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Year 9 HASS
Avocados

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This page has been created to support Year 9 HASS students with their task on Food Production in Australia.

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General Information

Avocados Australia. (2020). Facts at a glance 2018/19 for the Australian avocado industry. https://www.avocado.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2018-19_AAL-Facts-at-a-glance.pdf

Russell, M. (2018). New figures show Australia’s avocado industry is on track to produce 115,000 tonnes a year by 2025. https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9051279/new-figures-show-australia-s-avocado-industry-is-on-track-to-produce-115-000-tonnes-a-year-by-2025/

Major problems facing food production

BIOSECURITY

NSW Department of Primary Industries. (n.d.). Mediterranean fruit fly information and biosecurity. https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/insect-pests/medfly

Plant Health Australia. (2011). Orchard biosecurity manual for the avocado industry. https://www.farmbiosecurity.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Orchard-Biosecurity-Manual-for-the-Avocado-Industry.pdf

CLIMATE CHANGE

Could climate change spell the end for avocados? (2018). https://www.envirotech-online.com/news/environmental-laboratory/7/breaking-news/could-climate-change-spell-the-end-for-avocados/46347

Fitzgerald, B. (2016, October 14). Avocado grower says loss of crops to heat stress highlights effects of climate change. ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2016-10-14/avocado-crop-lost-to-heat-stress/7932036

DEMAND

Davey, M. (2016, January 24). Brunchers smashed by avocado prices amid Australian shortage. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/24/brunchers-smashed-by-avocado-prices-amid-australian-shortage

NATURAL DISASTERS

Cavanagh, M. (2019, September 29). Avocados won’t be an earner for years for hail-affected growers who saw trees stripped, crops destroyed. ABC News. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-09-29/how-hail-can-wipe-out-avocado-income-for-three-years/11550462

Sustainable solutions

BIOSECURITY

ACM Agricultural Media. (2018, July 20). Researchers help protect avo’s future. Good Fruit & Vegetables. https://www.goodfruitandvegetables.com.au/story/5536130/researchers-help-protect-avos-future/

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. (2018). Sterile insect technqiue for fruit fly control. https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/medfly/sterile-insect-technique-fruit-fly-control

CLIMATE CHANGE

Romero, E.D. (2017). California is on its way to having an avocado crop year-round. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/27/525737123/california-is-on-its-way-to-having-an-avocado-crop-year-round

DEMAND

Major, T. (2019, January 12). Avocados for dessert? Industry plots ways to increase future demand as production levels soar. ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-01-12/avocados-for-dessert-industry-plots-future-demand/10709502

References

Thai Yuan Lim / Getty Images. (n.d.). Avocados [Image]. https://www.self.com/story/how-to-pick-the-best-avocado-every-time

Last updated 16 March 2020