Jacqueline Rowarth Explained

Jacqueline Rowarth
Birth Date:1956
Birth Place:St. Albans
Occupation:Agronomist, dairy farmer

Jacqueline Sara Rowarth (born 1956) is a New Zealand and British agronomist, dairy farmer and science administrator.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Career

Rowarth was born at St Albans, UK.[5] She moved to New Zealand in 1976 and has an Agricultural Science degree with first-class honours in Environmental Agriculture, and obtained a PhD in Soil science from Massey University, with a 1987 thesis titled Phosphate cycling in grazed hill-country pasture.[6] She worked at AgResearch for 6 years before teaching plant science at Lincoln University.[7] From 2000‐2004 she was Dean of the Postgraduate Division and Director of Research at Unitec. She was briefly Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne from 2005 to 2006. She returned to New Zealand as a professor, teaching at Massey and Waikato universities.[8]

In October 2016 Rowarth left Waikato to become the first Chief Scientist of the Environmental Protection Authority.[9] [10] In 2018 she resigned from her role at the Environmental Protection Authority. It was later revealed that the EPA was warned her behaviour was damaging trust in the organisation, apparently due to comments to the media about environmentalist concerns that she deemed unwarranted.[11] [12] According to Rowarth she was often misquoted.[13] [14]

Rowarth became a farmer-elected representative on the board of DairyNZ.[2] In 2024, she is a Director, and also adjunct professor at Lincoln University.[4]

Views

Rowarth has strongly criticised veganism. She has argued that a vegan diet will not save the planet from climate change and has also argued that an omnivorous diet including a moderate amount of dairy products and meat delivers the required nutrients per person for least environmental impact.[15]

She has also criticised regenerative agriculture based on the restoration of soil fertility through techniques like water retention and composting, and supports the intensification of agricultural practices with higher levels of inputs and output per unit area.[16]

Recognition

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: C.V. . sci.waikato.ac.nz . https://web.archive.org/web/20230304071638/http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/124977/Prof-J.-Rowarth.pdf . 2020-01-08. 4 March 2023 .
  2. Web site: Farmers elect representative to DairyNZ board.
  3. https://www.spreaker.com/user/nzme/jacqueline-rowarth-dairy-nz-farmer-elect_1 "Jacqueline Rowarth: Dairy NZ farmer-elected director says farmers are doing their best to reduce emissions"
  4. https://www.dairynz.co.nz/about-us/how-we-operate/board-of-directors/jacqueline-rowarth/ "Jacqueline Rowarth - farmer elected director"
  5. Web site: 2024. Rowarth, Jacqueline Sara, 1956. National Library of New Zealand. en-GB. October 2, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20241002161047/https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22505970. live.
  6. Rowarth . Jacqueline . 1987 . Doctoral thesis . Phosphate cycling in grazed hill-country pasture . Massey Research Online, Massey University . 10179/3640.
  7. Web site: 30 November 1999 Leading Woman Scientist Among Lincoln Excellence Award Winners.
  8. Web site: Queen's Birthday Honours recognise services to agriculture, disability and biotechnology - Massey University.
  9. Web site: Jacqueline Rowarth appointed as EPA's chief scientist . . 2016-08-10 . 2018-03-22.
  10. Web site: The EPA chief scientist . EPA . 2018-03-22.
  11. Web site: EPA warned about scientist's behaviour. . 21 March 2018.
  12. Web site: Official letter . 2018. www.parliament.nz . PDF. 2020-01-08.
  13. Web site: Scientist Jacqueline Rowarth says she left EPA of own accord. . 23 March 2018.
  14. Web site: Was former EPA chief scientist Jacqueline Rowarth muzzled?. www.noted.co.nz.
  15. Web site: 2021. Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why veganism won't save the world. The Country. en-GB. April 18, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240418033316/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/dr-jacqueline-rowarth-why-veganism-wont-save-the-world/3V7ADNXGUSEY6O4CUP2HBOZ3EU/. live.
  16. Rowarth JS, et al. 2020. New-generative agriculture – based on science, informed by research and honed by New Zealand farmers. Journal of New Zealand Grasslands 82: 221-229.|https://www.nzgajournal.org.nz/index.php/JoNZG/article/download/430/3084/5390
  17. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 2008 . 2 June 2008 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 1 February 2020.

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