8 May 2023

Changing NZ crops to match climate change

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 8 May 2023

A new report on the future of biosecurity reveals climate change could make Aotearoa better suited to farming new exotic crops.

It says conditions could become more favourable towards peanuts, soybeans, pineapple and banana.

But there's actually already a community of tropical fruit growers here, especially up north.

Hugh Rose chairs the Tropical Fruit Growers of New Zealand and he talks to Jesse about the changes they're anticipating.

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