On 21st November, at Narrabri, over forty Workshop participants,

mostly ginners, developed and discussed the following introductory

Best Management Practice for the Australian Cotton Ginning

Industry. The Workshop supported the scope and format proposed

by the Australian Cotton Ginners Association (ACGA). This involved

the setting of "Minimum Standards or Goals", and the development

of'requirements to demonstrate compliance". These will form the

basis of an initial draft of a ginning best practices document that will

then be distributed to all members of the ACGA for discussion and

comment.

The Workshop also generated significant comments, supporting or

qualifying the above, and these are included later in the full Report.

Potential areas for further research and development were also

identified, and these are noted in the report.