Nursery Industry Accreditation Scheme, Australia (NIASA) is the national nursery industry Best Management Practice (BMP) program for production nurseries, growing media manufacturers and greenlife markets and underpins the Australian Plant Production Standard (APPS) – a holistic system designed to ensure a sustainable future for the Australian nursery industry
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These guidelines contain full colour photographs of ‘best practice’ in production nurseries and growing media supplier businesses. The NIASA guidelines incorporate new information on water management and inground production with the updated version of the Water Management Best Practice Guidelines.
The NIASA program provides guidelines that describe industry ‘Best Management Practices’ for production nurseries, growing media suppliers and greenlife markets.
The guidelines have been divided into 5 major sections with 16 appendices that guide businesses through best management practices. Preview Here
There is a suite of horticulture specific sub-programs that bolt onto the main NIASA criteria (and are included as appendices). These sub-programs guide business compliance to meet specifications required by cropping sectors including:
The guidelines can be used as a reference for the professional operation of production nurseries, growing media suppliers and greenlife markets. They are also used as the mechanism for independent assessment to gain and maintain the formal NIASA Accreditation status. Assessments are carried out annually by highly skilled authorised and qualified, Lead Auditors using the appropriate NIASA BMP Checklist.
Businesses that attain the formal NIASA BMP Accreditation are provided with their own business portal within the web based Audit Management System (AMS) allowing the business to access electronic record keeping functions, via handheld devices such as mobile phones, tablets, etc., for infield data management PREVIEW HERE.
Greenlife Industry Australia (GIA) has developed the Audit management system portal. The AMS is a secure web- based system that member businesses can easily use in their daily management of on-farm activities.
The system allows the digital collection and interrogation of a range of reports important to plant protection.
The allocation of staff roles and responsibilities within the AMS allows businesses to streamline the recording, collection, and evaluation of these reports using phones, iPad, and any other digital device. For more information regarding the AMS please contact GIA: biosecure@greenlifeindustry.com.au
Accredited Businesses proudly display the relevant NIASA sign.
The NIASA logo represents:
For more information on creating a sustainable future for your business by implementing NIASA, please contact GIA: biosecure@greenlifeindustry.com.au