Welcome to The Agrichain Centre

The AgriChain Centre offers value adding Food Safety, Post Harvest, Biosecurity, Phytosanitary Certification and Knowledge services to businesses and organisations at all points of the food value chain.We are a New Zealand based business with offices on Auckland’s North Shore, as well as in South Auckland, Palmerston North and Christchurch.We work with local as well as international clients to deliver sustainable, pragmatic and value adding solutions.

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Independent Verification Agency

We are an Independent Verification Agency (IVA) for the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), authorised to provide Phytosanitary Certification Services.

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Projects

Project Management is a discipline in its own right and not something to be done in a spare ten minutes between finishing one task and starting the next.

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Industry Services

Our services include achieving the Impossible in the areas of: Fruit Survey, Mystery Shopping, Sampling Programmes, and Food Safety & Biosecurity Advice

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Knowledge Central

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3 days ago

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Have you Herb?

Recently seen in Masterton’s city gardens... parsley being used as a a major ornamental. 🙂 ... See MoreSee Less

Have you Herb? Recently seen in Masterton’s city gardens... parsley being used as a a major ornamental. :)
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5 months ago

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The food must flow.

Meet our Project Officer Tiago Inacio and his office for the next few weeks. Tiago and The AgriChain Centre are continuing our Essential Services work to support the produce industry in delivering fresh produce every day, from Operational work with IVA Inspections and Survey, to Strategic work with our Project Management and Fresh Produce Industry research.

So give New Zealand's Fresh Produce Knowledge Hub a call on 0800 247 424 to discuss how we can assist you in keeping your produce moving. ... See MoreSee Less

The food must flow. Meet our Project Officer Tiago Inacio and his office for the next few weeks. Tiago and The AgriChain Centre are continuing our Essential Services work to support the produce industry in delivering fresh produce every day, from Operational work with IVA Inspections and Survey, to Strategic work with our Project Management and Fresh Produce Industry research. So give New Zealands Fresh Produce Knowledge Hub a call on 0800 247 424 to discuss how we can assist you in keeping your produce moving.
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  • September 30, 2020

    Fair and Sustainable Produce Prices – The Book

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  • September 12, 2020

    Apples Need To Be Picked To Earn Export Dollars

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  • September 2, 2020

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  • August 31, 2020

    The New Normal is Different Today

    The photo on this page was taken a year after the big Christchurch earthquake. It represented an inner Christchurch suburb community attempt to cope with the ‘new normal’ the city had been presented with by these devastating earthquakes. Once collapsed Read More

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