Macadamia Industry Benchmarking and Industry Sustainability Insights 2022-2027

This project aims to source, analyse, and publish a range of productivity, quality, and sustainability metrics from individual farm to …

Dragonfly Enviro Capital

Dragonfly is an entrepreneurial investment company, investing in new, early stage and established business ventures that are inspired by holistic human wellbeing and a sustainable planet.

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO): Innovation Connections - acceleration opportunity

Opportunity for

• Innovation Connections is for small-medium enterprises (SMEs) who would like to engage with research and development (R&D) opportunities.

Macadamia Crop Forecasting 2023-2025

As the macadamia industry continues to expand, reliable crop forecasts are needed for maintaining market confidence and price stability, the …

EcoSystem Farms

EcoSystem Farms developed soilless farming platform that integrates plants and fish in a closed loop, recirculating system where the fish provide the nutrients for the plants and the plants clean the water for the fish.

YackerApp: Investment opportunity

Opportunity for

• Investors who are interested in purchasing a portion of the app and who have the skill set to help further drive its success
• We are looking for an investor with an agricultural background or interest that can help us to further the reach of the app.

Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-technology (ANU Innovation Institute): opportunity for agritech businesses to join the CEAT Innovation Hub

Opportunity for

• The CEAT Innovation Hub is expanding, and we are looking for agri-tech businesses to join the growing number of success stories who have called the Hub home. We have office, lab and hot desk spaces available for businesses of all sizes, from start-ups to more established operations. This is a unique opportunity to undertake your R&D alongside Australia’s best researchers, working together to secure funding, participate in knowledge exchange and build research impact.

AL21004 - Cover crops for soil health and productivity

This investment explores cover cropping as a management practice in Australian almond orchards by assessing its efficacy and practicality in …

Whole of farm water management digital dashboard

This investment supports the development of an interface (dashboard/platform) that collates necessary data from a range of data sources …

Disease management in cotton farming systems - a participatory action research approach to deliver solutions

Concerns by growers that disease is affecting growth and yield of their crops are increasing. In recent surveys of research …

Endoscopy of the upper respiratory tract at Australian Thoroughbred yearling sales: Can we do better?

Post-sale examination of the upper airways (scoping) is commonly performed at Australian yearling sales to determine whether there is evidence …

Assessing the effects of application of plant hormones on percentage head emergence in oats.

This research proposal looks to assess the change in percentage of head emergence of oaten hay crops when plant hormones …

Implementation of a national standard for grapevine certification - Phase 2a

This project is the second phase of a program of work to develop a national certified standard for grapevine propagation material which is underpinned by current science and can be applied throughout the propagation supply chain and into vineyards.

Haskaps of Oz

Haskaps of Oz is evaluating varieties of haskap berries to introduce to Australian commercial berry growers - and interested home-growers.

Mushroom education resources

This short project is developing two mushroom-focused teaching resources that will encourage secondary school students to have a greater understanding …

SureNut: Integrate NIR quality assurance technology into the nut and grains industry and improve food health and safety globally - commercial opportunity

Opportunity for

• Surenut are seeking engagement from manufacturers to integrate our IP into commercially produced electronic sorters and contribute to the optimisation of quality assurance processes in the nuts and grains industry.

Eco caviar: World’s first sustainable ‘nature identical’ sustainable caviar manufactured from Australian egg – pre-seed investment opportunity

Opportunity for

• Eco Caviar are seeking pre-seed investment from Angel, family offices, smart high net worth individuals or corporate food/ag. Ideal investment partner will have existing relationships with egg producer, supply chain or manufacturing that can unlock the opportunity.

An integrated disease management approach for the Australian macadamia industry (MC21001)

This investment is generating new knowledge and providing innovative tools to predict, monitor and control diseases in macadamia. By equipping …

Sire Evaluation Link Sires 2022-2025

This project provides strong and robust linkage to all standard sire evaluation sites joining for a 2023, 2024 and 2025 drop. Australian Merino Sire Evaluation Association (AMSEA) will oversee the operation of up to 8 sire evaluation sites around Australia. All sites are operated independently and produce results that are specific to each site (Site Reports using within flock raw data, sire adjusted means and flock breeding values). In order for sires entered at different sites to be directly compared (Merino Superior Sires and MERINOSELECT), link sires need to be used across the sites.

Summary and Quadrant Analysis: Data stocktake, analysis and implementation roadmap

Following the completion of the Data Stocktake, Analysis and Implementation Roadmap LC.RDC.0002 on 16 June 2022, this project provides further analysis and investigation in order to build capability around data collection, aggregation, analysis, sharing and use of data.