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Farming expert hopeful He Waka Eke Noa proposals will be given green light by govt

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 11 Oct 2022, 7:19am
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Photo / Michael Cunningham

Farming expert hopeful He Waka Eke Noa proposals will be given green light by govt

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 11 Oct 2022, 7:19am

A farming expert has her fingers crossed that the latest agriculture sector proposals will be given the green light.

Newstalk ZB understands the Government will announce today its response to the He Waka Eke Noa report - which proposes an industry-wide emissions pricing scheme.

It's likely to accept key recommendations - which would include farmers calculating and paying for their own emissions from 2025.

Lincoln University's Jacqueline Rowarth told Kate Hawkesby it's unknown whether farmers will receive recognition for planting efforts.

She says it's important to note tree planting off-sets emissions, rather than reducing them, and recent reports highlight it isn't the main solution.

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