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New technology focused on crop protection is utilising artificial intelligence (AI) to enable early and more accurate pest and disease…

A well-known New Zealand food producer sponsoring an A Lighter Touch biocontrol project wants to support growers adopting sustainable crop…

Two programmes focused on growing knowledge of economic and environmental benefits from on-farm biodiversity are pooling their resources to gain…

Increasing grower uptake of biological crop protection products will require industry collaboration, regulatory change, and more education about their use…

Growers are the winners from having both A Lighter Touch and VICE research happening side by side at Pukekohe demonstration…

The increasing importance of an integrated approach to crop protection was a message coming through clearly at the Foundation for…

This short video highlights examples of A Lighter Touch programme activity in 2024 and celebrates some of the programme's achievements…

Annual flower strip mixes and native plants being demonstrated in Hawkes Bay are helping to extend knowledge from the A…

The Aotearoa Horticulture Action Plan (AHAP) wants to see farmgate value of horticultural production double by 2035 in a way…

The need for ongoing resistance management strategy updates and reducing reliance on agrichemicals were priorities for the future discussed at…