Waikato University is offering a new scholarship for study of an aspect of New Zealand agriculture, thanks to the generosity of a former farmer and property developer.
Bill Flower, 90, is offering a postgraduate student $30,000 a year for three years.
He says ideally it should go to a candidate who wants to study the country's agricultural future and the role New Zealand can play in feeding a growing world population.
University development director Christine Brabender says Mr Flower believes that agriculture is the key to New Zealand's economic success and has decided to offer a doctoral fellowship in economics to someone interested in enhancing New Zealand's position on the global stage.
