Election 2017 - Party Policies - Primary Industries and Rural Affairs - Agriculture
27th May 17, 9:15am
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Agriculture
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- Help farmers move to more sustainable and profitable farming by extending the Sustainable Farming Fund with an extra $20 million every year.
- Create a $210 million Transformational Farming Partnership Fund to support farmers to transition to sustainable agriculture and adapt to climate change.
- Support organic farming by introducing national standards, and new funding of $5 million a year.
- Implement a levy on nitrate pollution to help protect our rivers, lakes and aquifers, which will raise around $136.5 million in the first year.
- Establish a ‘Good Food Aotearoa New Zealand’ national sustainability accreditation scheme for food products, processors and farmers, so those who work with the land, not against it, can prove it to consumers at home and overseas to fetch a higher price and are more attractive to export markets.
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- Encourage the development of a targeted funding mechanism for those studying agribusiness.
- Investigate incentives for retiring farmers to support the next generation of farmers and farming through better knowledge innovative structures and capital sharing arrangements.
- Investigate the possibilities and opportunities to incentivise Maori leaders and communities to develop Maori-owned land into the productive agricultural sector.
- Support productive, profitable agriculture that protects ecosystem health and prevents pollution of freshwater by using the latest technology, validated decision support tools (such as improved versions of Overseer), farm system modelling and strategy planning, and advanced effects mitigation.
- Promote best practice land use appropriate to soil types, and the innovation that goes with it; and require improvements to farm practices to minimise the environmental burden caused by livestock, fertiliser and effluent.
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- National will turbo-charge the Sustainable Farming Fund, which will be renamed the Future of Farming Fund, by boosting its funding from $7 million to $20 million per year for investment in agricultural science and innovation.
- To help focus the Future of Farming Panel and industry, we will set a target of doubling the value of our agritech industry to $6 billion by 2025.
- The Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) aims to boost the value, productivity and profitability of our primary sector through investment between government and industry. The Government and industry are co-investing $724 million, over time, into 21 Primary Growth Partnership programmes.
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- Only permit farm sales to those privileged to be, or become New Zealanders.
- End foreign vertical integration in the primary industries (farms to the supermarket shelf).
- Repeal the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act.
- Review the Commodity Levies Act to ensure Industry Good Bodies deliver what is required. Review the NAIT scheme (National Animal Identification & Tracing) to ensure that it meets its stated purpose.
- Transfer Government Industry Agreements from farmers to importers.
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