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About Us
Our Mission
Our mission is focused around three complementary objectives:
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To underpin the
New Zealand pastoral sector’s sustainability and profitability
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To establish a
range of biotechnologies and systems in New Zealand
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To export
AgResearch biotechnologies and systems where appropriate
These objectives are
fundamental to the AgResearch charter and reflect the fact that New
Zealand has depended upon the pastoral sector for the majority of
its export earnings for over a century. There is every reason to
believe that the importance of the sector will remain.
The AgResearch mission is to apply the depth of experience and
expertise it has in every aspect of pastoral farming and also in
biotechnology to continue to build substantial competitive advantage
throughout the value chain.
We will apply our expertise in biosciences and genetics to improve
productivity and market success from forage to the supermarket shelf.
The outputs of those endeavours will directly benefit farmers,
agribusiness and those involved in the food and health sectors.
There will be times when we are directly involved in innovation
through subsidiaries such as Grasslanz but AgResearch
exists to create wealth for New Zealand by helping the pastoral and
biotechnology sectors. It also transfers
intellectual property to New Zealand farmers and businesses for
their benefit and that of New Zealanders and the New Zealand economy
generally.
Our mission will be to seek areas of common interest and
opportunities for investment and cooperation where pooling of
resources promises faster and better results than would occur
otherwise. We aim to support pastoral farming that is not just
highly profitable but sustainable – where for a given unit of effort
more economic value is created yet with a smaller environmental footprint.
Our Vision
To be the world’s foremost pastoral sector R&D organisation. We
are the engine of the
pastoral sector.
Our Position
Farming, Food and Health. First.
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