In deference to the wishes of a number of businesses and our readers, we are pleased to announce a new category called, Business Excellence in Agriculture & Horticulture in the Indian Newslink Indian Business Awards 2011.
This Award recognises a successful farming business, which generates its revenue from raising and breeding domestic animals, or from cultivation of plants. Our Judges, totally independent of this newspaper, seek to understand the competitive advantage of the successful entry and consider evidence on how that has enabled the business to be profitable.
As a country whose economy is based on agriculture and as a sector that accounts for a sizeable share of businesses owned and operated by people of Indian origin, it is appropriate that our Awards Scheme recognises the contributions made by our farming community to economic development.
The inclusion of Horticulture in the Category reflects its importance and the high degree of involvement of the Indian community in this activity.
Entry forms for this and other Categories can be downloaded from our Awards website www.inliba.co.nz
Complete forms should be sent only by email before 5 pm on August 31, 2011 to IBA2011@ignitionpartner.com
Some Facts
The New Zealand arable sector produces grains (wheat, barley, oats and maize) mainly for domestic consumption. The farms grow a range of these crops as well as vegetables, fruits, forages and graze livestock.
There are about 2000 farms growing grains and seeds on 200,000 ha. Fresh fruit exports generally supply Northern Hemisphere markets in their off-season providing annually $1.5 billion in export returns.
The vegetable industry accounts for 2500 commercial growers harvesting a wide range of vegetable crops on 50,000 hectares of land in Pukekohe, Waikato, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay, Manawatu, Wanganui and Canterbury.
Grapes for winemaking are grown from Northland to Otago spanning a distance of 1600 kilometres with each winegrowing region possessing a distinct microclimate.
Horticultural exports have grown from $115 million in 1980 to $2.9 billion in 2008. Our key export markets are Australia, Japan, European Union, UK and US.
Free Workshop on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at BNZ Partners, Level 8, Room 9 (Deloitte Centre), 80 Queen Street (Auckland City) from 4 pm to 6 pm. Convenor of the IBA Judging Panel and BNZ officials will be present to mentor entrants on relevant issues. To register, call (09) 5336377
Email: Editor@indiannewslink.co.nz
Our Panel of Judges
Chad Wilkie, Executive Director, Ignition Partner Ltd (Convenor)
Chip Dawson, Managing Director, International Business Management Ltd
Dr Claire McGowan, Managing Director, Commercialisation Advisers Ltd
John Quirk, Director, Howard & Co
Nevil Gibson, Editor-in-Chief, National Business Review
Peter Bradley, Consultant, Qatalyst
Ray Knight, Head of Delivery, Talking Tech
Steve Corbett, Chief Executive, e-Centre Ltd, Massey University
Tim Livingstone, Sr Parner, UHY Haines Norton Chartered Accountants
Tony Bacon, Sector and Partner Manager, (Enterprise Solutions) Vodafone
