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AgriTechNZ News: cementing new relationships

As we shoot past the halfway point of 2022 and  take time for Matariki reflections, I’m excited for the sector growth opportunities ahead. I’m especially grateful for developing relationships in person. In the next few months we will see agritech visitors coming to New Zealand and agritech innovators heading overseas.  This is the time to form and cement new relationships.

NEW ZEALAND’S AGRITECH SECTOR VITAL TO COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC GROWTH

TIN’s third annual Agritech Insights Report offers significant analysis of New Zealand’s agricultural technology export sector. AUCKLAND, 1 July 2022 – Technology Investment Network (TIN) has released its third annual New…

Hot Lime Labs: Carbon champions

Hot Lime Labs, is developing technology that enables greenhouses to be more productive, efficient and sustainable by providing cheaper, cleaner CO2. It didn’t start out that way.

BioLumic: Lights, cannabis, action!

BioLumic UV technology delivers ultraviolet light to seeds and seedlings to trigger biological mechanisms

WayBeyond: The future is now

WayBeyond develops technology solutions for commercial growers around the globe. Solutions that allow growers to do more with less: to harness new technologies, connect disparate systems and leverage plant and environmental data to optimise farming processes.

AgriTechNZ News: Strengthening connections

The agritech sector remains at the forefront of discussions covering climate action, high value jobs, investment opportunities, global impact and farming practice. The driving force of AgriTechNZ has been to…

Nominees for AgriTech New Zealand Executive Council

Proposed Nominees for AgriTech New Zealand Executive Council seats Major Corporate Nominees Ben Wakely, PwC NZ The scope and pace of change being thrust on the food and fibre sector…

Looming global food shortage highlights NZ’s role in climate action

New Zealand can feed 40 million people, or five percent of the diet of 800 million people with high quality food, AgriTechNZ chief executive Brendan O’Connell says.

Shared challenges and positive growth

AgriTechNZ recently attended dinner in Wellington with the Hon Stuart Nash, Minister for Economic and Regional Development.  It was a special opportunity to highlight the importance of agritech in supporting…

Supporting economic growth

Following a week of announcements on emissions reduction plans and budget allocations, the role of agritech is front and centre for New Zealand.  Funding for the Agritech Industry Transformation Plan…

Sprout Accelerator: search for cohort IX

Sprout, New Zealand’s leading agrifoodtech accelerator and investor, is on the hunt for entrepreneurs for their next cohort!

Agritech companies helping reduce NZ’s rural emissions

AgriTechNZ chief executive Brendan O’Connell says agritech has a key role to play in cutting emissions as well as boosting export earnings.

AgriTechNZ Annual Meeting and Executive Council Elections 2022

There is now an opportunity to put yourself forward or nominate someone else for a role on the AgriTechNZ Executive Council.

FlipFarm: Necessity is the mother of invention

FlipFarm built a solution to fix their own pain point - and managed to solve a problem for oyster farmers around the world.

AgriSea: The power of local knowledge

AgriSea is an award-winning, family-owned seaweed company delivering high value nutrition products for the primary sectors including soil, plant, animal and bee nutrition.

Greentech Robotics: Taking on the world

Greentech Robotics mission is a bold one: to future-proof farming by developing cutting-edge robotic capability across the agricultural and horticultural sector.

AgriTechNZ News: Powerful stories

For the first time in a long time agritech businesses are out there strutting the stage globally. Since isolation requirements were lifted, there has been a tentative, but definite return…

Turbocharge global connections

As borders reopen, it’s time to begin reconnecting in person. AgriTechNZ, Callaghan Innovation and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) are eager to help turbocharge global connections, starting with two events…

Foundations of digital agriculture

Today, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced support for digital farm environment plans (dFEP) from the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI) Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund (SFF Futures). SFF Futures is…

Bracing Ourselves for Massive Disruption

Svein Holsether, the CEO of Yara International, the USD12Bn nutrient company with 17,000 staff in 60 countries, said since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, “For me, it’s not whether we…