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Primary Industries
The Primary Industries Division delivers strategic services that support profitable and sustainable primary production.
It works in partnership with producers, industry bodies, community groups and related agencies to promote industry growth and ensure access to markets for animals, plants, and animal and plant products.
The main services are:
- inspection, treatment and certification services for animals and animal products;
- inspection, treatment and certification for plant and plant products;
- research and extension programs to help producers sustainably lift crop and stock yields and capacity;
- development of best-practice farming methods and new crop for specific environments;
- Indigenous pastoral and horticultural development;
- biosecurity and laboratory services for plant and animal health; and
- monitoring of, and response to, emergency and endemic animal and plant pests and diseases.
Related Publications
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Vegetable Growing Manual A guide to vegetable growing in the semi-arid tropics of the Top End of the Northern Territory. The manual covers enterprise planning, maintaining soil structure, growing a crop, managing pests and disease, and cooling and handling vegetables after harvest. |
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Annual Research Achievements Report 2010-11 - Primary Industries This year our report takes on a new format, a new name and a new look. This report provides a summary of research and development efforts by science officers during the past financial year. |
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Primary Industry and Fisheries Overview and Outlook 2010 Welcome to the second edition of the Northern Territory Primary Industries and Fisheries Overview and Outlook 2010. This document provides more comprehensive information and analyses of statistics related to the NT Primary Industry Sectors than the Economic Outlook 2010. It is based on actual statistics up to 2009-10 and gives forecast figures to 2015. In addition the document provides information on NT major trading partners and links to other useful publications and websites. |
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Annual Extension Report 2010 - Primary Industries Welcome to the 2010 edition of the Annual Extension Report. Extension is the process of enabling change. DoR extension officers realise that extension can be useful only if it leads to changes in farming practice. |
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Economic Outlook 2010 The new edition of the Northern Territory Rural Industries and Fisheries Economic Outlook for 2010 is now available. This document is produced annually by Policy and Services Division - Primary Industries and provides production and value of production statistics on past, current and future output by Northern Territory primary industries. In addition the document provides other economic statistics covering contributions to Gross State Product, comparisons across industries and employment figures. |
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Projects and Partnerships - Primary Industries Extension Strategy DoR has a Vision of: "A flourishing economy underpinned by profitable and sustainable resource-based industries." DoR will achieve this, in part, by providing targeted extension services in primary industries. The Primary Industries Strategy is available for viewing here. |