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Events
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Avocados Australia holds events throughout the year. Please find an archived listing of these events and other relevant industry events below. Melbourne Wholesalers' Qualicado Update - 18/08/2016. For the day's program and directions to the venue. Sydney Wholesalers Qualicado Update - 17/08/2016. For the day's program and directions to the venue. Adelaide Wholesalers' Qualicado Update - 16/08/2016. For the day's program and directions to the venue. Central Queensland Qualicado Event - 11/08/2016. Western...
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Avocado Kangaroo Label - Avocados Australia
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Avocados Australia manages the Kangaroo Label and a set of barcodes for use on Australian avocados. To order Kangaroo Labels through our registered label companies, grower packers or packhouses are required to be issued with a Packhouse Registration Number (PRN) by Avocados Australia. If you would like to apply for a PRN, please select the link to the Packhouse Registration Number Application form below. Avocados Australia Packhouse Registration Number Application (PRN) form. About the Kangaroo Label.
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Quality Program - Avocados Australia
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Targets for industry performance in eating quality. From a combination of past consumer research and anecdotal evidence, three areas of quality have been identified as particularly significant in terms of importance for providing consumer satisfaction. They are internal quality, maturity and ripeness. An online Consumer Quality Survey was subsequently conducted in 2008. The project involved the development of an online survey whose main objective was to extend the findings of the 2007 study to determ...
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Research & Development - Avocados Australia
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Avocados Australia ensures a comprehensive R&D program on behalf of all Australian Avocado growers in partnership with HAL is undertaken. Through HAL, the Australian avocado industry is able to access matched funding from the Australian Government for all R&D activities. A call is made for projects on an annual or as-needs basis to meet the strategic goals of the industry . Each project that is submitted is assessed on its benefits to the national industry. Levy funded CDP submission received.
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Education Materials - Avocados Australia
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Avocados Australia, in partnership with Agri-Science Queensland (formally QDPI) have developed a series of handling guides for avocados for use across the supply chain, specifically in packhouses, the wholesale markets and in retail stores. Members of the Australian avocado supply chain can obtain free copies of the educational materials detailed below by completing Avocados Australia's Education Material Order Form. Click on the document link below to complete the form, the details are enclosed. The Avo...
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News - Avocados Australia
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Guacamole eNewsletter - 24/07/2015. To open this edition of Guacamole.
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Qualicado - Avocados Australia
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Qualicado is a program which is designed to provide support and monitoring systems to enable and encourage supply chain members to improve fruit quality and thus the end consumer’s experience. Qualicado is focused on education, training, identification of issues and continuous improvement. It is not an accreditation program like Freshcare. It is avocado specific. To download a detailed fact sheet on the program please click here. Who runs the Qualicado program? Why has Qualicado been established? Qualica...
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Event Sponsors - Avocados Australia
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Avocados Australia's fruit quality improvement program is called Qualicado, this program includes the delivery of valuable extension events that are held in all eight growing regions across Australia as well as in five cities to reach their markets. The Qualicado Program and these events are funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited (HIA) using the national avocado levy and matched funds from the Australian Government. For more information about the Qualicado program click here.
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Levy Information - Avocados Australia
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Federal or National Levies. The Federal levy system was developed and refined in the late eighties. Each horticultural or agricultural industry is able to levy itself for R&D and Marketing on its own produce. Avocados were one of those industries that saw the early benefit of an R&D levy. This was closely followed in the early nineties with a Marketing levy for avocados. Currently the avocado industry has levies set at:. 16 cents per tray (5.5kg) for R&D. 25 cents per tray (5.5kg) for Marketing. The levy...
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Talking Avocados - Avocados Australia
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Talking Avocados" is the Australian industry's quarterly journal. Talking Avocados has been published for over 15 years and continues to be the most effective communication tool for the Australia Avocado industry. If you are an Australian avocado grower and would like to be featured in our 'Grower Profile' please download and complete the Grower Profile Form. And email it to talkingavocados@avocado.org.au. Or fax it to (07) 3846 6577. And return to talkingavocados@avocado.org.au. Autumn Vol 26 No 1.
