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For more than 50 years, the N.Z. Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust has promoted leadership and the implementation of innovative practices in agriculture through worldwide study and interpersonal contact.
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16 October 2008
Nuffield Scholars Announced
The New Zealand Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust is pleased to announce three scholarship recipients for 2008.
Alec Jack is a beef farmer from Pakaraka, in the Far North who is also an appointed representative of Northland supplier shareholders on the Silver Fern Farms North Island Suppliers’ Council. Alec has aspirations to provide leadership in New Zealand’s red meat industry and in the promotion of environmentally sustainable and profitable pastoral farming systems. He intends to study three topics as part of his Nuffield: anticipating and exceeding the environmental/humane/ethical standards customers require; adding value at both ends of the red meat supply chain through joint venture partnership opportunities; and repeatable intergenerational farm succession. Alec proposes to start his studies in New Zealand to establish a baseline then plans to spend time in the UK, North America, Australia and Asia.
Gregg Pardoe of Gisborne is the operations manager for Arai Matawai Incorporation. Gregg will receive a scholarship to study indigenous peoples and how they have adapted to modern farming practises. He believes Maori farming in New Zealand is going through a renaissance period. Gregg believes his study has the potential to benefit not only Maori and New Zealand agriculture but agriculture across the globe. Gregg plans to visit Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, China, Mongolia, Russia and the Middle East.
Mandi McLeod, a dairy farm consultant from Te Awamutu, has spent 15 years actively involved in the agricultural industry. She has interests in her family dairy farm and her partner, Ant Beet runs a sharemilking business. As well as having worked in both China (for Fonterra) and Russia (USAid), Mandi is a producer and presenter for TV Central’s “Farming Today” programme. She is also heavily involved in Rural Support Trust and has been working with farmers affected by recent drought and floods. Mandi will be researching business continuance and succession planning with a particular focus on leadership, management and governance at the family farm, corporate farm and industry levels. Mandi believes the benefits of this research would result in pragmatic models for achieving efficient and successful transitions between generations of leaders. Mandi plans to visit the USA (Harvard), UK, Europe and Australia.
Nuffield Farming Scholarships promote leadership and the implementation of innovative practices in agriculture through worldwide study and interpersonal contact. The scholarships give successful applicants the opportunity to develop a better understanding of New Zealand and international relationships by studying farming, agricultural marketing or agricultural organisational practices internationally.
The three scholars will attend a Contemporary Scholars Conference in the United Kingdom in late February, hosted by the UK Nuffield network and attended by scholars from other participating countries. They will then do a global tour with other scholars where they get the opportunity to experience a wide range of agricultural operations throughout a variety of countries.
The balance of the scholarship is for the recipients to organise and research their chosen study topic where and how they see fit. Both a written and oral presentation is made to the Nuffield organisation at the conclusion of their tour.
“The selection was incredibly tough this year. Once again it was a very high calibre
field. It is very pleasing that applicants are coming from a wide cross-
Nuffield Farming Scholarships are funded by Dairy NZ, Rabobank, Meat & Wool New Zealand,
the Mackenzie Charitable Foundation, Federated Farmers of New Zealand, Landcorp,
FMG, Foundation for Arable Research, and Mid-
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For more information on the Nuffield Farming Scholarship and to request photos of the new recipients contact:
Barbie Barton, 06 304 9495, 0274 418 187
Alec Jack, 09 405 9528, 027 272 2262
Gregg Pardoe, 027 477 3418, 06 863 3435
Mandi McLeod, 021 631 108
Stuart Wright, 021 329 763, 03 318 3897
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TO REPORT?
If you have some news about Nuffield Scholars, or upcoming events that you think may be relevant please feel free to contact us.
Barbie Barton
Stonestead
RD1
Greytown
NEW ZEALAND
Phone: 06 304 9495
Email:nuffield@fedfarm.org.nz