From on the same Zoom to in the same room. Selected as 2022 Nuffield New Zealand Farming Scholars in November 2021, Lucie Douma, Parmindar Singh and Anthony Taueki, finally got to meet face to face recently. The two-week Lincoln induction got underway in late January and provided the scholars with their first real opportunity to
There are figures on our primary sector’s labour transience that make for alarming reading. They’re remarkably high. In case you missed them, only 29% of those entering the primary sector remain after three years. While factors behind the statistics are complicated, one of the simpler, often cited reasons for leaving the sector is poor workplace
Expressions of interest are open for Nuffield Alumni until 26 November 2021, for a rare opportunity to be involved in primary sector, education, and leadership governance.
2014 Nuffield Scholar Mel Poulton is the current Special Agricultural Trade Envoy, and a farmer too. to talk about the changes she has seen in trade since starting in her role, capturing value, and grappling with significant global challenges.
2022 Nuffield New Zealand Farming Scholarships awarded. Three emerging food and fibre sector leaders have been awarded 2022 Nuffield New Zealand Farming Scholarships. Each has received a personal letter of congratulations from Hon. Damien O’Connor, Minister of Agriculture, Minister for Trade and Export Growth, Biosecurity, Land Information, and Rural Communities. The New Zealand Rural Leadership
Rural Leaders talked to 2008 Nuffield Scholar Craige Mackenzie about change, technology and precision farming. His business, Vantage NZ, helps remove the complexity around technology-enabled change, while the family farm demonstrates precision in practice. But as Craige explains, what really matters is mindset. The foundations of a mindset. Growing up, we knew the value of
Image:Nuffield Scholars in study [supplied] With five days to go until applications for the 2022 Nuffield Scholarship close, we thought we’d give five reasons as to why receiving a scholarship now, may represent a quantum gain in benefits over previous years. So calling all potential Nuffield Scholars, here’s some more food for thought. There have
AHere are some tips from those who have read a few applications, to make the answering-questions-brilliantly-bit easier.
The environmental, social and economic contexts in which we farm and grow are changing rapidly. The pressure many primary sector New Zealanders feel is the collision of ‘business as usual’ with accelerating forces of change. Under these new conditions, protecting long-held structures and models becomes untenable. To thrive in a challenging new world, we must choose to self-disrupt and transform fundamental parts of our sector: however difficult that process may be.
Article is sourced from NZ Farmlife’s ‘CountryWide’ February 2021 magazine Written by: Annabelle LatzPhoto by: Andrew Kyburz Time to celebrate the role our primary industries play, New Zealand Let’s sing the praises of the skills and value of our primary industries, as we do for our New Zealand sports teams. This is the vision of
Article is sourced from NZ Farmlife’s ‘CountryWide’ January 2021 magazine Written by: Sandra TaylorPhoto by: Emma McCarthy By adding value to the dairy support package they offer, Waikato farmers Phil and Megan Weir are generating returns on a par with a bull beef system. For the past three years, the couple has been farming 250
Rural Leaders are delighted to announce our new partnership with Whanganui and Partners to help grow regional leaders and entrepreneurial capital in Whanganui’s food and fibre sector. As part of the sponsorship, two scholarships will be granted to Whanganui residents, or those scholars who directly contribute to Whanganui’s agribusiness sector, who are undertaking a Kellogg
Chris Parsons, CEO of Rural Leaders and Lindy Nelson, Founder of Agri-Women’s Development Trust joined Sarah Perriam on Sarah’s Country to talk about the year ahead and what to expect for 2021. Sarah’s Country Interview : 16th December 2020 Click here to watch the full Sarah’s Country show on demand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDu_qT0XS4g&feature=youtu.be Listen to the podcast
In this interview on Sarah’s Country Chris Parsons, CEO of Rural Leaders introduces the 2021 Nuffield scholars and talks about how they will navigate their global research with covid-related travel restrictions. Chris also touches on the 2020 Nuffield Scholar insights that were presented at the 2021 Nuffield Awards Ceremony, following the work the 2020 Scholars have
Stories from the year of living precariously Presented at the Nuffield 2021 Scholarship Awards Ceremony3rd November 2020, Wellington The Nuffield NZ 2020 Scholars have had conversations with food and fibre producing leaders about the impact of COVID-19 on the primary sector. From these conversations our 2020 Scholars (Tracy Brown, Ben McLauchlan, Phil Weir, Edward Pinckney
Photo from left to right: Lynsey Stratford, Daniel Eb, David Eade, Hon Minister Damien O’Connor, John Foley, Ben Anderson Media release, Tuesday, 3rd November 2020 The latest cohort of emerging leaders in New Zealand’s primary sector were awarded a 2021 Nuffield NZ Farming Scholarship at Parliament on 3rd November. The Scholarships were awarded by
Videos | Articles | Report Rebecca’s video insights from her travels around the world Before leaving… Notes from India Brazil Denmark Quatar USA USA continued United Kingdom Canada, Ireland, UK China Rebecca Hyde’s Nuffield Report: Effective industry collaboration of environmental gains Rebecca’s stories and articles Rebecca Hyde: REX Interview, what’s next for 2021 Nuffield Programme?
Nuffield Scholar Hamish Murray’s work on the changing nature of farm work highlights how even that bastion of stalwart farming types needs to change to remain a relevant, exciting and desirable place to work for a new generation. Read the full article sourced from Farmers Weekly (18 June 2020) here. Click here to listen to
Nuffield Scholar Corrigan Sowman believes an All Black approach to thinking will build more resilience in farmers. Farmers are under increasing pressure as changes in society, technology and climate leave them questioning their role as producers of food. The challenges are making the right decisions for their wellbeing and producing food modern consumers demand. Corrigan
Rebecca Hyde, NZ Rural Leaders Trustee and 2017 Nuffield Scholar joined Hamish McKay and Richard Loe on Rural Exchange (Sunday 14 June) to talk about what’s next for the 2020 Nuffield Scholarship Programme post the COVID19 global travel restrictions. OPEN NOW!2021 Nuffield NZ Farming Scholarships Applications Are you an NZ Farmer/grower or Agribusiness Professional looking
Ben Hancock, 2019 Nuffield Scholar joined Sarah Perriam recently to talk about his scholar report ‘Rural Leadership taming the wicked problems‘ and how to grow the toolbox to foster society’s trust. Click here to listen to the full podcast on Sarah’s Country – 20th May. Ben also spoke with Richard Rennie from Farmers Weekly (28th
Mat Hocken, 2017 Nuffield NZ Scholar and Chairman of the Rural Innovation Lab recently featured on Sarah’s Country along with his wife Jana. They talked to Sarah about the concept behind their venture the Rural Innovation Lab and how to work smarter, not harder.
Craig Mackenzie, 2008 Nuffield Scholar, recently featured in the Irrigation NZ News, Autumn 2020 edition (see page 16). With knowledge about climate change and the environment, farming for the future is a passion for Craige. Read the full article here ‘Climate change: A Farmer’s perspective.’
Nadine is a 2017 Nuffield NZ Scholar and in recent years has been living in Wales. Earlier this year, she was appointed to the Welsh Red Meat Promotion Board (Hybu Cig Cymru) for a period of three years. “This position allows me to advance my views on the need for global messaging around red meat
