Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 1:25 pm
A range of
radical solutions are now a step closer to boosting the
agricultural sector thanks to the Food, Fibre and Agritech
Supernode Challenge. Prize winners were named at the
Showcase on 11 May.
Clarospec, a tool to measure lamb
product quality, from AgResearch was the overall winner in
the On-Farm Systems category and took out the Research grand
prize.
KarbenFibre, an environmentally friendly
battery technology to optimise and reduce the cost of flow
batteries using natural fibres was named overall winner in
the Value-Added Product category and runner-up in the
Research
category.
The
grand prize in Enterprise was won by Genesmith with their
2021-05-12 05:36:01 GMT2021-05-12 13:36:01(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WELLINGTON, May 12 (Xinhua) The New Zealand government moves to reduce merchant service fees, estimated to save New Zealand businesses approximately 74 million NZ dollars (53.6 million U.S. dollars) each year.
Businesses merchant service fees are charged by banks when customers use a credit or debit card to pay. Pre COVID, EFTPOS has been the main way Kiwis pay for goods and services, and this is fees-free for retailers. Increasingly, however, consumers are favoring contactless debit and credit cards, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark said in a statement on Wednesday.
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