Plant & Food Research
Plant & Food Research (Māori: Rangahau Ahumāra Kai) is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute (CRI). The institute was formed on 1 December 2008 by merging existing CRIs HortResearch and Crop and Food Research.
The merged organisation has over 900 staff based at sites throughout New Zealand as well as science and business development staff working in the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia.
The interests of the institute are based in horticulture, arable and seafood research, specifically in the areas of sustainable production, bioprotection, elite genetics & intelligent breeding, food and health science and biomaterials.
Read more about Plant & Food Research: Areas of Research, Major FRST Funded Research Programmes
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