Before he left for China last week, New Zealand’s Special Agricultural Trade Envoy, Mike Petersen, gave me his thoughts on the process of trade negotiation and a brief list of successes he has been involved with since 2003. At that time he was Chairman of Meat & Wool NZ as it was called in those days. (more…)
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Address to MIRINZ workshop – How and why research is important for the future
March 19, 2016- Themes
The three main themes for this workshop are:
- Added value products focusing on key points of differentiation in NZ meat products with a research emphasis on credible health and nutritional benefits.
- Value from quality – research outcomes that will enable the red meat sector to meet increasing demand for high value premium meat products in existing and new markets.
- Provenance and food assurance – research from fork to farm to ensure that exports are safe, of superior quality with defendable provenance and attractive to consumers.
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