Skip to Content Skip to Navigation

Connecting the agrifood innovation community around the world by providing a digital platform and a premier agrifood tech event.
All 3,485 results Research projects 3,026 results Opportunities 108 results Organisations 351 results

3,026 results

Tips to refine your search
List view Map view
Filter results Reset filters
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&…

Cross industry
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    27 Jun 2022 -
    15 Apr 2025

  • Research organisation

    P2P Business Solutions Pty Ltd

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

Vegetables
Input management
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    26 Jun 2022 -
    30 Mar 2024

  • Research organisation

    Frontier Ag and Environment

Logo for Recycling SMS for fertiliser in a circular economy
Sugar
Research project

Oil Canes Part 1: technical readiness and regulatory assessment

The Australian sugar industry leads the world in terms of productivity per hectare, but despite this advantage, it continues to …

Sugar
  • Funded by

    Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

  • Project date

    24 Jun 2022 -
    30 Sep 2022

  • Research organisation

    The University of Queensland (UQ)

Logo for Oil Canes Part 1: technical readiness and regulatory assessment
Pasture, fodder & feed
Multiple technology areas
Harvest technology Machinery & hardware
Research project

Building new technologies for sustainable and profitable sub clover seed harvesting

This 3-year project aims to develop a prototype machine based on existing technology that overcomes the inefficiencies and environmental damage …

Pasture, fodder & feed
Multiple technology areas
Harvest technology Machinery & hardware
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    24 Jun 2022 -
    30 May 2025

  • Research organisation

    The University of Western Australia (UWA)

Logo for Building new technologies for sustainable and profitable sub clover seed harvesting
Research project

Lean Leaders Program

This investment provides the opportunity for turf levy payers to participate in the Moshie National Lean Leaders program. The program …

  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    23 Jun 2022 -
    1 Dec 2024

  • Research organisation

    Moshie Pty Ltd

Logo for Lean Leaders Program
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 …

Fruits
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    23 Jun 2022 -
    1 Dec 2023

  • Research organisation

    Delytics

Logo for Quality Improvements in the Melon Supply Chain
Fruits
Input management
Research project

Growing robust avocados

This project is increasing the quality of Australian avocado production by supporting the industry to grow robust produce through targeting …

Fruits
Input management
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    20 Jun 2022 -
    8 Jan 2025

  • Research organisation

    Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)

Logo for Growing robust avocados
Other rural industries
Imagery
Research project

Australian Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa) agronomic scoping studies

The Australian industrial hemp industry, which currently is focused predominantly on the use of fibre and seed, is …

Other rural industries
Imagery
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    20 Jun 2022 -
    10 Mar 2023

  • Research organisation

    Growfield Agricultural Consultancy

Logo for Australian Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa) agronomic scoping studies
Wine
Research project

Improving viticulture and oenology practice through extension and communication

The Australian wine sector operates in a dynamic and competitive environment, both domestically and overseas. It is critical that stakeholders have up-to-date information to ensure that their contributions to the sector reflect best practices and their businesses are sustainable, efficient and competitive.

Wine
  • Funded by

    Wine Australia

  • Project date

    17 Jun 2022 -
    30 Jun 2026

  • Research organisation

    The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI)

Logo for Improving viticulture and oenology practice through extension and communication
Wine
Multiple technology areas
Plant science Traceability
Research project

Volatile compound insights: Flavour attributes of current and future commercial significance to growers and winemakers

Understanding the formation and fate of key volatile compounds is a core capability that requires continuation in our sector, as these compounds provide researchers and producers with quality targets for improvements in vineyard and winemaking practices. Volatiles contribute specific varietal and regional characters and contribute greatly to the overall in-mouth sensory experience. The volatiles of wine can be the mark of its quality for a consumer when drinking or the basis of its rejection and are influenced at every stage of handling or processing. At the core of an innovative sector is the ability to understand and measure key volatiles, while developing practices to influence or control flavours associated with wine quality and style.

Wine
Multiple technology areas
Plant science Traceability
  • Funded by

    Wine Australia

  • Project date

    17 Jun 2022 -
    30 Jun 2026

  • Research organisation

    The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI)

Logo for Volatile compound insights: Flavour attributes of current and future commercial significance to growers and winemakers
Wine
Plant science
Research project

Genetic diversity of Australian wine grapevine germplasm

Grapevine planting material represents a major investment and critical production asset for the Australian wine industry, but the genetic diversity that is present in Australia is poorly understood. Furthermore, while grapevine cultivars can be unequivocally typed by ampelography and/or genetic tests, clonal identification solely relies on the tracing of supply records to the point of origin. Such records are not always available or reliable, particularly for older accessions. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) provides the most highly detailed methodology for defining grapevine cultivars and more importantly, clones of those cultivars.

Wine
Plant science
  • Funded by

    Wine Australia

  • Project date

    17 Jun 2022 -
    30 Jun 2024

  • Research organisation

    The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI)

Logo for Genetic diversity of Australian wine grapevine germplasm
Wine
Plant science
Research project

Fermentation management through optimal microbial consortia

An ideal fermentation for wine is short, typically lasting no longer than a week. When fermentations become protracted, the delays can have a direct effect on the scheduling of winery operations. Worst-case scenarios may see residual sugar concentrations failing to meet production specifications, resulting in time-consuming and potentially expensive remediation actions. Fermentation management is complicated by the different types of fermentation employed (alcoholic and malolatic), the mode of those fermentations (concurrent or sequential, inoculated or not), the styles of wine being made (red or white, cellar bright juice or high solids) and the composition of the fermentation substrate (high YAN or high sugar) to name a few. These choices have the potential to shape fermentation outcomes and can lead to unpredictability in both the overall duration and completeness of fermentation.

