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Multiple industries
Fruits Vegetables
Input management
Research project

Avocado Industry Benchmarking

The avocado industry seeks to understand and learn from favourable market conditions and industry growth through benchmarking the industry. There …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    27 Feb 2023 -
    17 Dec 2027

  • Research organisation

    RM Consulting Group (RMCG)

Vegetables
Research project

Mushroom supply chain best practice management

This project delivers a supply chain best practice guide for the mushroom industry. The Guide will assist industry in improving …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    10 Feb 2023 -
    28 Feb 2024

  • Research organisation

    Applied Horticultural Research (AHR)

Multiple industries
Fruits Vegetables
Research project

Nuffield Scholarships

This project supports 2024 Nuffield Australia scholarships for the apple and pear, avocado, onion and rubus industries. Nuffield Scholarships award primary …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    9 Feb 2023 -
    30 Nov 2025

  • Research organisation

    Nuffield Australia

Vegetables
Input management
Research project

Nursery Sustainability - Undertaking a life cycle assessment

This investment is developing a tool for nursery growers to compare their environmental performance against industry-average benchmarks. This information will …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    2 Feb 2023 -
    12 Jan 2024

  • Research organisation

    thinkstep-anz

Multiple industries
Other rural industries Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Crop protection Plant science
Research project

Ginger Chemical Minor Use Permit maintenance and research

Ginger is predominantly grown in Australia in the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay–Burnett regions of Queensland. The area …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    30 Jan 2023 -
    29 Jun 2026

  • Research organisation

    Censeo Field and Lab Pty Ltd

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

Horticulture Trade Data 2022-2025

This investment enables access to trade data (import/export and volume/value) for horticultural products, both processed and fresh. This …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    4 Jan 2023 -
    30 Dec 2025

  • Research organisation

    IHS Global Pte Ltd

Multiple industries
Fruits Vegetables
Research project

People Development Strategy

This project is building a People Development Strategy to guide future investment in building capacity and capability within the vegetable, …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    12 Dec 2022 -
    1 Jul 2023

  • Research organisation

    RMCG

Multiple industries
Fruits Vegetables
Crop protection
Research project

Validating water disinfestation systems in nursery production

This project is evaluating and comparing the effectiveness of current and alternative irrigation water disinfestation methods so that guidelines on …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    31 Oct 2022 -
    31 Oct 2024

  • Research organisation

    New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)

Vegetables
Research project

Mushroom education resources

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

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    6 Oct 2022 -
    7 Dec 2022

  • Research organisation

    Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia

Multiple industries
Other rural industries Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Automation Crop protection Data and AI
Research project

Disease Detection in Ginger Rhizomes

Whilst the ginger industry generates $32 million gross volume for fresh ginger and $50 million in semi - processed ginger, disease is …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    31 Aug 2022 -
    11 Apr 2024

  • Research organisation

    Zondii

Multiple industries
Fruits Vegetables
Crop protection
Research project

Using pheromones and traps in the management of mirids and vegetable bugs

This investment is developing effective pheromone-based methods for managing mirids and vegetable bugs. Ultimately, it will provide industry with recommendations …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    30 Jun 2022 -
    30 Jun 2027

  • Research organisation

    University of Tasmania (UTAS)

Multiple industries
Fruits Vegetables
Input management
Research project

Sustainably Growing Horticulture Value in cool climate Australia

This investment is tackling the barriers to sustainable expansion in cool climate horticulture by addressing critical issues and risks associated …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    29 Jun 2022 -
    30 May 2027

  • Research organisation

    Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)

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

Multiple industries
Fruits Vegetables
Research project

Horticulture Comms Evaluation Modules

This project examines the impact of Hort Innovation’s Apple and Pear, Avocado, Banna, Mango, Mushroom and Sweetpotato levy-funded marketing campaigns. These insights will provide Hort Innovation and industry with a clear view of how the campaigns have performed in driving salience, specific messages and purchase intent
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    28 Jun 2022 -
    31 Jul 2023

  • Research organisation

    Fifityfive5

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

Vegetables
Crop protection
Research project

Pest and disease management for the Australian mushroom industry

This project is reducing the negative economic impacts experienced by the mushroom industry as a direct result of the influence …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    7 Jun 2022 -
    7 Jun 2027

  • Research organisation

    University of Tasmania (UTAS)

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