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Economic Impact Assessment for Hort Frontiers logo
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Economic Impact Assessment for Hort Frontiers

Hort Innovation

This investment engages independent consultants to evaluate the economic, social and environmental impact of Hort Frontiers investments completed in the last three years. Indpendant economic evaluation of our completed projects are a tool to evaluate investments and inform future investments.

2 Jun 2022 - 1 Feb 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Economic Contribution of Australian Horticulture logo
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Economic Contribution of Australian Horticulture

Hort Innovation

This short investment is using a suite of economic models to measure and understand how the horticulture industry contributes to the Australian economy. The project will estimate the direct and indirect impacts on the national economy, as well as regional areas.

Start: 11 Mar 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Horticulture impact assessment program 2020/21 to 2022/23 logo
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Horticulture impact assessment program 2020/21 to 2022/23

Hort Innovation

Hort Innovation has engaged independent consultants to evaluate the impact of our R&D investments, providing insights into the type and magnitude of impacts that are being generated across the company’s strategic levy programs. Indpendant economic evaluation of our completed projects are a tool to evaluate investments and inform future investments.

11 Apr 2022 - 30 Nov 2024

New South Wales, Australia

Fund Impact assessment 2020/21: Cherry, Sweet Potato, Vegetables and Small Tropicals (lychee, pineapple, persimmons, papaya, passionfruit) logo
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Fund Impact assessment 2020/21: Cherry, Sweet Potato, Vegetables and Small Tropicals (lychee, pineapple, persimmons, papaya, passionfruit)

Hort Innovation

Hort Innovation has engaged independent consultants to evaluate the impact of our R&D investments, providing insights into the type and magnitude of impacts that are being generated across the company’s strategic levy programs. Indpendant economic evaluation of our completed projects are a tool to evaluate investments and inform future investments

11 Apr 2022 - 28 Feb 2023

New South Wales, Australia

Accelearting the adoption of best management practice in Australia's onion industry trhough integrated grower-led communications and extension logo
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Accelearting the adoption of best management practice in Australia's onion industry trhough integrated grower-led communications and extension

Hort Innovation

This investment ensures the onion industry is equipped with the information and resources they need to adopt best management practices. Onion growers will be brought into the existing VegNET 3.0 program for the vegetable industry to support increased awareness and adoption of R&D. VegNET is a nationally-coordinated, regionally-delivered extension program...

5 Jan 2023 - 11 Jan 2025

New South Wales, Australia

New varieties for Australian banana growers logo
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New varieties for Australian banana growers

Hort Innovation

This investment is identifying banana varieties from global breeding programs with TR4 resistance and evaluating their performance in Australian conditions.

11 May 2022 - 13 Dec 2026

New South Wales, Australia

Australian Strawberry Breeding Program logo
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Australian Strawberry Breeding Program

Hort Innovation

This investment continues the development and commercial release of superior strawberry varieties for Australian environments, including temperate, subtropical and Mediterranean-growing regions. By ensuring that the Australian strawberry industry has access to improved, locally adapted strawberry varieties, this project supports a sustainable and profitable national strawberry industry.

20 Feb 2023 - 1 Dec 2027

New South Wales, Australia

A gene technology platform for disease resistance in horticultural tree crops (huanglongbing and Xylella) logo
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A gene technology platform for disease resistance in horticultural tree crops (huanglongbing and Xylella)

Hort Innovation

This investment is introducing a new gene technology platform for disease resistance to Australia. The technology is best described as the equivalent of a vaccination for fruit and nut trees that could provide lifetime protection against diseases in horticultural tree crops such as Huanglongbing and Xylella.

30 Jun 2022 - 1 Jul 2027

New South Wales, Australia

Whole of farm water management digital dashboard logo
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Whole of farm water management digital dashboard

Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD)

This investment supports the development of an interface (dashboard/platform) that collates necessary data from a range of data sources on-farm (eg. soil moisture sensor, dam levels etc.) and external (eg. Govt. water accounts) to provide farm and crop managers real time and accurate accounts of water availability (at the enterprise,...

15 Oct 2022 - 30 Jun 2025

New South Wales, Australia

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

Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD)

Concerns by growers that disease is affecting growth and yield of their crops are increasing. In recent surveys of research needs from growers from both Cotton Australia and the Cottoninfo team disease was clearly one of the biggest concerns raised. Clearly managing disease is complex, and challenges are different right...

15 Oct 2022 - 30 Sep 2026

New South Wales, Australia