Wine
Plant science
  • Funded by

    Wine Australia

  • Project date

    17 Jun 2022 -
    30 Jun 2026

  • Research organisation

    The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI)

Logo for Fermentation management through optimal microbial consortia
Wine
Food processing technology
Research project

Addressing production challenges through the management of wine non-volatiles

Non-volatile compounds such as anthocyanins, tannins, polysaccharides, proteins, amino acides and organic acids are present in wine at high concentrations relative to other components. Adequate extraction and retention of non-volatile compounds are critical to wine quality (colour, texture). However, due to both their larger size and tendency to interact, non-volatile compounds cause problems in wine processing, like haze formation, precipitation, crystallisation and adsorption.

Wine
Food processing technology
  • Funded by

    Wine Australia

  • Project date

    17 Jun 2022 -
    30 Jun 2026

  • Research organisation

    The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI)

Logo for Addressing production challenges through the management of wine non-volatiles
Wine
Plant science
Research project

Wine components and interactions influencing the in-mouth sensory properties of Australian wine

The primary tastes of sweet, salty, sour, bitter and savoury (umami) are well defined and understood to direct our food choices. Overt bitterness in wine is generally considered acceptable and it is important to identify and learn to control bitterants in wine. Savoury characters in wine, although commonly reported in tastings are virtually unstudied. Sweet taste, even at low level, can strongly drive consumer preferences of beverages. Although wine sweetness is often ascribed to residual sugar it does not explain the sensation often described by winemakers as 'fruit-sweetness', which appears in 'dry' red wines. Beyond these basic tastes, there are the mouth-feel sensations, such as astringency, fullness (body) and viscosity, which together elicit the more complex experience of wine texture.

Wine
Plant science
  • Funded by

    Wine Australia

  • Project date

    17 Jun 2022 -
    30 Jun 2026

  • Research organisation

    The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI)

Logo for Wine components and interactions influencing the in-mouth sensory properties of Australian wine
Wine
Plant science
Research project

Transformative microbiological inputs for innovative winemaking

Wine is the ultimate culmination of a plethora of complex biological processes. Accordingly, most inputs (even when excluding grape must) are biologically based and include commercial yeasts, bacteria and enzymes used in processing. Classically, the development of improved biological inputs has resolved around phenotypic selection, in which organisms with improved characteristics are specifically chosen for further use or as a breeding stock. As selection relies on genetic variation, mutagenesis is often used to increase the pool of variation available. However, standard mutagenesis/selection is a random process, in which isolates with the required alteration must be identified from a background of thousands of strains. Classical strain development is therefore resource intensive, which ultimately limits the scope of research that can be undertaken.

Wine
Plant science
  • Funded by

    Wine Australia

  • Project date

    17 Jun 2022 -
    30 Jun 2026

  • Research organisation

    The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI)

Logo for Transformative microbiological inputs for innovative winemaking
Multiple industries
Sheep & lamb Wool
Animal technology
Research project

Informed Modeling of Blowfly Chemical Resistance

Outcomes from the analysis of the genetic characteristics of resistant blowfly phenotype and fitness values and the genes and mutations identified by UoM will be shared with UTAS. NSW DPI will also provide up to date resistance information, in the form of calculated resistance factors for field blowfly populations to the listed insecticides, the associated insecticide usage and flystrike management information (if available) to UTAS. These will inform evidence-based enhancements of UTAS’s Resistance Model, with review from UQ.

Multiple industries
Sheep & lamb Wool
Animal technology
  • Funded by

    Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

  • Project date

    16 Jun 2022 -
    30 Jun 2024

  • Research organisations

    New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI), The University of Melbourne, The University of Queensland (UQ), The University of Tasmania (UTAS)

Logo for Informed Modeling of Blowfly Chemical Resistance
Aquaculture
Research project

Seaweed Policy Review

Australian Seaweed Institute recently completed the Australian Seaweed Industry Blueprint Implementation project, funded by AgriFutures, which included a workstream to …

Aquaculture
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    16 Jun 2022 -
    12 Feb 2023

  • Research organisation

    Australian Seaweed Institute Pty Ltd

Logo for Seaweed Policy Review
Nuts
Input management
Research project

Optimising almond production systems

This project is building confidence in the almond industry by improving the efficiency of production through transitioning to higher density …

Nuts
Input management
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    14 Jun 2022 -
    18 Dec 2026

  • Research organisation

    South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)

Logo for Optimising almond production systems
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Food processing technology Novel ingredients Processing & packaging
Research project

Nutritional Qualities of Black Soldier Fly Larvae

As the global population continues to grow towards a predicted 9.5 billion by 2050, a critical shortage of animal proteins is increasingly …

Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Food processing technology Novel ingredients Processing & packaging
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    11 Jun 2022 -
    1 Jul 2023

  • Research organisation

    Western Sydney University (WSU)

Logo for Nutritional Qualities of Black Soldier Fly Larvae
Back to top
Reset filters
Reset filters