Professor Paul Dalziel presented the AERU wellbeing economics and public policy framework to analyse distinctive roles of public policy in the development and utilisation of knowledge.

The Primary Sector Council commissioned the AERU to prepare a situational analysis that provided a global perspective and a national context for developing a refreshed vision for food and fibre sector at a time of unprecedented change.

In relation to the Canterbury Regional Economic Development Strategy, the AERU has prepared a report on the state of the Food and Fibre sector of New Zealand that identified key factors that characterise successful value chains.

This project documented how important the land based sector is to New Zealand and offered a vision for its future. AGMARDT, ANZCO Foods, Beef and Lamb New Zealand, Fonterra and Zespri funded the research in 2016. It showed how industry‐led initiatives and private‐public partnerships is building on the sector’s historical successes for ongoing economic prosperity into the future.

The AERU produced a report for the New Zealand British High Commission detailing the history of New Zealand's agricultural, trade and economic policies with the United Kingdom, European Union, and other major export markets, and how these have changed over time.

This study is part of a broader project by CEBRA and the Australian Government aimed at delivering updated knowledge on the benefits and costs of biological control of established pests in Australia.

The AERU has contributed to Beef+Lamb’s New Zealand origin brand, Taste Pure Nature, through our work in the Integrating Value Chains programme (funded by the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge).