The Future of Food & The Primary Sector: The Journey to Sustainability

The sixth discussion paper from the Koi Tū ‘The Future is Now’ Conversation Series, The Future of Food & The Primary Sector: The Journey to Sustainability, urges New Zealand’s food and primary industries to capitalise on our rising international reputation with a long-term food strategy that supports sustainability, and can adapt to new technologies and consumer demands.

Download the discussion paper here

See also:

• Media release
• The AM Show: New Zealand’s long-term farming strategy questioned in think tank report (3:46)
• New Zealand Herald [Op-Ed]: Agribusiness report: Sir Peter Gluckman – Food for long-term thought
• NZ Herald: Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Rethinking the use of technology in food production (13 July in print; 3 Aug online)
• Rural News: Where’s the rural proofing of policy? (15 July)
• Interest.co.nz: Allan Barber reviews two alternate visions for the primary sector, finding the Koi Tu reports “a masterpiece of practical clarity” with a “clear endorsement … of the central role of the primary industries and growers in wealth creation and jobs” (29 July)
• Otago Daily Times: All the ingredients for change (7 Sep)
  
  

Other papers in the Conversation Series:

1st paper: The Future Is Now: Implications of COVID-19 for New Zealand (17 April 2020)
2nd paper: He Oranga Hou: Social cohesion in a post-COVID world (4 May 2020)
3rd paper: New Zealand’s Place in the World: The Implications of COVID-19 (20 May 2020)
4th paper: The Environment is Now (29 May 2020)
5th paper: Protecting and promoting mental wellbeing: Beyond COVID-19 (12 June 2020)
7th paper: New Zealand’s Economic Future: COVID-19 as a Catalyst for Innovation (6 November 2020)