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!
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…
Powered by Place: sharing our stories
How does our connection to the land inspire our thinking? Discover the Kiwis taking on the world in the first of our brand new Powered by Place story series. Meet…
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…
Te Ara Paerangi – Future Pathways Green Paper
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking feedback on proposals for the research, science and innovation (RSI) sector. In its formative stage, the Te Ara Paerangi Future Pathways…
NZ Agritech companies participating in Food, Agriculture and Livelihoods Week
Agritech companies from New Zealand are participating in the Expo 2020 Food, Agriculture and Livelihoods Week, 17 – 26 February. AgriTechNZ members AbacusBio, AgResearch, Cawthron Institute, Gallagher Animal Management, LIC …
Explore Food and Fibre Insights
AgriTechNZ members KPMG New Zealand and the University of Waikato have partnered to deliver a new Food and Fibre Insights Course. The six week course is part time and targeted…
NZ: Israel agritech collaboration
On February 15 and 16, AgriTechNZ is hosting an event in collaboration with the Israeli Trade Commission and the New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industry. The purpose of this event…
From Blenheim to Bordeaux and beyond!
Local agritech startup Cropsy Technologies has successfully completed its first capital raise, with the award-winning company raising $1.5 million in an over-subscribed round. This will enable Cropsy to commercialise its…
Empowering farmers with data
AgriTechNZ member Trev is empowering farmers to have better control of their data with the launch of an application programming interface (API).
Finishing 2021 with a few special mentions!
To take this opportunity to thank our dedicated and tireless volunteer Executive Council.
Transform this!
On 30 November we hosted an online update for the Agritech Industry Transformation Plan (ITP). It was a packed session with plenty of content focussed on actual progress rather than ‘plans for transformation’.
