ELECTION 2020: Taskforce to speed up agritech

ELECTION 2020: Taskforce to speed up agritech
Brent Melville
A joint government and industry taskforce will help commercialise New Zealand’s “under-invested” agritech sector, helped along by $95 million in innovation funding. Unveiling plans to accelerate NZ agritech, economic development Minister Phil Twyford said the aim was to “grow a cluster of large agritech firms that can take on the world." Speaking to a group of kiwifruit growers and businesses in Tauranga, he said key actions included the commercialisation of new products and establishing a horticultural robotics academy. Central fundin...

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