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07-12-2016
Early drought warning helps Pakistan's farmers prepare for dry season
RAWAT, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Like his farming neighbours, Bilal Khan plants wheat in late October or early November each year, and harvests and sells his winter crop a few months later.
07-12-2016
Trade show success inspires Banz Kofi expansion
Patrick Killoran of Banz Kofi has begun coffee distribution into Australia thanks to attending four Pacific Trade & Invest Trade Show events.
07-12-2016
NZ hort shows spectacular growth
New Zealand’s horticulture sector has experienced a spectacular 40 percent growth in export earnings since 2014, according to a new report, with tariffs on exported produce down by 22 percent since 2012.
07-12-2016
Donations wanted for Vanuatu RSE workers health services
The kiwifruit industry is encouraging New Zealanders to support a provincial Vanuatu hospital to provide medical checks for Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) workers.
06-12-2016
New Fruitspotting Bug guide out now
A new handbook that outlines the latest, most effective ways for handling one of Australia’s horticulture industry’s most damaging pests is now available.
06-12-2016
Banking on NZ’s future biodiversity
Massey University’s Craig McGill says, “Imagine if all the indigenous plant biodiversity that currently exists in New Zealand was secured in perpetuity for our future; and when plants are lost in the wild, we have the knowledge, capability and capacity to restore them in the places where they belong.”
06-12-2016
HortNZ says botched Waikato plan a disaster
The Waikato Regional Council (WRC) should withdraw the entire notified Proposed Waikato Regional Plan Change 1 to allow full and proper consultation, rather than slicing up the region, says Horticulture New Zealand chief executive, Mike Chapman.
06-12-2016
New scholarship for young Aussie citrus leaders
A leading supplier of machinery, packaging and labelling solutions to the Australian fresh produce industry, J-Tech Systems, is supporting the citrus industry through sponsorship of a new emerging leaders scholarship.
05-12-2016
Mainstreaming biodiversity to guarantee food security, nutrition
Maintaining biological diversity is important for producing food and to conserve the very foundation of life and rural livelihoods, FAO Deputy Director-General, Maria Helena Semedo, told participants in an international summit aimed at protecting biodiversity.
05-12-2016
NZPPI - Prospectus 2017 to be released
NZ’s Nursery & Garden Industry players are advised took out for NZPPI’s new publication in mid-December.
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