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We've had a global financial crisis but we now have an upcoming global food crisis and only innovation and technology that will avert it, says Berry Marttin, Rabobank Group Netherlands executive board member.

FIVE OF New Zealand's leading farmers have been chosen to join an international discussion around global food security, ahead of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Australia next month.

ALL THE SIGNS suggest a prolonged period of low international dairy prices will be required to soak up the current global market surplus, says Rabobank in its latest Dairy Quarterly report.

BLAKE HOLGATE has been appointed as Rabobank New Zealand's environmental sustainability specialist.

RABOBANK HAS appointed succession planning manager Chris Haworth as part of Rabobank's focus on assisting New Zealand farmers with the challenges of succession planning.

A SOFTENING in dairy farmer sentiment and rising interest rates have led overall New Zealand rural confidence to a significant slide in the past quarter.

RABOBANK is predicting global dairy price will recover in six months.

NOMINATIONS HAVE opened for this year's Rabobank Leadership awards – recognising the contribution of outstanding leaders in New Zealand and Australia's food and agribusiness industries.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE at the end of April for this year's Rabobank Farm Managers Program, a business management course for the next generation of farm leaders.

NEW ZEALAND risks missing 'a golden opportunity' to grow its agricultural sector, and addressing this will require a coordinated, joint approach from across the sector, Rabobank warns.