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Pollination Industry Business Plan

Pollination Australia

At a workshop in April 2007, the honeybee industry and other pollination stakeholders evaluated opportunities and threats to the pollination industry and set initial directions to develop paid pollination services as a self sustaining industry. The workshop was funded by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) under their Industry Partnerships Program. At this workshop, it was agreed that an incursion of the mite Varroa destructor poses one of the greatest threats to Australian horticulture and other plant based industries. The workshop agreed to develop a business plan that can be independently managed by an industry alliance. This alliance is known as Pollination Australia.  Click here to download the Pollination Australia booklet.

Pollination Australia has now been established and a suite of research projects is underway to help in its development.