Five research projects which will benefit the primary sector have been announced as recipients of funding from the Massey – Lincoln and Agricultural Industry Trust Capability Development and Research Fund (MLAIT CDR).
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Over the past 18 months, much has been made of New Zealand’s decisive and effective response to the Covid-19 pandemic. But while strict border measures, periodic lockdowns and rigorous public health measures have by and large insulated our population from the virus itself, it’s also been plainly apparent that the potential impacts of such an event stretch well beyond the risk of infection.
Though far from the only example, one of the most immediately apparent and broadly felt of these impacts was our access to quality food – a 2020 report from the Child Poverty Action Group suggesting that the number of New Zealanders experiencing food insecurity in the wake of the pandemic topped one million. With this figure representing a 100% increase on an already reasonably high baseline – 2019 research by the Auckland City Mission estimated that 10% of the population was food insecure – it begs the question: how did Aotearoa, a nation fete