Horticulture Australia

Avocado Industry Overview

The Avocado industry is represented by Avocados Australia Limited. To go to their website, click here.

Avocados Australia Limited

Phone: +61 7 3846 6566
Fax: +61 7 3846 6577
Website: www.avocado.org.au

Avocado Industry Strategic Plan
Industry Advisory Committee Members
Avocado Industry Annual Reports
Avocado Industry Recently Approved Projects
Avocado Industry Final Reports

Avocado Industry Strategic Plan

Click on the icon below to view the Avocado industry Strategic Plan.
	Avocado industry strategic plan (191 Kb)

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Industry Advisory Committee Members
HAL receives advice from industry on program investment through Industry Advisory Committees. Membership of the Avocado IAC is recommended to HAL by Avocados Australia Limited. Avocado Industry Advisory Committee: Bob Granger (Chair) Daryl Boardman Russell Delroy Lachlan Donovan Nick Hobbs Jim Kochi Henry Kwaczynski Chris Nelson Tom Silver John Walsh Antony Allen (ex Officio)
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Avocado Industry Annual Reports
Click here to download the most recent Avocado industry annual report (PDF). (2.06 Mb) Click here to view previous annual reports.
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Avocado Industry Recently Approved Projects

The following projects have recently been approved by HAL and are directly related to the Avocado industry.

AV10515	Australia Fresh Contribution
AV10513	Contingency
AV10512	Point of sale
AV10511	Domestic Co-op Promotions
AV10510	Industry Nutritionist
AV10509	Gallery De Pasquale Management Fee
AV10507	Domestic coop promotions- The WA Growers Association
AV09032	Avocado QA Development & Training for Thailand and South East Asia
AV09031	Avocado QA Development & Training for Thailand and South East Asia
AV10910	2010 Avocado Partnership Agreement (2009-12) - Consultation
AV10900	2010 Avocado Partnership Agreement (2009-12)
AV09030	Parent avocado food service promotion 2010-11
AV10008	Avocado Industry Communications
AV10007	Infocado Summit 2010 and Extension to Industry
AV10006	Avocado supply chain education materials Phase 2
AV09029	Planning for the VII World Avocado Congress in 2011, Cairns Australia
AV10005	Avocados in Early Childhood Initiative 2010-11, Implementation Strategy
MT09091	Communications strategy for protecting pollination for the Australian horticultural industry
MT09090	Developing a honeybee and pollination CRC bid
MT09088	Identifying chemical or non-chemical R&D for honeybee pests workshop
MT09087	'Bee Force' - Developing the model for other regions
MT09086	'Bee Force' - Improving surveillance and sentinel hive traps
MT09083	Protecting pollination - Communicating awareness:Honeybee Blues video
AV10004	Biosecurity capacity building for the Australian avocado industry: Laurel Wilt
MT10008	Development of a lure-based monitoring system for fruitspotting bugs
AV10002	Avocado information delivery
AV10001	Improving yield and quality in avocado through disease management, Phase 2
AV09024	Mechanisms of cultivar- and race-based disease resistance in avocado
AV09023	Avocado US market development and support
HG08084	Parent Project for the intelligent plastic sensor label for the avocado industry
MT08079	Pollination Aware – it’s importance to Australia
AV09518	Australia Fresh Program
AV09517	Coop promotion
AV09510	Contingency funds
AV09012	Food service - Provedore program
AV09009	Information package to assist growers overcome biennial bearing
MT09038	28th International Horticultural Congress Lisbon 2010 - industry leaders study tour
MT08060	Consumer Tracking Study
MT09026	Protecting pollination for the Australian horticultural industry Stage 2
MT10021	Determination of cold tolerance in immature stages of Australian pest fruit fly species
AV08034	Avocado Retail Quality Surveys Phase II
AV08910	Avocado 2008 - 2011 Partnership Agreement - Consultation Funding
AV09015	Avocado research capacity building
AV09017	Avocado germplasm maintenance
AV08017	Avocado supply chain education materials
AV07023	Avocado Retail Price Surveys
AV08507	Export Marketing
AV08002	RNA silencing based Phytophthora root rot resistant avocado rootstocks for improved production of GM free fruit
AV08000	Rootstock Improvement for the Australian Avocado Industry - Phase 3
MT08013	Development of an International Standard for Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWP's) used in Orchards
AV07008	Field evaluation of superior avocado rootstocks with ‘Hass’ and ‘Shepard’ as scions
AV07001	Investigation of the distribution and incidence of Avocado sunblotch viroid in Australia
MT06020	Improving Market Access R and D for the Australian Horticultural Industries
AV10508	Domestic Co-op Application- Fresh Finesse
MT09082	Preparation and submission of permit applications for three Varroa mite control products
AV10506	Creative Development
AV10505	Website and Search Engine Optimization
AV10504	Sampling at NRL Games
AV10503	Sampling- Mums & Bubs Expo
AV10502	Media (TV,Magazine,Online)
AV10501	Avocado Export Parent Project 2010-2011
AV09515	Food service promotion - Advertising
AV09028	Development of an avocado rapid library tray system for Hass
AV09008	Avocado Industry Strategic Plan
AV09001	National Avocado Quality & Information Management System

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Avocado Industry Final Reports

AV08017	Avocado supply chain education materials (5 mb)
AV08029	Avocado program evaluation (745 kb)
MT05001	Extension to project HG05031 - Revision of Australian Standards AS1418.10 and AS2550.10 as applied to Elevating Work Platforms (EWP's) used in Horticulture (141 kb)
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