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The Australian Pome Fruit Improvement Program Ltd (APFIP*) was
established in February 1997 by the Australian Apple and Pear
Growers Association Inc (AAPGA) for the benefit of the Australian
pome fruit (apple and pear) industry. In late 2002 AAPGA became
Apple & Pear Australia Limited (APAL).
APFIP is a not-for-profit company with a board of
directors who work in the pome fruit or nursery industries. A levy
is paid by apple growers to fund APFIP's activities this
administered by Horticulture Australia Limited
an industry owned company; it provides the matching funding to the
grower levy for APFIP's ongoing operations.
Over the past 10 or more years APAL has developed considerable
expertise and knowledge in the area of product management
specifically through its global Pink Lady® business. Also during
this time APFIP has developed complementary skills in variety
evaluation, certification, quarantine and intellectual property
protection through plant breeder's rights and plant patents. To get
the best out of this resource and knowledge for the industry the
Board's of APFIP and APAL initiated discussions in 2007. These
discussions culminated in the completion of an agency agreement
between APFIP and APAL on the 31st of July 2008. This
agreement details the management of APFIP in the period up to the
end of the current APFIP R&D project with HAL that will end in
May 2010. All of APFIP's operations and services are being
delivered as per usual. The most significant change during this
process was that Garry Langford moved from General Manger of APFIP
to Manager of Major Projects with APAL's new IP division 'Coregeo'
whilst retaining responsibility for the overall management of
APFIP.
This process resulted in changes to the members and numbers on
the APFIP Board along with the creation of a Technical Advisory
Committee. There are now three [3] Directors on the APFIP Board
these arePhil Turnbull(Chair),Darral Ashtonand Jos Driessen. The
Technical Committee is made up ofMichael Stafford(Chair), Ian
Bolitho, Andrew Hall, Robert Green and Kym Green. The Board is
responsible for the governance of APFIP including finance, policy
and regulatory reporting. The Technical Committee has
responsibility for providing recommendations to the Board regarding
operational issues.
To assist APFIP's establishment, the Horticultural Research and
Development Corporation (HRDC a government statutory organisation
with the aim of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of
Australian horticulture), APFIP works cooperatively with all pome
fruit industry sectors in Australia and has the following
objectives;
- To facilitate an efficient entry in Australia of pome fruit
propagation material with characteristics that will benefit the
commercial potential for pome fruit production in Australia;
- To develop and promote independent evaluation of pome fruit
propagation material for the pome fruit industry in Australia;
- To develop and promote standards for pome fruit material that
will assist the international competitiveness of the Australian
pome fruit industry.
APFIP is a registered trademark of the
Australian Pome Fruit Improvement Program Ltd.
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 2012 Annual Report (PDF 287KB)
03/05/2012
2012 Evaluation Variety Report (PDF
2234KB) 03/05/2012
Tree Procuement Service (PDF 398KB)
03/04/2012
APFIP Certification (PDF 164KB)
15/10/2011
APFIP project 10000 final report. (PDF
684KB) 08/08/2011
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