Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #755 FLorida Tropical Fruit Research and Development
Requester:	Noble Hendricks		Organization:		Florida Tropical Fruit Advisory Council
Project Title:	FLorida Tropical Fruit Research and Development		Date Submitted:		01/27/2000 4:51:28 PM
District Member:	Roberto Casas		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	Leon
Recipient:	Florida Dept. of Argiculture & Consumer Ser.		Contact:		Nelson Pugh
	407 South Calhon Street		Contact Phone:		(850) 488-7970
	Tallahassee 32399
Project Description:
IFAS Research in Horticulture, Phisiology, Pathology and Entomology of FL Tropical Fruit & FDACS Market Development.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Increased fruit production, quality & sales, increase, revenue, jobs and food for Florida.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
5,000,000 increase in industry output.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$300,000
Total cost of the project:		$300,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?						Yes
				In-Kind Amount:		$20,000,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?						Yes
	Fiscal Year:	93-98		Amount:		$300,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?						Yes
	Amount:	$300,000
	Purpose for future year funding:				Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?					Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?						Yes
	Agency:	Agriculture And Consumer Services, Department Of, And Commissioner Of Agriculture
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?						Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?						Yes
	Documentation:	FDLAS- Tropical Fruit Advisory Council Yearly Report
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						No