Pacific Foodhouse
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New Zealand
w Zealand” is almost ymous with “food” through le trade world. Responsible 3.1 per cent, of the nation’s as earnings, farming there scientific industry. r Zealand is the world’s t exporter of meat and products, and second only stralia for wool. Meat, wool, and cheese earned £252a of the total export income 300-million in 1960, with by :ts earning £ 13-million ti a population expected to rom 2,400,000 now to three i in 1974, increased farm :tion and export is vital to Zealand. Land development onsiderable farm research is taken. e than 30 laboratory centres ;xperimental farms are en in farm research, particu with soils, plant breeding and y, plant diseases, animal . and nutrition. Two agri al universities, school farm s, and State field instruction r encourage scientific farm ;ures predominate in New id, covering one-third of the y’s total area of 66 million One-third is marginal land for run stock or commercial •y, the last third being too ainous for farming.