What is New Zealands most important agricultureal resource?

Answer 1

The pastoral resource of the grasslands and the fertile soils would be the major physical resource.

The skills, training, and local knowledge of the farmers are coupled with the natural resource to produce the results.

Answer 2

Taking the long view, people are the principal resource. The only other resources useful in the long run are the renewable ones. Such as electric power from hydro, wind, and solar.

Extraction of Natural Resources will eventually run out - coal, timber (unless you plant again), gold and so on. Even Farming and Fishing require care and management if they are to continue.

Answer 3

New Zealand's climate is the driver of our major resource - that ability to grow things. Such as grass for sheep and cows; trees for paper and timber; and reasonably warm nutrient-rich waters for fishing.

The future for these natural products undoubtedly lies in the further processing into higher value products. Plywood instead of raw logs, Pharmaceuticals derived from the milk and carcasses of the animals, and so on.

We do have some ironsands, though not ideal for steel making, and some of these contain thorium which may be useful as a fuel for nuclear power generation. Significant resources of thorium also exist in the South Island sands.

Large quantities of coal exist, but these are not without their associated problems.

Answer 4

New Zealand has many natural resources. Some of the most important resources are natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, gold, and limestone.

Answer 5

Good farmland