ARGOS

You may also recognise the name ARGOS from Greek mythology when Jason and his intrepid band of Argonauts set forth in the good ship Argos to steal back the Golden Fleece. Hopefully that is a good omen for our sheep farmers. Our kiwifruit growers will also benefit from having our very own Jayson (Benge) at the helm. But wait, it gets even better! ARGOS is also an Ancient Greek word denoting a fertile agricultural plain. The present town of ARGOS was probably occupied by farmers since the Early Bronze Age. Today, 5000 years later, ARGOS is still a prosperous agricultural and commercial centre for vegetables and fruit grown in the plain and for the food-processing industries based on them. How's that for sustainable agriculture?... SL MACC (Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change) (2012-2014) - ARGOS is involved in a small part of this overall project through the `Evaluating Intensification Trajectories in the Context of Climate Change project... ARGOS - The Agricultural Research..