operation in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner. [full details] Members of the farming community believe that it is important to farm/forest/growing operation in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner. [full details] The New Zealand public expect me to manage my farm/forest/growing operation in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner [full details] My beliefs, attitudes, and values toward developing my farm/forest/growing operation and my management practices are very similar to those of other farmers/foresters/growers in my local district. [full details] How important to you is sustaining recreational use of waterways? [full details] How important to you is sustaining the purity and quality of freshwater? [full details] How important to you is sustaining natural habitats for native fish and birds, including wetlands and native forests? [full details] How important an influence have the above values been on your farm/forest/growing operation? [full details] What is your expectation regarding this land after you retire? [full details]