Your investments
Ongoing and completed work
Your industry levy has been invested into the below Hort Innovation Onion Fund initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions in the case of R&D.
For each ongoing R&D investment you can click through to see a general project overview, plus any specific progress updates and related resources that are available.
For completed R&D investments, you’ll find a recap of the whole work and can access any available resources or final research reports produced by the project team.
At the bottom of the page, you’ll also find updates on levy-funded marketing activity.
Ongoing projects
Ongoing project
Category and Consumer Impact Monitor (ST19031)
Ongoing project
Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) – Updates (MT19008)
Ongoing project
Ex-post impact assessment (MT18011)
Ongoing project
Australian onion industry communications program (VN18003)
Ongoing project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT17019)
Ongoing project
Vegetable cluster consumer insights program (MT17017)
Ongoing project
Onion industry minor use program (VN16000)
Ongoing project
Enhanced National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (MT16005)
Completed projects
Completed project
Onions foodservice farm tour and education pilot (VN18000)
Completed project
Australian onions nutritional literature review (VN18002)
Completed project
Phenomenom extension project (MT18015)
Completed project
Australian onion industry communications (VN15002)
Completed project
Foodservice custom research reports (MT18002)
Completed project
Australian onion consumer research (VN18001)
Completed project
10th Australasian Soilborne Disease Symposium sponsorship (MT17022)
Completed project
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2015-2018 (AH15001)
Completed project
Development of an onion white rot forecast model for Tasmania (VN14001)
Completed project
International Onion Research Delegation (VN16001)
Completed project
Managing soil borne diseases of onions (VN13003)
Completed project
National honey bee pest surveillance program (MT12011)
Completed project
New onion protocols to assure viability of European exports (VN10001)
Completed project
Transformational innovation performance analysis (AI13011)
Completed project
Physiology of onion bulbs destined for export markets (VN12000)
Completed project
Understanding practices in key pollination areas (MT13027)
Completed project
International onion researcher delegation (VN17001)
Marketing
Marketing
Marketing snapshot - 2018/19
Research reports, publications, fact sheets and more
Find onion industry resources to help your business grow
Most recent
Final Research Report
Onions foodservice farm tour and education pilot (VN18000)
Historical document
Australian onion industry New Zealand study tour, 2009 (VN08001)
Historical document
5th International Symposium on Edible Alliaceae and the 2nd World Onion Congress study tour, Netherlands, October 2007 (VN07001)
Ongoing project
Category and Consumer Impact Monitor (ST19031)
Minor use permit
Minor use permits for the onion industry