Selwyn Times: June 20, 2017
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28 Tuesday [Edition datE] <strong>June</strong> <strong>20</strong> <strong>20</strong>17<br />
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SELWYN RURAL LIFE<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
Sustainable Farming Fund<br />
hits 1000th project<br />
Primary Industries Minister Nathan<br />
Guy and Associate Minister Louise Upston<br />
celebrated the 1000th Sustainable Farming<br />
Fund project, and awarded two Emerging<br />
Leaders scholarships at an event kicking off<br />
National Fieldays.<br />
“The Sustainable Farming Fund supports<br />
the primary sector’s own forward thinking<br />
and Kiwi ingenuity, which in turn helps<br />
keeps New Zealand ahead of the game,” Mr<br />
Guy said.<br />
“One thousand projects have now been<br />
funded since the fund was initiated in <strong>20</strong>00.<br />
This represents around $150 million in<br />
government funding alongside a significant<br />
level of sector support.<br />
“The fund has supported projects<br />
as diverse as reducing nutrient runoff<br />
on lowland farms, reducing use of<br />
antimicrobials when managing mastitis,<br />
and increasing the market share for New<br />
Zealand olive oil,” Mr Guy said.<br />
Ms Upston said much of the success of<br />
the fund was due to its grass-roots nature.<br />
“Each project brings together farmers,<br />
growers and foresters to work alongside<br />
scientists and researchers to solve a<br />
problem or seize an opportunity. The fund<br />
recognises that those closest to the problem<br />
or opportunity have a unique insight into<br />
how it could be addressed and how to best<br />
influence their peers’ behaviour.”<br />
Alongside the announcement was the<br />
launch of a commemorative booklet which<br />
spotlights 33 projects from across all 17<br />
years of the fund - available on the MPI<br />
website.<br />
Ministers also announced the announced<br />
the winners of this year’s Emerging Primary<br />
Industries Leaders Scholarship - Julia Jones<br />
a farm enterprise specialist at KPMG, and<br />
Jason Te Brake, a key account manager at<br />
Miraka.<br />
“This scholarship recognises the<br />
importance of promoting strong leadership<br />
within the primary industries. It encourages<br />
those who have shown a commitment to the<br />
primary industries and have the potential<br />
to help guide the sector in the future,” Mr<br />
Guy said.<br />
The winners will attend the Te Hono<br />
Stanford Bootcamp – a week-long<br />
programme held at Stanford University in<br />
California, USA. The boot camp is mainly<br />
for chief executives or people who hold<br />
senior governance roles within the primary<br />
sector.<br />
Ms Upston said Te Hono Stanford<br />
Bootcamp was an opportunity for primary<br />
industry leaders to think about and test<br />
various ways to build the sector.<br />
“For the scholarship recipients, the boot<br />
camp will be a unique chance to build<br />
networks with sector leaders and contribute<br />
to the future direction of New Zealand’s<br />
primary industries,” she says.<br />
The Emerging Primary Industries<br />
Leaders Scholarship is now in its second<br />
year, and is supported by the Ministry for<br />
Primary Industries (MPI), AGMARDT<br />
(the Agricultural and Marketing Research<br />
and Development Trust) and Te Hono.<br />
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