Our 2024 Cohort

Ananya Agnihotri

University of Canterbury, Manaaki Whenua, Plant & Food Research

Linking farm and landscape habitat management with the costs and benefits of bird foraging on farm production.

Angela McFetridge

Lincoln University, AgResearch

Extension System Design: The Forgotten Foundation for Successful Food Transitions.

Ava Johnson

University of Canterbury, Plant & Food Research

Understanding how urban landscapes influence pollinator communities for the better management of native pollinators and increased māra kai.

Claire Hudson

Lincoln University, Manaaki Whenua

Green boundaries: Unleashing nature's power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in dairy farming

Darshika Wickramasinghe

University of Canterbury, AgResearch

Combining synthetic biology and plant cell cultures for the production of high-quality protein and metabolite resources.

Midhat Mahboob

Lincoln University, Manaaki Whenua

Nurturing Resilience: Harnessing Synthetic Microbial Communities from Root Microbiomes to Mitigate Drought Effects on Crop Production

Myungjin Kim

University of Canterbury, Plant & Food Research. AgResearch

Bioelectronics from winery and brewery co-products

Nader Rokni

Lincoln University, University of Canterbury, Plant & Food Research.

Impact of forage legume rhizobium community structures on nitrous oxide emissions; a case study in the Canterbury region

Ngan Tran

Lincoln University, Plant & Food Research

Towards a carbon zero future: optimizing the role of bacteria to enhance insect bioconversion of NZ-generated organic waste and the effectiveness of insect frass for regenerative farming