Your investments
Ongoing and completed work
Your industry levy and Australian Government contributions have been invested into the below Hort Innovation Vegetable Fund initiatives.
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 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.
Ongoing projects
Ongoing project
Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar (VG20000)
Ongoing project
VegNET 2020-2021
Ongoing project
Leadership development program (MT18016)
Ongoing project
Internal fruit rot of capsicum (VG17012)
Ongoing project
National vegetable industry communications program (VG18000)
Ongoing project
Ex-post impact assessment (MT18011)
Ongoing project
SITplus: Port Augusta Qfly SIT factory pilot operation (FF18003)
Ongoing project
Taste Australia retail program (MT18017)
Ongoing project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT17019)
Ongoing project
Vegetable data generation investments
Ongoing project
Vegetable cluster consumer insights program (MT17017)
Ongoing project
VegPRO education and training initiative
Ongoing project
Novel glass projects (VG15038 and VG16070)
Ongoing project
Soil wealth and integrated crop protection – phase 2 (VG16078)
Ongoing project
National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre (VG17003)
Ongoing project
The EnviroVeg Program 2017-2022 (VG16063)
Ongoing project
Vegetable industry minor use program (VG16020)
Ongoing project
Sowing success through transformational technologies (VG15021)
Ongoing project
Vegetable business benchmarking (VG17000)
Ongoing project
Export facilitators (VG16085)
Ongoing project
Vegetable industry export program (VG16061)
Ongoing project
Nuffield scholarship (VG14065)
Ongoing project
Enhanced National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (MT16005)
Ongoing project
Masterclass in Horticultural Business (LP15001)
Completed projects
Completed project
Phenomenom - The Good Mood Food Module (ST19041)
Completed project
Seasonal horticulture labour demand and workforce study (ST19040)
Completed project
Vegetable agrichemical pest management needs and priorities (VG16060)
Completed project
Nutrition claims for The Good Mood Food educational website (ST19037)
Completed project
Scanning technologies for horticulture packhouses (ST19022)
Completed project
Pathogen persistence from paddock to plate (VG16042)
Completed project
Category and Consumer Impact Monitor (ST19031)
Completed project
Vegetable industry leadership and development missions 2019 (VG18002)
Completed project
Development of a vegetable education resource – stage 2 (VG15067)
Completed project
Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar 2019 (VG18001)
Completed project
Characterisation of a carlavirus of French bean (VG15073)
Completed project
Improved management of pumpkin brown etch (VG15064)
Completed project
Extension strategy for the Australian vegetable industry (VG18003)
Completed project
Precision seeding benefits for processing pea production (VG15039)
Completed project
Vegetable industry communication program 2016-2019 (VG15027)
Completed project
Autonomous systems investments (VG15003 and VG15059)
Completed project
Vegetable market price reporting pilot program
Completed project
A multi-faceted approach to soilborne disease management (VG15010)
Completed project
Creating value from edible vegetable waste (VG15076)
Completed project
Growing Leaders (VG15030)
Completed project
On-farm power generation - options for vegetable growers (VG13051)
Completed project
Consumption of juiced fruit and vegetables data analytics (MT16008)
Completed project
Advanced stable fly management for vegetable producers (VG15002)
Completed project
Global Innovations in Horticulture Seminar (VG15032)
Completed project
Vegetable digital asset redevelopment – Veggycation (VG16080)
Completed project
Effective management of parsley summer root rot (VG13101)
Completed project
New product development information for the vegetable industry (VG14031)
Completed project
New end-point treatment solutions to control fruit fly (2) (VG13044)
Completed project
10th Australasian Soilborne Disease Symposium sponsorship (MT17022)
Completed project
A value chain approach to horticultural product innovation (AI13012)
Completed project
2018 USA Industry Leadership and Development Mission (VG15702)
Completed project
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2015-2018 (AH15001)
Completed project
National Vegetable Extension Network (VegNET)
Completed project
Improved knowledge of factors contributing to carrot rot (VG15066)
Completed project
National Innovation Coaching / Hort360 (VG16063)
Completed project
Boosting vegetable consumption through diet (VegeEze) (VG16071)
Completed project
2018 European industry leadership and development mission (VG15701)
Completed project
Soil condition management – extension and capacity building (VG13076)
Completed project
Market opportunity for vegetable juices (VG16016)
Completed project
Demographic research for the vegetable industry – phase 2 (VG15019)
Completed project
New in-field treatment solutions to control fruit fly (2) (VG13042)
Completed project
Vegetable industry market access and development program (VG13097)
Completed project
VegWHS training resources (VG16031)
Completed project
Vegetable trend forecasting and analysis (VG16027)
Completed project
New in-field treatment solutions to control fruit fly (1) (VG13041)
Completed project
Management of insecticide resistance in the green peach aphid (VG12109)
Completed project
Review of current irrigation technologies (VG14048)
Completed project
An investigation of low-cost protective cropping (VG13075)
Completed project
Women's grower study tour 2014-2016 (VG13706)
Completed project
Landscape diversity and field margin management (VG14047)
Completed project
Development of a vegetable education kit (VG13089)
Completed project
An intelligent farm robot for the vegetable industry (VG12104)
Completed project
Controlling multiple heading and transplant shock in lettuce (VG12017)
Completed project
Field extension officer for Western Australia (VG12026)
Completed project
National honey bee pest surveillance program (MT12011)
Completed project
Managing biting fly in vegetable crop residues (VG12022)
Completed project
Market analysis and strategy: broccoli to Japan (VG13048)
Completed project
Transformational innovation performance analysis (AI13011)
Completed project
Innovative ways to address waste management on vegetable farms (VG13109)
Completed project
Vegetable snacking options market research – stage 2 (VG15060)
Completed project
Vegetable industry export strategy (VG15052)
Completed project
Environmental Assessment of the Vegetable Industry (VG13057)
Completed project
Conveying health benefits of Australian vegetables (VG12043)
Completed project
Optimum vegetable portion size to meet consumer needs (VG12094)
Completed project
Production of fish feed from vegetable waste (VG13050)
Completed project
Biogas generation feasibility study (VG13049)
Completed project
Integration of crop and soil insect management in sweetpotato (VG09052)
Completed project
Evaluating sweetpotato varieties to meet market needs (VG09009)
Research reports, publications, fact sheets and more
Find vegetable industry resources to help your business grow
Most recent
Ongoing project
Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar (VG20000)
Ongoing project
Identifying potential parasitoids of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, and the risk to Australian horticulture (MT19015)
Completed project
RD&E program for control, eradication and preparedness for vegetable leafminer (MT16004)
Ongoing project
Novel technologies and practices for the optimisation of pollination within protected cropping environments (ST19000)
Ongoing project
Feasibility study into opportunities for high-technology horticulture production in urban environments (HA19005)