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
Learning from the past to amplify community vegetable education programs of the future (VG22003)
This project evaluated the impact of past initiatives to increase demand for vegetables so that a framework could be developed for industry to ensure the design and deliver of effective future programs.
1 May 2024
Pre-harvest sanitisation of leafy green vegetables (VG22008)
This project is conducting a literature-based review of potential management options for pre-harvest contamination of leafy green vegetables and other salad products.
4 March 2024
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
Capturing the real and potential benefits and costs of on-farm biosecurity measures (MT22008)
This investment quantifies the everyday benefits of on-farm biosecurity practices so that recommendations can be made on how to incentivise vegetable and melon growers to adopt appropriate biosecurity measures.
19 April 2023
Soil wealth and integrated crop protection – phase 3 (MT22004)
The Soil Wealth and Integrated Crop Protection program assists melon and vegetable growers to improve the management of their soil and crop health, to drive their productivity, profitability and sustainability on-farm.
19 April 2023
Horticulture trade data (MT22005)
This investment provides Hort Innovation with a subscription to the Global Trade Atlas Database.
3 April 2023
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
People development strategy for the vegetable, potato, onion, and banana industries (MT22002)
This project delivered a People Development Strategy to guide future investment in building capacity and capability within the vegetable, potato, onion, and banana industries.
3 July 2023
Generation of data for pesticide permit applications in horticulture 2022 (ST22001, ST22003 and ST22004)
These multi-industry projects are generating the data needed to support a range of existing minor use permits across various horticulture crops to ensure growers have continued access to safe and effective chemicals for managing pests, weeds, and diseases.
29 November 2022