“Shaping On-Farm Biosecurity Together” Video, Survey & Resources

The AV21002 ‘Shaping on-farm biosecurity together’ webinar video is now available. Learn more about identified biosecurity risks, pest pathways, and potential on farm biosecurity practices for your farm.

WATCH the ‘Shaping on-farm biosecurity together’ webinar video HERE to learn about:

✔ Key exotic and endemic pest and disease risks, and their potential economic impacts.
✔ Pest pathways and proposed on farm biosecurity practices to mitigate these risks.
✔ How your feedback will shape on-farm biosecurity strategies that are reasonable, practical, and tailored to growers.

After watching the video, COMPLETE THIS SHORT SURVEY HERE to share your thoughts on how you currently approach biosecurity. It will be used to identify useful tools, resources or incentives that could make it easier to strengthen farm protection.

Your feedback will directly inform an adoption strategy as part of the avocado levy funded Avocado industry biosecurity strategy 2022-2026 (AV21002) project.

The survey takes just a few minutes to complete – thank you for sharing your insights and helping shape the future of avocado biosecurity.

ACCESS RESOURCES

• The High Priority Pests (HPPs) for avocados are available on the Best Practice Resource (BPR) online HERE – log in, the Biosecurity page will appear & the HPPs are at the top.
• The Avocados Australia ‘On-farm biosecurity survey report/discussion paper‘ is available HERE
• The Potential Economic Costs to the Australian Avocado Industry from the Outbreak & Spread of Selected Exotic Pests is available HERE

MORE INFO

Grant Telford
Biosecurity Strategy Project Manager
Avocados Australia | 0417 282 833 | biosecurity@avocado.org.au

This is an initiative of the Avocados Australia led, Hort Innovation funded project, Avocado Industry Biosecurity Strategy 2022-2026 (AV21002).

This article appears as part of the 28 March 2025 issue of Guacamole.

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