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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Identifying and managing the sources and routes of microbial contamination in leafy vegetables (VG22002)
This program is assisting leafy vegetable growers improve their food safety systems by identifying and managing the sources and routes of microbial contamination.
2 August 2023
Investigating the physical vegetable supply chain to improve transport efficiency (VG13084)
This is a final research report from Hort Innovation’s historical archives. Please note that as these reports may date back as far as the 1990s, the content and recommendations within them may be superseded by more recent research.
13 July 2020
Innovative approaches to adding value to vegetable waste - phase 2 (MT06053)
This is a final research report from Hort Innovation’s historical archives. Please note that as these reports may date back as far as the 1990s, the content and recommendations within them may be superseded by more recent research.
1 May 2008
Global scan for vegetable innovation - fresh and minimally processed (VG13080)
This project examined vegetable innovations from around the world to identify viable opportunities for Australian vegetable growers.
26 March 2015
New product development information for the vegetable industry (VG14031)
This investment developed a number of best practice resources around the development of new and value-added products for Australian vegetable businesses, including the development of the Vegetable Innovation online portal which hosts all the project’s resources.
21 December 2018
A value chain approach to horticultural product innovation (AI13012)
This short scoping study helped identify opportunities for maximising value, use and price for Australian produce that currently is not sold as premium produce.
14 December 2018
Advanced stable fly management for vegetable producers (VG15002)
This investment investigated strategies to reduce the development of stable flies in crop residues left after vegetable harvest
24 January 2019
Creating value from edible vegetable waste (VG15076)
Researchers produced high nutrition vegetable powders and fermented purees using carrot and broccoli that would otherwise have gone to waste
19 February 2019
Improving processing vegetable yields through improved production practices (VG16011)
This project was tasked with identifying, assessing and bringing to growers new innovations for increasing yields or reducing input costs for processing vegetable crops in Australia.
11 September 2018
Market opportunity for vegetable juices (VG16016)
This project explored opportunities in the vegetable juice market in Australia by looking at current trends and what potential exists to increase consumption
1 January 2018