About AVONGRO Whealtbelt Tree Cropping Incorporated

AVONGRO is working with all the key industry stakeholders to develop the tree crop industry and increase plantings in the Avon River Basin. We work with growers, industry, government and communities to develop large scale, profitable tree crop systems that are easy to integrate into wheatbelt systems.

The Avon River Basin tree cropping industry requires significant product and process development to ensure tree cropping will be integrated into mainstream agriculture on the scale needed to deliver triple bottom line benefits ie. economic, social and environmental benefits.

AVONGRO is supported by the Natural Heritage Trust, state government agencies and the Avon Catchment Council's Tree Crops for Sustainable Agriculture Program. We are Private Forestry Development Committee (PFDC). Read More>

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AVONGRO's Goals:

1. Increase the awareness and adoption of tree crops. ........................................................................ 2. Investigate, encourage and support diverse and vertically integrated tree crop industries of significant enough scale to achieve environmental, economic and social benefits in the ARB. ................................... 3. Develop and coordinate the interaction between the community, all levels of government and the tree crop industry. Read More >

From the Chairman:

AVONGRO's aim is to actively assist the development and integration of tree crops into farming systems with economic, social and environmental benefits. We are looking forward to real on-the-ground tree crop expansion in the Avon River Basin catchment area. This exciting new industry may be the key to ensuring our agricultural futures in this region. IAN HALL, AVONGRO Chairman

Key National Outcomes for PFDCs Include:

• Greater engagement with primary producers and their industry representative bodies,
• Balancing industry development with natural resource management (NRM) outcomes,
• Engaging with regional NRM groups, contributing to the achievement of regional NRM resource condition targets (RCTs) through the development and marketing of tree planting options with multiple benefits to landholders and investors,
• Collaborative development of regional industry plans with a focus on investment and marketing opportunities, and areas for research and development, and
• Acting as information brokers between potential investors and landholders to facilitate development of business models supporting plantings integrated with existing land uses.

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AVONGRO Associates:

AVONGRO Associate	Contact Person	Telephone	Website
Greening Australia (WA)	Tim Emmott	08 9621 2400	www.greeningaustralia.org.au
Department of Environment and Conservation	Dan Huxtable	08 9334 0186	www.dec.wa.gov.au
Forest Products Commission	Mike Carter	08 9302 7488	www.fpc.wa.gov.au
Deptartment of Agriculture and Food	Kim Brooksbank	08 9892 8444	www.agric.wa.gov.au
Oil Mallee Company	Simon Dawkins	08 9433 1244	www.oilmallee.com.au
Avon Catchment Council	Andrew Prior	08 9690 2250	www.avonicm.org.au
Oil Mallee Association	Mike Kerkmans	08 9961 1242	www.oilmallee.com.au