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Final Report Coordinated Development of the Australian Tree Nut Industry Final Report Coordinated Development of the Australian Tree Nut Industry Chaseley Ross Australian Nut Industry Council Project Number: NT12001 NT12001 This project has been funded by Hort Innovation with co-investment from the Australian Nut Industry Council on behalf of the Australian tree nut industry and funds from the Australian Government. Hort Innovation makes no representations and expressly disclaims all warranties (to the extent permitted by law) about the accuracy, completeness, or currency of information in Coordinated Development of the Australian Tree Nut Industry. Reliance on any information provided by Hort Innovation is entirely at your own risk. Hort Innovation is not responsible for, and will not be liable for, any loss, damage, claim, expense, cost (including legal costs) or other liability arising in any way (including from Hort Innovation or any other person’s negligence or otherwise) from your use or non-use of Coordinated Development of the Australian Tree Nut Industry, or from reliance on information contained in the material or that Hort Innovation provides to you by any other means. ISBN 978 0 7341 4351 8 Published and distributed by: Hort Innovation Level 8, 1 Chifley Square Sydney NSW 2000 Tel: (02) 8295 2300 Fax: (02) 8295 2399 © Copyright 2017 Contents Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Methodology ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Outputs ............................................................................................................................................ 7 Outcomes ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Whole of industry Biosecurity Plan .................................................................................................... 11 Evaluation and Discussion ................................................................................................................ 12 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................... 14 Intellectual Property/Commercialisation ............................................................................................ 14 Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................................... 14 Appendices ..................................................................................................................................... 15 2 Summary The Australian tree nut industry has experienced a 50% increase in production in the last five years. This has largely been a result of orchards planted in the late 1990s/early 2000s coming into bearing. Projected growth is a further 43% by 2025, with this next expansion being driven by improved productivity and further new plantings. ANIC members recognise that the industry needs to support this expansion and development at an industry-wide level to ensure information is made available to all of industry in a timely, consistent and comprehensive manner to aid better decision making. This is particularly the case for the smaller industries who lack the resources and coordination to conduct many of these activities themselves in the short-medium term. As the Australian nut industry continues to grow, additional capacity is required to undertake industry development planning and implementation. The needs of the industry are broad and complex. The allocation of resources to provide industry development services will accelerate existing planning and bring new information to the industry collectively. The Coordinated development of the Australian tree nut industry project provided for a part- time (0.2 FTE) Industry Development Manager (IDM). Through this project the IDM was engaged in an education and communication role so that across nut industry activities were coordinated and information shared across the industries collectively. Fundamental to this role is the coordination of these activities across all seven tree nut industries of almonds, macadamias, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, chestnuts and hazelnuts. The IDM has had the capacity to provide vital information to empower the individual nut industries and support the investments each of them are making in industry development and importantly to avoid duplication of effort where possible. The project worked across the key activity areas of: 1. Coordination, collection and collation of industry production statistics 2. Provision of general market access information 3. Communication and dissemination of information on food safety issues 4. Communication and dissemination of information on nut industry biosecurity issues and practices 5. Coordination of multi-industry chemical registrations and minor use permits 6. Review and update the Australian Nut Industry Strategic Plan. A range of outputs were produced over the life of the project and they are detailed in this report. ANIC believes the intended project outcomes were achieved. These include: • A more empowered nut industry, • Greater consistency of information provided to all nut industries to incorporate into their extension and delivery capacity, • Greater awareness of the individual nut industries as to the issues of commonality between them, and areas they might collaborate on, and • Improved efficiency and effectiveness of the wide range of private and public funded R&D that many ANIC member already undertake. This project has involved the Australian tree nut industries of almonds, macadamias, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, chestnuts and hazelnuts collaborating through the Australian Nut Industry Council (ANIC). The Australian Nut Industry Council (ANIC) is the federation representing the seven commercial tree nut industries in Australia. 3 Keywords nuts; almonds; macadamias; pecans; walnuts; pistachios; industry; development; collaboration Introduction The Australian Nut Industry Council (ANIC) is the federation representing the seven commercial tree nut industries in Australia. Its members are the peak industry representative bodies - the Almond Board of Australia, Australian Macadamia Society, Australian Walnut Industry Association, Pistachio Growers Association, Hazelnut Growers of Australia, Australian Pecan Growers Association and Chestnuts Australia Inc. ANIC’s scope is to provide efficiency of service and value in activities where benefit exists of collective action, rather than several times over. ANIC’s engagement in activities such as this are at the request of its members. The Australian tree nut industry has experienced a 50% increase in production in the last five years. This has largely been a result of orchards planted in the late 1990s/early 2000s coming into bearing. Projected growth is a further 43% by 2025, with this next expansion being driven by improved productivity and further new plantings. The Australian tree nut industry has been the leading horticultural exporter for several years now. In calendar year 2016 the value of tree nut exports exceeded $1 billion for the first time. Several of the industries (almonds, macadamias, walnuts and pecans) have been developed in Australia with the export market as a focus. The other smaller sectors are also now starting to look outside the domestic arena as their production begins to increase to levels where continuity of supply can be maintained year on year. The interest in the industry, both from existing growers wishing to expand and new investment continues to grow – almonds are predicting a further five million trees to be planted in the next three years – is strong as both demand and consumption of nuts globally continues to rise. New markets need to be identified and secured for our increasing production, and existing relationships that have been developed through hard work and investment for several years nurtured and grown (competition from northern hemisphere producing nations is strong and much older than in Australia). ANIC members have recognised that the industry needs to support this expansion and development. This is particularly the case for the smaller industries that lack the resources and coordination to conduct many of the activities outlined in this project themselves in the short- medium term. This project was established to align with several of the objectives of the 2009-2014 Australian Nut Industry Council’s Strategic Plan: Objective 1. To support and foster nut growing in Australia 1.2. Industry planning, research and communication on issues of common interest 1.4. Foster information exchange and goodwill between member nut industries and relationships between executives in these industries 1.5. Support the Australian nut growing, processing, packing and marketing industries Objective 3. To facilitate export market growth for Australian-grown nuts 3.3. Inform industry bodies of opportunities and threats to export market growth 3.4. Encourage cooperation in export markets 4 Areas identified as requiring development and management include the: • Coordination, collection and collation of industry production statistics, • Provision of general market access information, •
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