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Advice on Publications Available.First priority: information.
Second priority: marketing.
Third priority: research and development.
Fourth priority: industry bodies.
Fifth priority: sustainable production systems.
Specific industry needs:
Blackthorne: increase grower interest.
Ginseng: develop a reliable prediction of the long-term outlook.
Echinacea: determine the future role of the different species; establish export markets; validate products; develop value-added products; establish credibility for the product.
Essential oils: adopt a wider focus than just natives; establish research/market links; supply agronomic/market information for growers; achieve a balance between short and long-term research; carry out a comprehensive evaluation of wild species ; improve market stability; overcome fragmentation of the industry; obtain research funding; improve access to reliable information on organic growing and sustainable cropping systems; establish suitable product standards.
Tea tree oil: obtain research funding; establish a research levy; overcome problems with starting grower groups.
Bush foods: develop a cooperative/group marketing approach; overcome fragmentation in the industry; develop industry infrastructure; increase grower control of the entire marketing chain; identify viable crops for small enterprises; exchange inf ormation via such channels as the Internet.
Paprika: establish appropriate processing facilities; ensure adequate supplies to the market; develop mechanised harvesting.
Herbs: identify markets especially in relation to size; coordinate funding; form facilitating bodies; improve grower awareness of facilitating bodies and their function; introduce quality assurance; manage grower groups effectively; establish a lobby group for influencing policy.
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 used out 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:
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