R&D projects
Discover vegetable levy investments into Vegetable Fund R&D initiatives
The vegetable levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Vegetable Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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National Bee Pest Surveillance Program: Transition program (MT21008)
This investment is delivering a national coordinated bee-pest surveillance program to help safeguard honey-bee and pollinator-dependent industries in Australia.
19 January 2022
Novel technologies and practices for the optimisation of pollination within protected cropping environments (ST19000)
This investment will improve the quality and yield of fruit and vegetable seeds produced in protected cropping environments by developing advanced technologies for pollination in protected cropping horticulture sector.
24 February 2021
Stingless bees as effective managed pollinators for Australian horticulture (PH16000)
This investment examined Australia’s native stingless bees for their suitability as alternative pollinators, in the face of threats to wild honey bee populations such as Varroa mite.
2 July 2023
Enhanced National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (MT16005)
This investment delivered a nationally coordinated bee-pest surveillance program to help safeguard honey-bee and pollinator-dependent industries in Australia.
13 December 2021
National honey bee pest surveillance program (MT12011)
This investment supported the National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (NBPSP) from 2013 to 2016, to help safeguard pollination-dependent industries.
5 February 2019
A model for industry planning and preparedness for an incursion of Varroa mite (MT12049)
This project tested the preparedness of Australia’s pollination-dependent industries for an incursion of the exotic bee pest Varooa mite (Varroa destructor).
16 November 2015