Minister for Agriculture announces $2.9 million in Fruit Fly Strategy grants

The Victorian Authorities is assisting key fruit manufacturing areas throughout the state To shield their produce from the damaging influences of Queensland Fruit Fly.

Minister for Agriculture Mary-Anne Thomas right now introduced $2.9 million in Fruit Fly Method grants for the Greater Sunraysia, Goulburn Murray Valley and Yarra Valley areas. This funding will assist fruit fly administration packages, discover new methods to handle the pest and make use of full-time areaal coordinators.

Fruit flies Is usually A critical pest, damaging A selection of fruit and vegetable crops. Queensland fruit fly can influence manufacturing and markets for horticulture industries, which export Greater than $1.6 billion of produce.

Beneath Spherical Definitely one of many $5.3 million program, funding has been awarded to The subsequent organisations to ship area-broad packages on behalf of Regional Fruit Fly Governance teams:

• Mildura Rural Metropolis Council (Greater Sunraysia)
• Moira Shire Council (Goulburn Murray Valley)
• Agrienterprise Yarra Valley (Yarra Valley).

Fruit fly administration packages will plan for The Prolonged time period, work together native communities To assist shield neighbouring horticultural manufacturing, take away undesirable fruit timber, trial new monitoring strategies and apply new crop waste administration methods on farm.

The grants are a key An factor of The federal government’s Fruit Fly Method 2021-25 which has been developed in shut session with enterprise And might ship consciousness packages that empower the group and growers To maintain their crops Freed from damage from fruit fly.

That is An factor of The federal government’s $6.4 million funding introduced Inside the Victorian Price range 2021/22 to handle Queensland fruit fly and shield horticultural manufacturing and jobs. The funding is Collectively with Greater than $2 million invested yearly by the Victorian Authorities in fruit fly administration, together with evaluation and enchancment and certification providers to allow commerce.

The Authorities’s work to handle Queensland fruit fly will shield the 14,000 jobs assisted by horticulture manufacturing throughout the state.
The grants additionally assist the Labor Authorities’s Agriculture Method And might assist To Guarantee Victorian growers are properly positioned To answer biosecurity risks, whereas promoting and constructing confidence Inside the sector for worldbroad markets and the group.

For extra information:
Nadia Dimattina
Victorian Authorities
Tel.: +61 0438 701 306
E-mail: [email protected] 
Internet: agriculture.vic.gov.au