Sweetpotato Fund snapshot
10+ R&D investments
Currently underway
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8+ resources and reports
Ready for you to use
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$1.54 million
Levy collected in 2019/20
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$520,000
Invested in R&D in 2019/20
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$528,000
Invested in marketing in 2019/20
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$35.34 million
Potential impact of industry SIP
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Research reports, publications, fact sheets and more
Find sweetpotato industry resources to help your business grow
Most recent
Completed project
Investigation of skin hardening and splitting disorders in sweetpotatoes (PW18001)
Fact sheet
Herbicide performance: Environmental factors
Ongoing project
Field-based testing for fall armyworm (MT19014)
Ongoing project
Sweetpotato export strategy (PW20004)
Ongoing project
Identifying potential parasitoids of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, and the risk to Australian horticulture (MT19015)
Recently added
Media Release
Is there a place for sweetpotato ice cream?
Media Release
$28 million program to improve farm productivity
Fact sheet
Herbicide performance: Environmental factors
Ongoing project
Field-based testing for fall armyworm (MT19014)
Ongoing project
Sweetpotato export strategy (PW20004)
Media Release
Cover crops – a game changer
Completed project
Phenomenom - The Good Mood Food Module (ST19041)
Completed project
Seasonal horticulture labour demand and workforce study (ST19040)
Ongoing project
Australian sweetpotato market insight reports (PW19000)
Completed project
Nutrition claims for The Good Mood Food educational website (ST19037)
Media Release
New plant pest and disease surveillance tech delivered
Marketing
Marketing snapshot - 2019/20
Article
Fall armyworm update and alert
Media Release
Hort Innovation AGM – Board member nominees announced
Media Release
Fall armyworm podcasts launched to help growers
Media Release
Cross your I's and dot your bees for pollination
Minor use permit
Minor use permits for the sweetpotato industry
Completed project
Scanning technologies for horticulture packhouses (ST19022)
Media Release
Record-breaking year for Australian table grape exports
Media Release
Horticulture research to boost bushfire recovery
Media Release
Launch of third apple and pear orchard program
Media Release
Strawberry breeding program delights tastebuds
Media Release
Getting the facts on pollination
Completed project
Australian sweetpotato consumer insights research (PW18003)
