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August 2024 blog post

What global consumers think of NZ’s premium F&B products in 2024

New Zealand is a global leader in food and beverage exports, excelling in temperate climate products. As the world's largest exporter of dairy, kiwifruit, lamb, and venison, with strong positions in beef, apples, seafood, and wine, the country has significant growth potential. A 2024 survey of 2,500 food enthusiasts in... read more →
  • 20th August 2024
Sep 11

NZ and India progress economic partnership

New Zealand’s relationship with India took a significant step forward during Trade and Export Growth and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor’s three-day visit to New Delhi. “Having a broad economic relationship with India is an important goal for New Zealand and the Government has been working steadily on this,” Damien O’Connor said. “This is my second visit to India in a year. I have... read more →
  • 11th September 2023
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Apr 16
Aug 25

New trends in post-Covid food to go

Driven by consumers’ busy and on-the-go lifestyles, food to go was booming pre-Covid, with its growth outpacing that of the rest of the eating out sector. But over 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic kept most consumers confined to their homes for the majority of the year, the UK’s food to go... read more →
  • 25th August 2021
May 19

The Paralysis of Tourism and the Rise of Agriculture in Bali, Indonesia

In Indonesia, the government declared a ‘stay at home’ instruction along with others including working learning and worshiping from home. Many companies stopped operating and many are now bankrupt, resulting in a dramatic increase in unemployment. Bali, a tourism dependent economy has shown a decline of almost 100 percent in... read more →
  • 19th May 2021
Mar 04

O&P relocates team to Bali Indonesia.

The opportunity to continue our relationships with smallholder farmers and supply chains determined our decision to return part of our New Zealand team to Indonesia. As a tourism dependent economy Balinese and other Indonesian people is experiencing significant hardships from displacement from hospitality sector employment to subsistence agriculture. During the... read more →
  • 4th March 2021
Feb 25

Oils and Powders New Zealand receives Agribusiness Innovation Grant to develop new high value Manuka bio active lipids outcomes.

The New Zealand Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust (AGMARDT) has approved a grant to support O&P in developing its New Zealand Bio Active Lipids portfolio.AGMARDT strategically invests in emerging leaders in New Zealand’s primary sector, and with over $90 Million invested, AGMARDT is shaping the future of New... read more →
  • 25th February 2021
Dec 18
Nov 16

Sustainable Coconut Charter Launch

“Faced with record global demand, and a coconut supply chain that is threatened by underperforming senile trees, escalating natural disasters, and farmers’ lack of technical, market and financial access, the coconut industry faces pending supply chain disruption”.USAID O&P supports the Mission of Coconut Knowledge Center as a global change agent... read more →
  • 16th November 2020