Learning objective 7-4: Profitability
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Assessment
Students will gain knowledge, practical skills, and experience to:
- examine a range of factors that influence the profitability of primary production in New Zealand.
Indicators
- Identifies a range of factors (for example, economic, environmental, technological, social, political, and labour factors) that have determined traditional land use patterns for primary production in New Zealand.
- Evaluates present day land use for primary production, considering a range of factors (for example, a farmer may maintain a market garden rather than convert to dairying for reasons of work hours, personal skills and knowledge, concern for impact on neighbours).
- Analyses how a range of factors influence decisions on future land use for primary production (for example, technological advances in irrigation mean dairying could be introduced into the Mackenzie country, but social, economic, political, and environmental considerations may prevent this happening).
- Analyses data to suggest the impact of a range of factors on the profitability of an agricultural or horticultural enterprise (for example, should land be cleared of native forest to provide occasional grazing for beef cattle, considering cultural issues involved in removal of forests balanced against economic returns from the beef market?).
Possible context elaborations
- Grape growing in and around present day Waitakere City: What factors led to this?
- Proposed conversion of a market garden on flat fertile land near Prebbleton (south of Christchurch) to dairying: What are the reasons for and against?
- Clearing and drainage of flax swamp to provide ponds for raising koura, freshwater lobsters: Consider the cultural, environmental, and economic factors involved and their impact on the profitability of the venture.
- Proposal for clearing an area of native forest bordering conservation land on the West Coast to allow planting of a pine plantation: Whose input and views should be considered?
- Future land use in the Mackenzie Country: Why may future land use be determined by factors beyond the control of the primary producer?
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Assessment for qualifications
Agricultural and horticultural science programmes integrate concepts and learning from achievement objectives in biology, science, economics, geography, and technology. For this reason, learning can be assessed using achievement standards from a range of subjects as well as those from agricultural and horticultural science. Teachers have considerable scope to select standards that will assess valued learning and engage their students.
Learning described by this objective could be assessed using one or more of these achievement standards:
- AS91289 Agricultural and horticultural science 2.1 Carry out an extended practical agricultural or horticultural investigation; Internal, 4 credits.
- AS91297 Agricultural and horticultural science 2.9 Demonstrate understanding of land use for primary production in New Zealand; External, 4 credits.
- AS91298 Agricultural and horticultural science 2.10 Report on the environmental impact of the production of a locally produced primary product; Internal, 4 credits.
- AS91243 Geography 2.4 Apply geography concepts and skills to demonstrate understanding of a given environment; External, 4 credits.
- AS91244 Geography 2.5 Conduct geographic research with guidance; Internal, 5 credits.
- AS91245 Geography 2.6 Explain aspects of a contemporary New Zealand geographic issue; Internal, 3 credits.
- AS91153 Biology 2.1 Carry out a practical investigation in a biology context, with supervision; Internal, 4 credits.
- AS91154 Biology 2.2 Analyse the biological validity of information presented to the public; Internal, 3 credits.
- AS91156 Biology 2.4 Demonstrate understanding of life processes at the cellular level; External, 4 credits.
- AS91158 Biology 2.6 Investigate a pattern in an ecological community, with supervision; Internal, 4 credits.
- AS91223 Economics 2.2 Analyse international trade using economic concepts and models; External, 4 credits.
- AS91224 Economics 2.3 Analyse economic growth using economic concepts and models; External, 4 credits.
- AS91225 Economics 2.4 Analyse unemployment using economic concepts and models; Internal, 4 credits.
- AS91227 Economics 2.6 Analyse how government policy and contemporary economic issues interact; Internal, 6 credits.
- AS91228 Economics 2.7 Analyse a contemporary economic issue of special interest using economic concepts and models; Internal, 4 credits.
At the time of publication, achievement standards were in development to align them with The New Zealand Curriculum. Please ensure that you are using the correct version of the standards by going to the
NZQA website.
The NZQA subject-specific resources pages are very helpful. From there, you can find all the achievement standards and links to assessment resources, both internal and external.
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Aligned level 1 achievement standards were registered for use in 2011 and level 2 for use in 2012; level 3 will be registered for use in 2013.
Last updated June 1, 2021
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