People are the essential component in New Zealand’s potato industry and the responsibility for ensuring we have the right mix of qualified staff and skill sets available to the industry, both now and in the future.
Opportunities
Horticulture New Zealand Scholarships
Every year Horticulture New Zealand and the Horticentre Trust offer scholarships to students who have a special interest in the fruit and/or vegetable industry and are studying towards an undergraduate degree.
Nutfield Scholarship
The Nutfield Scholarship is designed to fast-track the professional development of talented people from across our Food and Fibre Sector.
Each year up to five scholarships are awarded to New Zealand citizen, New Zealand permanent residency status individuals with backgrounds ranging from farming, growing, industry bodies, catchment groups, agricultural research, food and fibre innovations hubs.
Primary ITO
Primary ITO is New Zealand’s largest industry training organisation. Offering nationally recognised, NZQA qualifications in twenty nine industry sectors.
The Primary ITO helps more than 20,000 people every year gain the knowledge and skills they need for a productive and rewarding career in the agriculture, horticulture, water, equine, sports turf and food processing sectors.
Massey University
Massey University courses focus on the development of sustainable land-based primary industries, and on understanding and managing the geodiversity and biodiversity of New Zealand’s ecosystems.
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Lincoln University
Lincoln University is New Zealand’s specialist land based university. As a publicly owned and operated university that exists and operates under New Zealand statute, Lincoln is 100% committed to transforming land, people and economies.
Along with Massey University no other New Zealand university has had such a direct link with the New Zealand economy, and with the people responsible for fueling the economy for much of that time, than Lincoln.
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Rabobank Business Management Programme
The Rabobank Farm Managers Programme and the Executive Development Programme are specially designed to teach the latest business management skills and their application to agricultural enterprise. Through the programmes, participants meet other innovative producers from a variety of commodities and regions and establish ongoing networks that will assist them into the future.
