Doug Edmeades

Douglas Charles Edmeades
Born 1949
Hamilton, New Zealand
Residence New Zealand
Fields Soil Science
Alma mater Lincoln University / University of Canterbury
Thesis The measurement of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in established pastures and some aspects of the nitrogen cycle in a sequence of pastures of increasing age (1976)
Notable awards Officer of The New Zealand Order of Merit

Dr.Douglas Charles Edmeades MSc (Hons), Ph D. Dip Management ONZM (born 1949) is a New Zealand soil scientist. He was involved in high profile litigation in relation to the effectiveness of the Maxicrop brand of fertilizer.

Academic career

After a Ph.D. from Lincoln College (awarded through Canterbury University due to Lincoln's status at the time) Edmeades worked for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries at Ruakura and then AgResearch after the 1992 reorganisation which created Crown Research Institutes. He left in 1996[1] and now runs his own consultancy, agKnowledge Ltd.[2]

Edmeades was made an Officer of The New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2013 Birthday Honours.[3][4]

Litigation

In 1989, while working for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Edmeades appeared on the TV show FairGo expressing the view that seaweed-based Maxicrop didn't work.[5] Legal action was initiated by Maxicrop's New Zealand distributor, the Bell-Booth Group. In Bell-Booth Group Ltd v Attorney-General the Court of Appeal found for MAF and FairGo[5] after 'the country's longest civil court case.'[2]

Selected works

Widely cited peer review articles:

Books:

References

  1. "Fertiliser fight back in court - Business - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  2. 1 2 "Pastoral crusader's mission - farming - business". Stuff.co.nz. 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  3. Matt Bowen (2013-06-03). "Fiercely backing science on the farm". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  4. Hawke's Bay Today, 6 Jun 2013; p.21; ISSN 1174-9792
  5. 1 2 "Maxicrop case – Fertiliser industry – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. 2014-12-12. Retrieved 2015-10-13.

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