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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.

Discover the projects that you want to see by refining the list by ongoing, completed, and historical R&D projects as well as projects by R&D portfolio type. You can also filter the projects by areas of extension and communications, international trade, and data and insights.

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Ongoing project

Finding opportunities to strengthen innovation in the Australian vegetable industry (VG23000)

This project aims to improve the Australian vegetable industry's ability to innovate by identifying strengths and weaknesses in the current system.

23 April 2024

Completed project

International Spinach Conference 2023 (VG22010)

This project sponsored the 10th International Spinach Conference that was held in Victoria in May to coincide with the Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Days.

28 August 2023

Ongoing project

National fall armyworm innovation system for the Australian vegetable industry (VG22006)

This investment delivers a nationally coordinated program to reduce fall armyworms' impact on the vegetable industry by arming growers with tools and knowledge.

22 August 2023

Completed project Final Research Report

Tools and interventions for increasing children’s vegetable knowledge (VG16064)

This investment identified new ways of supplying vegetables to children and helped growers better serve the key consumer market of families with young kids.

31 January 2023

Ongoing project

Vegetable industry communications program (VG22000)

This investment is responsible for effectively communicating the findings of levy-funded R&D and other relevant industry news, issues and data to vegetable growers and other industry stakeholders.

29 November 2022

Completed project Final Research Report

Masterclass in Horticultural Business (LP15001)

The Masterclass in Horticultural Business course, developed under Hort Frontiers, fostered new innovators and leaders for the Australian horticulture industry. Industry levies contribute to scholarship opportunities.

11 May 2022

Ongoing project

Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar 2022-2024 (VG21003)

This project is delivering the Annual Vegetable Industry Seminars from 2022 to 2024 through a combination of in-person events, online webinars and video resources.

28 April 2022

Ongoing project

Demonstrating the benefits of building capability and capacity in extension delivery in the vegetable industry (VG21002)

This investment is evaluating the impact of providing additional training and support to industry development officers (IDOs).

10 March 2022

Completed project Final Research Report

VegNET 2020-2021 (VegNET 2020-2021)

The VegNET program involved a network of regional development officers across Australia, helping vegetable growers access and adopt industry best practice information.

2 December 2021

Ongoing project

VegNet 3.0 (VG21000)

This investment is tasked with keeping Australian vegetable growers informed about current R&D activities, results and resources

23 November 2021