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Multiple industries
Fruits Nuts Vegetables
Research project

Consumer Usage & Attitude Tracking

This investment is providing a category tracking service to allow various horticultural categories to better understand consumer usage and attitudes and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    28 Jun 2022 -
    31 Jul 2023

  • Research organisation

    Fifityfive5

Cross industry
Research project

Framework for Strategic Australia-India Partnership in R&D and Trade

To build an effective partnership mechanism through an Australia India Centre for Excellence (CoE) for horticulture to facilitate new R&…
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    27 Jun 2022 -
    15 Apr 2025

  • Research organisation

    P2P Business Solutions Pty Ltd

Vegetables
Input management
Research project

Recycling SMS for fertiliser in a circular economy

This investment is developing models for a spent mushroom substrate (SMS) circular economy by improving the value-proposition of SMS for …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    26 Jun 2022 -
    30 Mar 2024

  • Research organisation

    Frontier Ag and Environment

Fruits
Research project

Quality Improvements in the Melon Supply Chain

This investment is developing minimum quality standards for seedless watermelon, rockmelon and honeydew melon to improve consumer acceptance of Australian …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    23 Jun 2022 -
    1 Dec 2023

  • Research organisation

    Delytics

Multiple industries
Fruits Nuts Vegetables
Research project

Economic Impact Assessment for Hort Frontiers

This investment engages independent consultants to evaluate the economic, social and environmental impact of Hort Frontiers investments completed in the last three years
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    2 Jun 2022 -
    1 Feb 2022

  • Research organisation

    Ag Econ Plus

Multiple industries
Fruits Vegetables
Research project

Australian Horticulture International Demand Creation

This investment is delivering insights into what the international consumer wants across 13 priority markets for the Australian horticulture sector. A …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    30 May 2022 -
    30 Nov 2023

  • Research organisation

    Kantar Insights Australia Pty Ltd

Multiple industries
Fruits Nuts Vegetables
E-commerce & market platforms
Research project

Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2021/22 to 2023/24

The purpose of this project is to develop and publish an annual statistics handbook that addresses a need for accurate …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    2 May 2022 -
    25 Feb 2025

  • Research organisation

    Freshlogic

Fruits
Crop protection
Research project

Banana Integrated Pest and Disease Management Program

This investment is working to increase the banana industry’s knowledge of significant pests and diseases and how to control …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    30 Apr 2022 -
    30 Apr 2027

  • Research organisations

    Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)

Fruits
Multiple technology areas
E-commerce & market platforms Traceability
Research project

Papaya market supply data capture and analysis

The overall objective of this project is the collection of production volumes of fresh red papaya and yellow paw paw …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    27 Apr 2022 -
    31 Mar 2025

  • Research organisation

    Papaya Australia Ltd

Vegetables
Research project

Sweetpotato emerging leaders program

This three-year investment is delivering a leadership program to build capability within the sweetpotato industry. The program will grow participants’ …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    9 Feb 2022 -
    31 Dec 2024

  • Research organisation

    Australian Sweet Potato Growers Association

Fruits
Crop protection
Research project

Identification and management of a fungal disease complex in melons

This investment is improving the melon industry’s capability to reduce the impacts of soilborne fungal diseases through improved knowledge …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    12 Jan 2022 -
    12 Jan 2025

  • Research organisation

    Agreco

Multiple industries
Aquaculture Beef cattle Cotton Dairy Eggs Fruits Nuts Other rural industries Sheep & lamb Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine
Multiple technology areas
Input management Plant science
Research project

Designing the integration of extension into research projects

This project will work with researchers, extension officers, growers and farmers to develop an RD&E process which provides the best opportunities for adoption of research outputs that will benefit the end user. Phase 2 which is separate to this project aims to trial the process.
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    24 Dec 2021 -
    10 Jul 2022

  • Research organisation

    Enablers of Change

Fruits
Multiple technology areas
Automation Harvest technology Robotics
Research project

Study to review automation of banana de-handing

This project is examining whether it is feasible to automate de-handing of bananas. The research team will conduct a time and motion study of banana processing in an operational processing facility and produce a feasibility report into the challenges and immediate opportunities around integrating robotics into de-handing.
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    2 Dec 2021 -
    30 Apr 2022

  • Research organisation

    ARM Hub (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub)

Multiple industries
Fruits Nuts Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Data and AI Input management
Research project

Crop and varietal data to better understand the importance of pollination

This project will ensure that all available crop pollination dependency data is easily accessible to relevant stakeholders (eg growers, apiarists, …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    -
    31 Aug 2026

Multiple industries
Fruits Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Input management Plant science
Research project

Innovation at Work

This project is exploring innovative ways to deliver RD&E within horticultural industries in Australia through collaborating with private sector agribusiness advisers, who are often a trusted ally of their grower clients. A range of activities has been designed to enhance adviser and grower awareness of relevant R&D and best management practices, with the aim of achieving on-farm practice change.
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    6 Oct 2021 -
    31 Oct 2024

  • Research organisation

    Elders Rural Services Australia Ltd

Fruits
Multiple technology areas
Crop protection Input management Plant science
Research project

Dried Grape Production Innovation and Adoption Program 2021-2026

This project builds on a previous program to assist dried grape producers to access and share emerging research and knowledge on production techniques to grow skills, improve productivity and keep quality high. It will provide benchmarks for production per hectare, production practices, prices received and input costs, and track overall industry productivity growth.
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    30 Sep 2021 -
    31 Jul 2026

  • Research organisation

    Dried Fruits Australia

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