Seasonal horticulture labour demand and workforce study (ST19040 and ST20008)
What was it all about?
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.
Extensive stakeholder consultation across the sector was conducted and a nationwide survey to determine production patterns, casual labour requirements and how COVID-19 had already impacted their businesses.
In 2021, Hort Innovation completed the second phase of a study into the impact of COVID-19 on the horticulture sector in accessing and securing their casual workforce – view the report here.
- Potato – Processing Fund
- Potato – Fresh Fund
- Papaya Fund
- Almond Fund
- Apple and Pear Fund
- Avocado Fund
- Banana Fund
- Cherry Fund
- Chestnut Fund
- Citrus Fund
- Custard Apple Fund
- Dried Grape Fund
- Dried Tree Fruit Fund
- Lychee Fund
- Macadamia Fund
- Mango Fund
- Melon Fund
- Mushroom Fund
- Nursery Fund
- Olive Fund
- Onion Fund
- Passionfruit Fund
- Persimmon Fund
- Pistachio Fund
- Pineapple Fund
- Processing Tomato Fund
- Prune Fund
- Pyrethrum Fund
- Raspberry and Blackberry Fund
- Strawberry Fund
- Summerfruit Fund
- Sweetpotato Fund
- Table Grape Fund
- Turf Fund
- Vegetable Fund
- Blueberry Fund
- Nashi Fund
This project was funded through Hort Innovation's risk management reserves, as part of our response to assist the horticulture sector through the effects of COVID-19, drought, floods and bushfires.