Lincoln University networking:A personal view

Dr Andrew WestVice-Chancellor & Chairman of the Lincoln Hub CEOs’ Group

Let’s start with the BIG picture

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The Haber Bosch process to fix atmospheric nitrogen

Unprecedented growth in human population…from 1 billion in 1900 to 10 billion @ 2050ADThe greatest-ever accumulation of mammalian biomass

Yet wealth is more influential than population. GDP per capita forecast to grow by 200% to 300% in China and India – way more than population… which will grow, globally, just 40%.More wealth = more demand for the food types NZ specialises in… and more environmental problems

Relative GDP per capita levels in PPP terms (US = 100)2009 Est. 2050 % change

US 100 100 -Germany 79 82 +4%India 7 28 +300%China 14 45 +222%Indonesia 9 22 +144% Source: World Bank,

PwC modelestimates for 2050

... thus creating massive demands for animal proteins and fats, fertilisers, freshwater and soil, which in turn are causing…

... a major extinction event…

... and the warming of global food bowls by as much as 8C in a few hundred years[Source: UK Met Office Hadley Centre, via http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn17864/dn17864-2_800.jpg]

How is humanity responding?All these ways:

So at the heart of this is a massive, global predicament over use of land, water and climate, compounded by the accelerating rate of extinction of other species

What are large factors limiting humanity’s technical response to this predicament?

Neither money nor technology, but the lack of sufficient SKILL AND CONFIDENCE in land management

Lincoln University is the oldest and most iconic agricultural education institute in the Southern Hemisphere, with an international brand. We need to use that wisely.

After all, New Zealand……can do what most of the world can’t do…

farm ruminants on grass without subsidy at a profit…

…while much of the world produces milk and beef from cows and cattle fed on subsidised grain…

Our Vision is to be…..

“A specialist, land-based university that’s a great place to learn, discover and share”

Splendid at:• education with a learner centric focus;• research relevant to that education; and• thinking that leads firms and agenciess

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Four areas of focus:

1. The University2. Canterbury region3. New Zealand4. International

1. The University

• Focus academic programmes on land-based activities

• Boost student enrolments and care well for them• Secure more funding for ag and hort degree quals• Intensify R&D across the whole University• Renew building infrastructure• Rebuild select areas of academic capability• Improve morale through consistent leadership

Our degree portfolio

Land & SocietyGIS & Environmental Informatics

Maori & Indigenous Environmental ManagementWater Management

Landscape ArchitectureTourism Management

Sport & Recreation Management

Environmental Policy & Planning

Agriculture & Life Science

Environment, Society &

Design

Business & Commerce

Lincoln

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Ecology & Conservation

Food Science

Agricultural Science

Land, Water, Environment

Biosecurity & Bioprotection

Viticulture & Oenology

Agritech

Agribusiness & Food Marketing

Agricultural Commerce & ManagementSupply Chain Management & Global Business

Valuation & Property

Marketing Accounting & FinanceFood and Resource Economics

Information Technology

Our brand hierarchy

2. Canterbury

• Lead formation of an Agritech Innovation Park • Co-lead intensification of agriculture• Co-lead restoration of ecological stability• Help restore regional confidence

3. New Zealand

• Create the Lincoln Hub (more on that anon)• Expand our portfolio of education, research and

demonstration farms and orchards• Work with as many Iwi as possible to improve

performance of Maori-owned assets and employment of their people, including in leadership

• Backward integrate the Lincwantok scheme into Auckland Pasifika

• Be driven by outcomes, not outputs

4. Internationally

• Build an International Student Village @ Lincoln• Develop pasture-based (sub)tropical farming

education and training, R&D, and extension for:South AmericaParts of AsiaParts of Africa

• Develop powerful international partnerships

The Lincoln Hub

The Lincoln Hub – why?

• To better increase the rate of productivity growth whilst improving ecological diversity and environmental management

• At regional, national and international geographies

• These include dairying, sheep, beef, deer, arable, vegetable, horticultural, tourism (at least at the University) and at some stage forestry

The Lincoln Hub – who?

A regional collaboration between five founding partners:

• Lincoln University• AgResearch• Landcare Research• Plant & Food Research • Dairy NZ

In time, others may join

The Lincoln Hub – what?

Significant collaborations that may include:• Co-ordinated scientific and academic capability

planning and appointments• Joint investment in equipment and buildings• Elements of shared services• CRI scientists teaching undergrad• Student internships in CRIs and co-located firms• An Agritech Innovation Park for the private sector• Accelerated knowledge transfer to land managers

The Lincoln Hub – where?

The Lincoln Hub – when?

Infrastructure• AgResearch consulting with staff• Lincoln in discussions with insurer and

government

Collaboration and organisation• Areas and means agreed before year’s end

Material achievements will kick off in 2014

Networking with purpose