The Australian New Crops Newsletter

The Australian New Crops Newsletter

Issue No 7, January 1997.

Dr Rob Fletcher, Publisher and Editor
Gerry Kregor, Associate Editor

School of Land and Food
The University of Queensland Gatton College
Queensland Australia 4345
Telephone 07 5460 1311 or 07 5460 1301
Facsimile 07 5460 1112
International facsimile 61 7 5460 1112

NOTICE: Hard copies of the Australian New Crops Newsletter are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher. Details of availability are included in the Advice on Publications Available.

Table of Contents

  1. Editorial
  2. Regional Development
  3. Regional Development in Central Queensland
  4. Book Review: Ripples in the Zambezi, by Ernesto Sirolli
  5. Problems encountered in using conventional economic analyses in the choosing of new crops
  6. The Queensland Agricultural Journal as a New Crops knowledge source
  7. The Role of Agricultural Engineering in the Development of New Crops
    1. Mechanising Coffee Harvesting in Australia
    2. Development of the Williames Hi-Tech International Tea Harvester
  8. Australian Native Bushfood Industry: Update
  9. Australian New Crops Association
  10. New Crop Options Day
    1. Pulse Australia
    2. Culinary soybeans
    3. Marketing of pulses - new crops
    4. Australian herb industry: import replacement - export potential
    5. Ausbud
    6. Community support for new crops
    7. A grower initiative
    8. Grower-initiated marketing
    9. New Crops - The New Zealand experience
  11. Letters to the Editors
  12. Press Release: Hungarian condiment paprika
  13. Carob Agroforestry in Portugal and Spain
  14. Report of the outcomes of the New Crops Workshops
    1. Grain Legumes Workshop
    2. Oilseeds Workshop
    3. Aromatic, Spice, Medicinal and Bioactive Crop Workshop
    4. Industrial and Fibre Crops Workshop
    5. Fruit and Nuts Workshop
    6. Cereals and Pseudocereals Workshop
    7. Vegetables Workshop
    8. New Crops for North-eastern Australia Workshop
  15. Conferences, Workshops and Seminars
  16. New Crop Publications
  17. New Crop Periodicals
  18. Organisations and Associations Involved in the Development of New Crops
  19. Internet Addresses
  20. Cost of Production of the Australian New Crops Newsletter
  21. Workshop Facilitators' Outline
  22. The DOOR Manual for plant nurseries: publication available
  23. Supplement to Issue 7
    1. Australian New Crops Association
    2. First Australian New Crops Conference

Any claims made by authors in the Australian New Crops Newsletter are presented by the Editors in good faith. Readers would be wise to critically examine the circumstances associated with any claims to determine the applicability of such claims to their specific set of circumstances. This material can be reproduced, with the provision that the source and the author (or editors, if applicable) are acknowledged and the use is for information or educational purposes. Contact with the original author is probably wise since the material may require updating or amendment if used in other publications. Material sourced from the Australian New Crops Newsletter cannot be use dout of context or for commercial purposes not related to its original purpose in the newsletter

Contact: Dr Rob Fletcher, School of Land and Food, The University of Queensland Gatton College, 4345; Telephone: 07 5460 1311 or 07 5460 1301; Facsimile: 07 5460 1112; International facsimile: 61 7 5460 1112; Email: r.fletcher@mailbox.uq.edu.au

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