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History of ACOTANC: Australasian Conferences On Tree And Nut Crops – Past Conferences Acotanc: The Australasian Conferences On Tree And Nut Crops #

ACOTANC, an acronym for the Australasian Conferences On Tree And Nut Crops, is a network organisation whose participants are the various organisations concerned with tree crops in the Australasian Zone which includes Australia, New Zealand, and all countries with at least 10 percent of their territory on islands of the South Pacific or Southeast Asia. This includes, for example, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Brunei, Singapore, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa. The first ACOTANC was held in Perth, Western Australia, in 1982. Conferences are now held every three years. Individual Conferences are hosted by interested local organisations at the arranged conference site. These organisations typically include grower groups, units of state or national government agricultural bodies, universities and colleges, and research, trade, or information provision organisations.

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Past and Future ACOTANCs

  • First: Acotanc-82: Perth, Western Australia, 1982. Proceedings: “Tree Crops, the 3rd Component”.
  • Second: Acotanc-84: Melbourne, Victoria, 1984. Proceedings: Out of Print.
  • Third: Acotanc-86: Auckland, New Zealand, 1986. Proceedings: Not separately published.
  • Fourth: Acotanc-88: Lismore, New South Wales, 1988. Proceedings: Out of Print.
  • Fifth: Acotanc-90: Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 1990. Proceedings: Not separately published.
  • Sixth: Acotanc-92: Renwick, South Australia. 1992. This conference was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances and never held.
  • Seventh: Acotanc-95: Lismore, New South Wales, 1995. Proceedings: Most available on the Web at the Australian New Crops Centre.
  • Eighth: Acotanc-98: Nelson, New Zealand, 1998. Proceedings: Not separately published.
  • Ninth: Acotanc-2001 Held in Perth, Western Australia, April 2001. Proceedings are available at Acotanc-2001 Papers & Proceedings. View report about Acotanc2001
  • Tenth: Acotanc-2004: Held at Gatton College, University of Queensland, 2004 Sep 21-24.
  • Eleventh: Acotanc-2007: To be held at …

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