ANNUAL REPORT 2005 - MVCB - Murray Valley Citrus Board
ANNUAL REPORT 2005 - MVCB - Murray Valley Citrus Board
ANNUAL REPORT 2005 - MVCB - Murray Valley Citrus Board
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Charter<br />
The <strong>Murray</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Citrus</strong> Marketing <strong>Board</strong> was established by the <strong>Murray</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Citrus</strong><br />
Marketing Acts 1989 of Victoria and New South Wales to cover citrus produced in the defined<br />
areas of Victoria and southern New South Wales.<br />
The <strong>Murray</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Citrus</strong> Marketing <strong>Board</strong> commenced operations on 1 July 1990, succeeding<br />
the <strong>Citrus</strong> Fruit Marketing <strong>Board</strong> of Victoria and the <strong>Murray</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> (NSW) <strong>Citrus</strong> Marketing<br />
<strong>Board</strong>.<br />
On 4 June 2004, a poll of citrus producers in the <strong>Murray</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> region agreed to reconstitute the<br />
<strong>Murray</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Citrus</strong> Marketing <strong>Board</strong> under the Agricultural Industry Development Act (1990)<br />
of Victoria as the <strong>Murray</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Citrus</strong> <strong>Board</strong> with ex-territorial operation in the <strong>Murray</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><br />
region of NSW. The <strong>Murray</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Citrus</strong> <strong>Board</strong> operates under the “<strong>Murray</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Citrus</strong><br />
Industry Development Order 2004”.<br />
Functions of the <strong>Board</strong><br />
The functions of the <strong>Board</strong> are:<br />
(a) plan, fund and facilitate the conduct of citrus research and development services;<br />
(b) facilitate the adoption and commercialization of the results of citrus research and<br />
development services;<br />
(c) plan, fund and facilitate the conduct of market development services;<br />
(d) plan, fund and facilitate the conduct of citrus pest and disease management and control<br />
measures to increase and maintain access of citrus fruit to domestic and export markets;<br />
and<br />
(e) to establish and manage a general fund and project funds for the purposes of the Act.<br />
Strategic Plan<br />
The <strong>Murray</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Citrus</strong> <strong>Board</strong> Strategic Plan is available at the <strong>Board</strong> office, or alternatively,<br />
on the <strong>Board</strong> web site at www.mvcitrus.org.au.<br />
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