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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.            
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
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                     HOUSE CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION
URGING ALL INDEPENDENT DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE FARMERS TO WORK
   TOGETHER THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMODITY ADVISORY GROUPS
   TO PROMOTE, MARKET, DISTRIBUTE, AND EXPORT HAWAII-MADE
   PRODUCTS AND HAWAII-GROWN CROPS.



 1       WHEREAS, the State's diversified agriculture industry
 2   consists of numerous small-scale farmers who produce a wide
 3   variety of crops, such as coffee, macadamia nuts, tropical
 4   flowers, papayas, bananas, and seed crops; and
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 6       WHEREAS, according to figures from the Hawaii Agricultural
 7   Statistics Service, the farm value of diversified agriculture
 8   grew by more than ten percent in 1997 from the previous year,
 9   to $314.2 million, making diversified agriculture a primary
10   contributor to the state economy, with immense growth
11   potential; and
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13       WHEREAS, because most diversified agricultural commodities
14   are characterized by small farming operations that are
15   geographically and organizationally dispersed, there is
16   considerable need to improve the effectiveness of promoting,
17   marketing, distributing, and exporting these crops; and
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19       WHEREAS, diversified agriculture can be enhanced by
20   integrating and coordinating the promotion, marketing,
21   distribution, and export of Hawaii's crops and products through
22   efforts by farmers to participate in commodity advisory groups;
23   and
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25       WHEREAS, commodity advisory groups have been successful in
26   advancing Hawaii's competitiveness in the national and global
27   agricultural markets; and
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29       WHEREAS, one example of the effectiveness of commodity
30   advisory groups is found in the efforts by Hawaii's papaya
31   growers to obtain a federal marketing order in 1971 which
32   helped to protect and strengthen this local industry; now,
33   therefore,

 
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 1       BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
 2   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
 3   of 1999, the Senate concurring, that this body hereby urges all
 4   independent diversified agriculture farmers to work together
 5   through their respective commodity advisory groups to promote,
 6   market, distribute, and export Hawaii-made products and Hawaii-
 7   grown crops; and
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 9       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
10   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the
11   Board of Agriculture, the Executive Director of the
12   Agribusiness Development Corporation, and the President of the
13   Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation.
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