New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research
| New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research)
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | December 1, 2008 |
| Seat | Auckland , New Zealand |
| management | Peter Landon-Lane, CEO |
| Number of employees | over 900 2009 |
| sales | NZ $ 113.5 million in 2008 |
| Branch | Food research |
| Website | www.plantandfood.co.nz |
The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research) is one of eight New Zealand Crown Research Institutes .
The institute in its current form was only founded in December 2008 and emerged from the merger of the two Crown Research Institutes Crop & Food Research Limited (Crop & Food Research) and The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited (HortResearch).
The aim of the new institute is to conduct research in the field of cultivation of plants for food production and in the field of food production. In addition to operating in New Zealand, the institute also has research facilities in Australia and the United States (USA).
As with all state institutions and state-owned companies, Plant & Food Research also has a Maori name. Rangahau Ahumāra Kai means in detail translated: Rangahau = research, Ahumāra = horticulture, Kai = food.
Seat
The seat is in Auckland . In addition to the two research institutes overseas, 15 other research facilities are operated at different locations across the 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 different institutes for the most varied areas of activity, which would operate independently and responsibly under government supervision and which would then, under these conditions, carry out public and private-sector contracts with their own rules and guidelines .
With the Crown Research Institutes Act 1992 , ten Crown Research Institutes were founded for this purpose, eight of which still exist today. Plant & Food Research is one of them.
With the Companies Act 1993 , all institutions were converted into limited companies. Like all other Crown Research Institutes , Plant & Food Research is subordinate to the Crown Company Unit (controlling and advisory department) of the Ministry of Finance and the responsible Minister for Research, Science and Technology. Both ministers responsible are always registered as shareholders of the eight Crown Research Institutes .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Corporate information . Plant & Food Researc , archived from the original on April 2, 2009 ; accessed on August 30, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).
- ↑ Plant & Food Research - (found on July 12, 2009)
- ^ A b The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd (Plant & Food Research) . Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit (CCMAU) , archived from the original on December 27, 2008 ; accessed on August 30, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).
- ^ Maori Dictionary
- ↑ Science reforms 1989-1996 . Ministry for Environment , archived from the original on March 5, 2014 ; accessed on May 1, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
- ^ Ministerial Portfolios ~ Crown Research Institutes . Cabinet Office , archived from the original on July 28, 2008 ; accessed on August 30, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).
- ^ Ministerial Portfolios ~ Research, Science and Technology . Cabinet office , archived from the original on October 14, 2008 ; accessed on August 30, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).
- ^ The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited . In: New Zealand Companies Office . Ministry of Business, Innovations & Employment , accessed May 5, 2019 .