News Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues 2021 Virtual Global Meeting The 52nd Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) meeting was held virtually in 2021. Rebecca Fisher of Market Access Solutionz attended… Read moreA Lighter TouchOctober 7, 2021
Agroecology Technical Lead UpdateNews Cover cropping initiative The first A Lighter Touch Agroecology for Growers workshop took place in Gisborne on 17 September about a month late due to the… Read moreA Lighter TouchOctober 7, 2021
Events Non-chemical weed management workshop Dr Charles ‘Merf’ Merfield is running an updated one day seminar-workshop on non-chemical weed management, on Wednesday 7th July 2021… Read moreA Lighter TouchJune 17, 2021
Transition Technical Lead Update Transition Technical Lead Update Pesticide Resistance Management A workstream in A Lighter Touch for the Transition Technical Lead is to explore the current status… Read moreA Lighter TouchJune 16, 2021
News Working together for a better world Attitudes towards food and fibre products are changing, with consumers around the globe increasingly wanting to know the provenance story… Read moreA Lighter TouchJune 16, 2021
News Corteva Agriscience becomes Programme Partner At first glance, it seems like a contradiction in terms – a large crop protection company partnering up with scientists… Read moreA Lighter TouchJune 16, 2021
News Foundation for Arable Research Focus on Cereal Viruses Yellow Dwarf Virus YDV, transmitted by aphids is an economically important virus in New Zealand cereals, causing up to 30%… Read moreA Lighter TouchJune 16, 2021
News Zespri’s A Lighter Touch story Zespri is committed to kaitiakitanga – guardianship. This means nurturing the land for future generations and nourishing people across the… Read moreA Lighter TouchJune 15, 2021
Quarterly progress reports Progress report January to March 2021 A Lighter Touch has completed its first year of operation and, despite the challenges that have been faced, good progress… Read moreA Lighter TouchMay 24, 2021
News Primary Industries Summit Stephen Ogden recently attended the Primary Industries Summit, “Supporting the adaptation of New Zealand’s primary industries to the future”, in… Read moreA Lighter TouchNovember 29, 2020