AgResearch

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AgResearch Limited ( AgResearch )

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legal form Limited
founding February 25, 1992
Seat New ZealandNew Zealand Hamilton , New Zealand
management Tom Richardson, CEO as of Sept. 2010
Number of employees 850 (2011)
sales NZ $ 158.3 million (2011)
Branch Agricultural technology , research
Website www.agresearch.co.nz

The AgResearch Limited is the largest of eight New Zealand Crown Research Institute .

The institute is active in the fields of agriculture , applied biotechnology and food as well as textiles . Creating sustainability and prosperity in the fields of agriculture and biotechnology through the use of technology and science is the mission that the institute has given itself.

In close cooperation with the industry, the vision is to achieve a 100% increase in value in the production of dairy products , in meat production and in the manufacture of textiles by halving production costs by 2020 and to make New Zealand free from disease .

Seat

The headquarters of the Institute and the Research Ruakura Research Institute is located in Hamilton . There are three other research centers with the Grasslands Research Institute in Palmerston North , the Lincoln Research Institute in Christchurch and the Invermay Agricultural Center in Mosgiel , Dunedin . There are research collaborations with the Hopkirk Research Institute in Palmerston North , the National Center for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease (NCBID) in Wallaceville , Upper Hutt and the Molecular Biology Unit of the University of Otago in Dunedin . In addition, AgResearch currently operates 15 research farms spread across the entire country.

history

In the 1980s, the New Zealand government began to restructure research and science . In 1989, the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology was created for this purpose with the aim of advising the government, preparing decision-making processes, prioritizing the allocation of funds and introducing success monitoring. But that's not all. The aim was to create individual institutes for different areas of responsibility that operate independently and responsibly under government supervision, work with their own guidelines and rules, and carry out public and private-sector contracts based on success.

With the Crown Research Institutes Act 1992 , ten Crown Research Institutes were founded for this purpose , eight of which still exist today. AgResearch Limited , which was called New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Limited until October 30, 2000 , is one of them.

With the Companies Act 1993 , all institutions were to a limited liability company ( Limited converted). The AgResearch is today, like all other Crown Research Institute and the Crown Company Unit (controlling and advisory department) Ministry of Finance and the minister responsible for Research, Science and Technology assumed. Both ministers responsible are always registered as shareholders of the eight Crown Research Institutes .

Corporate investments

AgResearch Limited has the following subsidiaries with 100% participation:

  • AgResearch Strategic Investment Limited , founded September 13, 2002.
  • AgResearch Shelf Four Limited , founded on September 13, 2002.
  • AgResearch (PPGR Consortia) Limited , founded on September 13, 2002.
  • AgResearch (Pastoral Genomics Consortia) Limited , founded September 13, 2002.
  • AgResearch (Mear Biologics Consortia) Limited , founded on September 13, 2002.
  • AgResearch (Johnes Disease research Consortium) Limited , founded August 1, 2003.
  • Celentis Limited, in Hamilton , incorporated on April 11, 1996.
  • Grasslanz Technology Limited, in Hamilton , founded on September 3, 2003. (100% owned by Celentis Limited )
  • AgResearch (USA) Limited , founded on August 11, 1998. (100% owned by Grasslanz Technology Limited )
  • Covita Limited, in Hamilton , incorporated on March 7, 2002.
  • Phytagro New Zealand Limited, in Hamilton , incorporated on December 8, 2006.
  • Paraco Technology Limited, in Hamilton , founded October 12, 2001.

and has numerous other interests in other companies that are not majority interests.

literature

  • AgResearch Limited (Ed.): AgResearch 2011 Annual Report . Hamilton August 30, 2011 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Executive Management . AgResearch Limited , accessed January 18, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b AgResearch Limited (ed.): AgResearch 2011 Annual Report . Hamilton 2011 (English).
  3. ^ Science reforms 1989–1996 . Ministry for the Environment , archived from the original on March 5, 2014 ; accessed on March 30, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
  4. ↑ AgResearch Ltd. . In: Companies Register . Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment , accessed March 30, 2018 .