Friday, August 19, 2011

New Zealands Government fund widened to include aquaculture

In New Zealand a government fun that supports community led growth and innovation in the rural sector has been widened to include aquaculture. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF) will now accept applications for project that supports the economics and environmental performance in the marine and land-based aquaculture sector.

The government fund already invests up to NZ$9 million (€5.169 million) in projects led by farmers, growers and foresters, so far the SSF fund has assisted some 800 projects over the years. So it made sense to include the growing aquaculture industry. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers

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