Completed project
Developing sustainability through extension of best practice in the South Australian apple and pear industry (AP12038)
Publication date: February 28, 2017
Delivery Partner: Apple & Pear Growers Association of South Australia
The aim of this project was to provide a whole of industry approach to the apple and pear industry in South Australia, to understand local growing conditions and assist growers to address the particular challenges that they face.
The project commenced in July 2013 and was completed in August 2016.
To assist SA growers, an industry development officer:
Information was sent to growers in many forms including newsletters, email bursts, text message reminders, crop walks and workshops, face to face communication and a case study and YouTube clip.
The project met all of the intended outcomes including improved adoption of best management practices by growers, and greater grower awareness of new technologies, industry and market trends
It was rated as highly valuable to the South Australian apple and pear industry.
This project was a strategic levy investment in the Hort Innovation Apple and Pear Fund
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