Agricultural Management and Property Studies Department

• Richard Stevens is Head of Department
• Keith Woodford is Professor of Farm Management and Agribusiness
• Sandy Bond is Professor of Property Studies.

Select from the category headings below to find out more about that subject, or go to the postgraduate students section and select a category to find out more about current postgraduates and their chosen areas of research.

• Agricultural Management
• Property Studies
• Contact details.

Postgraduate students

Information on the requirements and regulations for a postgraduate studying in the Commerce Faculty can be found in the Postgraduate Commerce Handbook (PDF 2,528 KB). 

This page also contains tables displaying lists of postgraduate students, their chosen topic of research and their principal and associate supervisors. Tables are sorted into categories for easy reference:

• Agricultural Management Postgraduates
• Property Studies Postgraduates
• Postgraduate Enquiries.

Agricultural Management

'Agricultural Management' refers to farm management, horticulture management, agribusiness, farming and horticultural systems, rural industry innovation and development, and rural labour and employment.  As such it is a very important part of Lincoln University's mission and its contribution to the international economy and the Government's National Growth Strategy.

A key plank of the New Zealand Growth Strategy is the primacy of agriculture and food processing in achieving growth targets.  New Zealand has plentiful natural resources and it does have a world renowned systems approach to agricultural production and resource management.  Value added and increased performance are ways New Zealand can sustainably deliver greater value from agriculture.  New Zealand also needs verifiable evidence to ensure compliance with environmental standards and its international marketing claims.

The Agriculture Management Group have primary responsibility for much of the BCom(Ag) and BAgrSc Agricultural Management programmes.  Courses in these degrees recognise New Zealand's systems approach to agriculture and horticulture.  The systems approach is fundamental to Lincoln University's programmes in Agricultural Management and hence to much of New Zealand's primary sector.  Thus Lincoln University, through its Agricultural Management Group, is providing the capability needed to boost the contribution of agriculture and agribusiness to New Zealand's National Growth Strategy.

New Zealand is under-resourced in terms of highly qualified personnel in agriculture and related sectors.  To achieve improved economic performance requires additional highly qualified expertise, often at postgraduate level.  Postgraduate study possibilities include BCom(Hons), MAgrSc, MApplSc, MCM, MPS and PhD qualifications.  The Group has a suite of 600 level subjects in Agricultural Management and Agribusiness.

Staff in the group have research interests spanning farm management, horticulture and wine grape systems, international competitiveness of agriculture, agribusiness supply chains, the impact of climate change policies on agriculture, and employment issues in primary industries.

The Group takes a leading role in the delivery of the undergraduate Diplomas in Agriculture and Horticulture.  For three staff (Russell Cameron,  Marv Pangborn and David Shillito), the teaching of diploma students is their major teaching commitment and includes off  campus delivery of undergraduate Diplomas in Agriculture and Horticulture.

Further information

To find out more about a Commerce Degree majoring in Agricultural Management, contact Richard Stevens or Professor Keith Woodford, or for general enquiries contact the secretary.
 

Agricultural Management Postgraduates

Dr Peter Nuthall

Marv Pangborn 

Professor Keith Woodford

Property Studies

We offer papers in Property Studies for two undergraduate programmes. The Bachelor of Commerce (Valuation and Property Management) which is an urban specialisation,  and the Bachelor of Commerce (Agricultural) which is a rural specialisation in property economics.

We also offer two fast-track one-year full-time graduate diplomas in Valuation and Property Management for people holding an existing degree in another field but wishing to enter the property professions.

The Master of Property Studies is a professional Masters' degree offered in distance mode and is aimed at people with substantial experience as property professionals.

We also offer a full range of postgraduate programmes ranging from postgraduate diplomas to doctoral level. 

Our professional affiliations include valuers, land economists, property managers, real estate agents, property investment analysts, and banks.

Our VPM programmes are accredited by the Property Institute of New Zealand (PINZ) and the Valuers Registration Board (VRB).

Further information

To find out more about a Commerce Degree majoring in Property Studies see the contact list below:

• B.Com (V.P.M.) - Professor Sandy Bond
• Urban Valuation and Property Management - Associate Professor John McDonagh
• Rural Valuation - Lawrence Hill.

Property Studies Postgraduates

Professor Sandy Bond 

Want more information?

Contact:  (Secretary)

Email: Kiri.hodgson@lincoln.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 325 3627
Extn: 7627 (within Lincoln University campus) 
Room: C004

Postgraduate Enquiries: Anne Welford 
Email: Anne.Welford@lincoln.ac.nz 
Phone: +64 3 321 3859