3727 research projects
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Nuffield Scholarships
Hort Innovation
This project supports 2024 Nuffield Australia scholarships for the apple and pear, avocado, onion and rubus industries. Nuffield Scholarships award primary producers with a life-changing scholarship to travel overseas and study an agricultural topic of choice to increase their knowledge, management, and leadership skills. It is a 14-week study program...
9 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2025
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Mushroom supply chain best practice management
Hort Innovation
This project delivers a supply chain best practice guide for the mushroom industry. The Guide will assist industry in improving the handling and storage of mushrooms within the supply chain, from farm gate and transportation to retail. The project team will review the available literature on postharvest management of mushrooms,...
10 Feb 2023 - 28 Feb 2024
New South Wales, Australia
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Sweetpotato emerging leaders program
Hort Innovation
This three-year investment is delivering a leadership program to build capability within the sweetpotato industry. The program will grow participants’ professional knowledge and skills, raise their awareness of innovation and help them gain insights into how they can manage their businesses better. This leadership, mentoring and innovation training will offer...
9 Feb 2022 - 31 Dec 2024
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Lean Leaders Program
Hort Innovation
This investment provides the opportunity for turf levy payers to participate in the Moshie National Lean Leaders program. The program was developed specifically for horticultural industry needs and seeks to educate participants on how to lead and sustain continuous improvement in their workplace. The Moshie National Lean Leaders program is...
23 Jun 2022 - 1 Dec 2024
New South Wales, Australia
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Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia (PIEFA)
Hort Innovation
This project funds Hort Innovation's annual membership to the Primary Industries Education Foundation of Australia (PIEFA) for 2022, 2023 and 2024. Through this membership, engaging teaching material is produced for schools to increase knowledge about horticulture and promote careers in horticulture.
1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
New South Wales, Australia
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Quality Improvements in the Melon Supply Chain
Hort Innovation
This investment is developing minimum quality standards for seedless watermelon, rockmelon and honeydew melon to improve consumer acceptance of Australian melons and ultimately drive demand and sales. This project will model consumer liking according to measurable quality parameters, conduct product sampling for quality assessments and identify opportunities for industry to...
23 Jun 2022 - 1 Dec 2023
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Almond Industry Californian Study Tour 2022
Hort Innovation
In 2022, this project is supporting eight Australian almond industry participants to travel to California to explore the latest R&D and technological developments and build on the international network established in recent years with the Californian almond industry. Together Australia and California represent 87 per cent of global production, with...
6 Dec 2022 - 15 Apr 2023
New South Wales, Australia
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Opportunities for insecticide resistant honey bees for pollination security
Hort Innovation
This project will study the potential of using emerging technologies for genetic engineering to introduce beneficial traits into bees and provide recommendations to the Australian horticulture industries on which may be technically feasible, desirable to farmers, environmentally sound, allowed by existing regulatory frameworks, and publicly acceptable. Recommendations will be developed...
3 Jan 2023 - 5 Jan 2024
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Exploration of advanced control and detection methods for Varroa mite
Hort Innovation
The overall objective of this project is to catalogue and critically review innovations in detection methods and emerging biological and cultural control methods for the Varroa mite (Varroa destructor).
3 Jan 2023 - 29 Feb 2024
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
AL21004 - Cover crops for soil health and productivity
Hort Innovation
This investment explores cover cropping as a management practice in Australian almond orchards by assessing its efficacy and practicality in specific almond-growing regions for more effective and sustainable orchard management. The project team are establishing field trials in two almond-growing regions, with up to six under-tree management options that seek...
18 Oct 2022 - 30 Jul 2027
New South Wales, Australia