The agri-food sector is being increasingly challenged to demonstrate its sustainability credentials.  A recent seminar in Paris debated the nature and magnitude of the sustainability challenge, and how it is being tackled in both New Zealand and France, including through collaboration at company and industry levels.  Are the current approaches to develop consumer awareness and responsibility schemes sufficient?  What scope is there for improvement within supply chains?  Are there new, more sustainable business models to explore?

Unsure of how long you can spend travelling within countries in Europe?

New approaches to the concept of researcher mobility suggest that expatriate researchers can still provide a valuable contribution to the national research sector, regardless of any intention to return.

FRENZ* (Facilitating Research cooperation between Europe and New Zealand) has launched a short online survey of EU-based New Zealand researchers in order to: