| Allergen Bureau |
- Provided management and secretariat services for this national
food industry association.
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| Australian oyster industry |
- Facilitated the annual industry workshop – "Shellfish Futures".
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| Dept. Agriculture,
Forestry & Fisheries |
- Completed the training of 90 Landcare officers – one from each NRM region in Australia, in how to work with farmers and industry to support sustainable agriculture.
- Investigated how NRM and production change programs can deliver NRM and production outcomes on farms.
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| Dairy Australia |
- Delivered regular updates on the development of genetic modification technology of relevance to the dairy industry.
- Contributed to the development of a chemical usage risk assessment for the Australian dairy industry.
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| Dept. Primary Industries & Water, Dept. Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries |
- Identified landholder decision making processes for using, or not using, 1080.
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Dept. Primary Industries & Water,
Dept. Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries,
Natural Resource Management North |
- Developing a module for assisting landholders to manage browsing damage on a property and sub-catchment basis.
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| FarmBis Tasmania |
- Delivered Environmental Management Systems training and consulting for 17 Tasmanian aquacultural businesses.
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| Horticulture Australia Ltd |
- Trained 12 private consultants from around Australia in 'service-brokering'.
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| Integrated Packaging, Horticulture Australia Ltd |
- Assessed the potential of a biodegradable film for improving potato productivity.
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| Meat & Livestock Australia |
- Identified the training needs of Tasmanian meat producers.
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| Natural Resource Management North |
- Delivered the first aquaculture Property Management Plan mapping in Tasmania.
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| Natural Resource Management North, FarmBis Tasmania |
- Delivered 20 Property Management Plans, covering 70 000ha, in the Ross-Cressy region.
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| Natural Resource Management South |
- Consulted potential users to determine their needs for a GIS tool for identifying and managing ecosystems linkages at the landscape scale, within the Tasmanian Southern NRM Region.
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| Natural Resource Management South, FarmBis Tasmania |
- Delivered 12 Property Management Plans in the Oatlands-Bothwell region.
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| Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation |
- Provided mentoring and support for participants in the Fast Track Cooperative Venture for Capacity Building program.
- Examining the role of non-profit drivers in landholder decision making.
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| Resource Planning & Development Commission |
- Contributed to an inquiry into marine protected areas in the Bruny Bioregion.
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| Shellfish Culture Ltd |
- Continued the management of a project to develop and commercialise technology to produce spawnless oysters.
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| Simplot Australia, Horticulture Australia Ltd |
- Delivered a series of grower workshops under the banner "Potato Futures".
- Delivered eight water management plans for demonstration farms (as part of a National Landcare project).
- Facilitated meetings for seed growers and contract harvesters.
- Delivered business management training to members of the Simplot Grower Groups.
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| Solaris Biosciences |
- Provided scientific advice for a project aimed at commercialising the microbial production of omega-3 fatty acids.
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| Tamar NRM reference group |
- Assessed the productivity gains achieved by landholders participating in the Tamar NRM project, Managing Remnant Bush, producing a series of case studies.
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| Tasmanian Abalone Council |
- Facilitated the development of a Quality Assurance Code of Practice.
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| Tasmanian Freight Logistics Council |
- Evaluated the status of freight demand and utilisation in the Huon and Kingborough regions.
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| Tasmanian Lupini Enterprises, Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation |
- Reported on three years of research on the agronomy of lupini beans.
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| Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association |
- Worked with 57 producers to use the Farm Self Assessment Tool (FarmSAT) to identify opportunities for improving their on-farm environmental performance.
- Evaluated FarmSAT and reviewed the future direction for Environmental Management Systems in Tasmania.
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