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Hazelnut Program of Research logo
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Hazelnut Program of Research

AgriFutures Australia

This five-year program of research, led by Charles Sturt University in concert with AgriFutures Australia and a consortium of research and industry partners, will position the Australian hazelnut industry for an expanded and sustainable future. By conducting a series of carefully-designed projects that target priorities identified by the Australian Hazelnut...

16 Jun 2024 - 13 May 2029

New South Wales, Australia

Charles Sturt University

Market regulatory access barriers and pathways to market challenges for Australian emerging rural industries logo
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Market regulatory access barriers and pathways to market challenges for Australian emerging rural industries

AgriFutures Australia

The project is a comprehensive scan of market access barriers for six emerging commodities: coffee, hazelnuts, industrial hemp, insects, sesame, and truffles. Based on extensive desktop research and stakeholder engagement, it aims to develop guidelines and a toolkit to identify, understand, and address the following challenges:

  • government-imposed rules and policies...

1 Jun 2025 - 18 Dec 2025

New South Wales, Australia

Centre for International Economics

Quantifying Australian agriculture’s contribution beyond GDP logo
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Quantifying Australian agriculture’s contribution beyond GDP

AgriFutures Australia

This research will provide a more comprehensive measure of agriculture’s economic value, highlight its critical linkages with other sectors and deliver evidence-based recommendations to shape policies that drive growth. This work will equip stakeholders with the tools to recognise, invest in and amplify agriculture’s role as a key engine of...

27 Nov 2025 - 21 Mar 2026

New South Wales, Australia

Australian Farm Institute

Purposeful policy pathways – Recognising agriculture’s true value  logo
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Purposeful policy pathways – Recognising agriculture’s true value

AgriFutures Australia

This research seeks to understand if current estimates properly reflect the true value agriculture contributes to Australia’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product). It will expand traditional economic analysis to include the economic contribution of the entire agricultural supply chain, including service industries, infrastructure development, educational institutions and specialised sectors. This holistic...

26 Nov 2025 - 28 Apr 2026

New South Wales, Australia

Australian Farm Institute

Sugarcane Biosecurity Plan review 2022 logo
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Sugarcane Biosecurity Plan review 2022

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

Ensuring sugarcane growers are made aware of the key exotic pests and diseases with potential to threaten the industry by developing and sharing the Farm Biosecurity (pest and disease preparedness) Manual and reviewing the Sugarcane Biosecurity Plan (from 2016).

26 Sep 2022 - 1 Jun 2027

Queensland, Australia

Plant Health Australia (PHA)

Harnessing the synbio potential of Australia’s stingless bees, the first step. logo
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Harnessing the synbio potential of Australia’s stingless bees, the first step.

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

Stingless bees have evolved a unique capacity to efficiently isomerise the sucrose found in nectar to the low GI yet highly soluble disaccharide trehalulose. This project seeks to exploit this capability for commercial benefit and ultimately to use cane sugar (sucrose) as an inexpensive feedstock to produce the high value...

1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2024

Queensland, Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ)

 Machine Learning for billet lengths and other matters logo
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Machine Learning for billet lengths and other matters

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

Developing machine learning models to measure extreneous matter and billet length as cane consignments enter the mill to improve mill productivity and efficiency.

1 Jul 2023 - 1 Feb 2027

Queensland, Australia

Queensland University of Technology

 Viruses to aid biological control of major root-feeding pests of sugarcane logo
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Viruses to aid biological control of major root-feeding pests of sugarcane

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

Identifying and evaluating the prevalence, geographic distributions, pathogenicity/efficacy of naturally occurring insect-specific viruses in soldier fly and canegrub populations. As well as determination of the viability and feasibility of deploying these viruses as biocontrol agents.

1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2027

Queensland, Australia

The University of Queensland

Machine Learning for billet lengths and other matters logo
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Machine Learning for billet lengths and other matters

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

Developing machine learning models to measure extreneous matter and billet length as cane consignments enter the mill to improve mill productivity and efficiency.

1 Jul 2023 - 1 Feb 2027

Queensland, Australia

Queensland University of Technology

Understanding phosphorus requirements for sugarcane crops growing in alkaline soils logo
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Understanding phosphorus requirements for sugarcane crops growing in alkaline soils

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

Phosphorus requirements for sugarcane crops growing in alkaline soils is poorly understood and will be investigated using a combination of pot and field experiments, soil and crop sampling and novel soil testing methods. To investigate phosphorus requirements for sugarcane crops growing in alkaline soils by using a combination of pot...

10 Jul 2023 - 13 Dec 2027

Queensland, Australia

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)