• Encouraging low-volume, high value primary agricultural products.

• Processing of primary products close to their source where practicable, enhancing local communities.

• Supporting individual, family or co-operative ownership of agricultural land.

• Preventing the sale of agricultural land into foreign ownership.

• Plant-breeding programmes to maintain pure strains of seed stock.

• Promotion of biological control of agricultural pests.

• Eradication or control of noxious weeds and animals.

• Promotion of ‘energy farming’ using renewable resources such as bio-fuels.

• Resourcing inspection teams to ensure thorough inspection of all goods entering New Zealand, and minimise the likelihood of damage to agriculture and the environment from imported pests and diseases.