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 vegetable and onion benchmarking program (MT22009)
This project is providing vegetable and onion growers with the ability to compare their businesses against national and regional benchmarking data.
3 July 2023
Horticulture trade data (MT22005)
This investment provides Hort Innovation with a subscription to the Global Trade Atlas Database.
3 April 2023
Economic contribution of Australian horticulture (MT21010)
This investment used a suite of economic models to measure and understand how the horticulture industry contributes to the Australian economy.
18 July 2023
Consumer behavioural data program (MT21004)
This multi-industry investment is tasked with providing regular consumer behaviour data and insight reporting to a range of industries
10 March 2022
Vegetable business benchmarking (VG17000)
This project developed a comprehensive benchmarking tool for Australian vegetable growers
19 July 2021
Seasonal horticulture labour demand and workforce study (ST19040 and ST20008) (ST19040)
This short project ran in 2020 to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the horticulture sector in accessing and securing their casual workforce. The study provided an 18-month outlook on the casual labour demand across different regions, to support industry discussion on longer-term COVID-19 responses
22 February 2021
Financial performance of Australian vegetable farms 2016-2017 to 2018-2019 (VG15077)
This project provided the vegetable industry with comprehensive production and financial performance data.
19 November 2019
Benchmarking and comparing the production and regulatory conditions of Australian vegetable producers with our competitors (VG13105)
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Please note that as these reports may date back as far as the 1990s, the content and recommendations within them may be superseded by more recent research.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 December 2015
Category and Consumer Impact Monitor (ST19031)
This investment provided weekly updates on consumer attitudes and behaviours during and beyond COVID-19.
15 June 2020
Vegetable market price reporting pilot program (VG16081 and VG16084)
This program delivered accurate and timely wholesale market price reports for 10 key vegetable categories from markets in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
28 June 2019