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1996 Post Election Briefing to the Incoming Minister

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  • Immediate Issues
    • Legislation, Pipfruit, Kiwifruit, Fruit Fly, Commodity Levy Orders, MAF Quality Management (MQM) Scoping Review, National Pest Management Strategies (NPMS), Rabbit Calicivirus Disease, Key International Meetings/Trade Policy Issues
  • Policy Issues Facing the Agriculture Sector
    • Macroeconomic Environment, Legislation Issues, Services to Rural Communities, Market Access for Primary Products, Marketing Structures for Primary Products, Commodity Levies, Resource Management, Border Control, Science Policy Issues, MAF Resources, Status of the Agriculture Sector (in mid-September 1996)
• The Place of the Agriculture Sector in the New Zealand Economy
  • Rationale for Government Intervention, General Economic Policies, Assistance to Agricultural Production, Macroeconomic Settings, Is What’s Good for the Agriculture Sector Good for New Zealand?, Policy Implications of Structural Change in Agriculture, Rural Communities, The Treaty of Waitangi and the Agriculture Sector
• Improving Trade in Primary Products
  • Trade Policy Priorities for Ministry of Agriculture (MAF), Responding to a New Generation of Agricultural Issues , Four-track Approach to Trade Policy Issues: Multilateral, Regional, Bilateral and Domestic, Role of Ministry of Agriculture in Trade Policy, Trade Policy Issues on the International Scene, New Initiatives on Food Safety, Quality Standards, Regulating for Safe Agricultural Trade, Trade and the Environment, Other Aspects of Multilateral Negotiations
• Agriculture Industry Governance
  • Producer Boards, Trading Boards, Non-Trading Boards, The Need for Reform, Reforms in the 1990s Affecting All or Most Producer Boards, Recent and Proposed Amendments to Producer Board Legislation, Commodity Levies, MAF Quality Management (MQM) Independent Scoping Review
• Resource Management
  • Managing Natural Resources Used In Agriculture, "User-pays" in Resource Management, Specific Resource Issues Relating to Agriculture, Pest Management, Rabbit Calicivirus Disease (RCD) as a Possible Biocontrol for Rabbits, Mediterranean Fruit Fly Eradication Programme, Border Control Measures Including the use of X-ray Machines, Animal Welfare, Adverse Climatic Events and Natural Disasters Affecting Agriculture, Climate Change
• Role of the Ministry of Agriculture in Science Policy
  • Public Perception of Science, Science Reform and Crown Research Institutes (CRIs), Research Associations (RAs), Universities, Operational Research, Protecting and Facilitating Market Access for Horticultural Products, Possums/Bovine Tb, Research into Aspects of Sustainable Agriculture, National Science Strategies and National Science Strategy Committees (NSSCs), Industry Funding of Research, Future Funding Arrangements Critical
• New Zealand Current Agricultural Situation and Outlook
  • Economic Environment, Agricultural Production and Prices, On-farm/Orchard Perspective, Rural Finance and Debt, Medium Term Prospects 1998-2000
• MAF Organisation and Structure
  • MAF Business Units, MAF Management, Planning, Resources within MAF, Working Relationships Between MAF and Other Government Agencies
• Legislation Update
  

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