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Current MSc and PhD Students in Horticulture
(and their Supervisors)

There is an Australian initiative underway to identify postgraduate students engaged in horticultural research. 
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NOTE FOR DAIRY

AUGUST 2012
NZIAHS Canterbury Section Forum
at Lincoln University
Topic: NZ Emissions Trading Scheme and how our agriculture/horticulture/forestry will cope with what is required.
Date and more details to follow

August 2012
Notice of NZIAHS Annual General Meeting
at Lincoln University (following Canterbury Section Forum)
Date to be advised

6th September
NZIAHS National Forum
Thursday in the Owen Glenn Building, Auckland
Topic: Escaping the commodity trap - the science behind food innovation
More details to follow.

17-24 August 2014
29th International Horticultural Congress
Brisbane, Australia
Theme: Horticulture – Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes
For more information visit www.ihc2014.org

Farm advisory services date back to the 1920s –
but technology transfer now needs a new approach

The New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science – the horticultural component came later of our organisation - stems from suggestions by Margot Cowen. . .
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Welcome to The New Zealand Institute of Agricultural & Horticultural Science (NZIAHS)

NZIAHS exists to promote:

  1. the professional interests of members
  2. the views of professional agriculturalists & horticulturalists
  3. the development of science and technology in agriculture & orticulture
  4. the use of agricultural & horticultural technology.

NZIAHS represents over 600 members covering all aspects of the primary sector including research and teaching in the Crown Research Institutes (CRIs), the universities and the private sector; primary industry companies involved with the meat, wool, dairy, fertiliser and horticulture sectors; extension and management specialists and students.

We have 11 corporate members including PGG Wrightson, DairyNZ, AGMARDT, Ballance Agri-Nutrients, Horticulture New Zealand, Federated Farmers, AgResearch, Plant & Food Research, Catalyst R&D, Massey and Lincoln Universities.

 

Ag Hort Talking
First Thoughts
From Your
New President