Horticultural Consultancy
Irrigation Scheduling
Policy Analysis
Environmental Projects
Industry Training

Horticultural Consultancy
Consulting to individual growers or their service providers
Focused on client goals
Using appropriate technology
Monitoring performance over the growing season

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Irrigation Scheduling
Ensuring that irrigation inputs contribute to high, quality yields
Promoting efficient, responsible water use
Weekly recommendations emailed over the irrigation season
Using state of the art software

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Policy Analysis
Using our specialist understanding of the horticultural industries
Linking to a knowledge of economic and legal frameworks
Major contributor to the MAF Farm Monitoring Reports (Kiwifruit, Subtropical and Vegetable) http://www.maf.govt.nz/mafnet/rural-nz/statistics-and-forecasts/farm-monitoring/2005/horticulture-2005.pdf
Work with central and local government (eg Impacts of Rural Subdivision on Agricultural Productivity)
Provide policy analysis for industry groups eg New Zealand Fruitgrowers Federation and Zespri (eg report into the Impacts of Fruitfly Incursion)

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Environmental Projects
Linking our commitment to sustainability to an in-depth knowledge of horticultural systems (eg working to find recycling solutions for the waste agrichemical containers on orchards www.growsafe.co.nz)
Facilitating projects looking at the impact of pastoral production on the shallow lakes in Northland and Lake Rerewhakaaitu in the Rotorua area.

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Training
Partnering with Lincoln University to provide the regional diploma programme in the Bay of Plenty http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/rdiploma
Effective Supervision Course Dates
GrowSafe training
FarmSafe training
New Zealand Horticultural Industry Training Organisation workplace assessor

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