Vegetable Fund

Completed project

Evidence-based education program to support increased vegetable consumption in children (VG22005)

Completed project

National strategy, baseline and value perception study for Plus one serve by 2030 program (VG23005)

Completed project

Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT20007)

Ongoing project

Chemical residue report to support Australia’s Country Recognition Arrangement (CRA) with Indonesia (2024-2029) (MT24007)

Ongoing project

Guava root knot nematode identification and management (VG23007)

Completed project

Horticulture Impact Assessment Program 2020/21 to 2022/23 (MT21015)

Ongoing project

Australian horticulture pest innovation program (ST23002)

Ongoing project

Advanced vegetable mechanisation program to maximise labour and cost efficiency (VG23003)

Completed project

Novel technologies and practices for the optimisation of pollination within protected cropping environments (ST19000)

Ongoing project

Vegetable high school education resources (VG23010)

Ongoing project

Management options for reducing the reliance on insecticides for fall armyworm in sweet corn (VG23006)

Completed project

Learning from the past to amplify community vegetable education programs of the future (VG22003)

Ongoing project

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

Completed project

Pre-harvest sanitisation of leafy green vegetables (VG22008)

Completed project

Management strategy for serpentine leafminer, Liriomyza huidobrensis (MT20005)

Ongoing project

Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2023/24 (MT23201)

Ongoing project

Industry preparedness for exotic root knot nematode (Meloidogyne enterolobii) (MT22012)

Completed project

Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2022/23 (MT21202)

Ongoing project

Revisiting brown etch of pumpkins (VG22012)

Completed project

Co-developing and extending integrated Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) management systems for the Australian vegetable industry (VG20003)

Ongoing project

Vegetable industry biosecurity and business continuity strategy (VG22004)

Completed project

Chemical residue report to support Australia’s Country Recognition Arrangement (CRA) with Indonesia (MT23000)

Ongoing project

Glasshouse films (VG21006)

Ongoing project

Produce Executive Program Scholarships (VG22011)

Completed project

International Spinach Conference 2023 (VG22010)

Completed project

Fund Impact Assessment 2020/21: cherry, vegetables and small tropicals (MT21013)

Ongoing project

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

Ongoing project

Education and tools for canteen managers to increase vegetables in primary school canteens and vegetable consumption by children (MT22006)

Media Release

Veggies take root in school lunch menus

Completed project

SITplus: Port Augusta Qfly SIT factory pilot operation (FF18003)

Ongoing project

Management of foliar bacterial diseases in vegetables (VG22001)

Ongoing project

Identifying and managing the sources and routes of microbial contamination in leafy vegetables (VG22002)

Completed project

Economic contribution of Australian horticulture (MT21010)

Completed project

Australian horticulture international demand creation (ST21007)

Completed project

People development strategy for the vegetable, potato, onion, and banana industries (MT22002)

Ongoing project

National vegetable and onion benchmarking program (MT22009)

Completed project

Stingless bees as effective managed pollinators for Australian horticulture (PH16000)

Completed project

Essential market access data packages (MT14052)

Completed project

Area wide management of vegetable diseases: viruses and bacteria (VG16086)

Media Release

Banana army poised to defend Aussie plantations

Completed project

Vegetable data generation investments (ST16006, ST17000 and MT17012)

Media Release

$6M investment in Australian horticulture skills and leadership

Ongoing project

Capturing the real and potential benefits and costs of on-farm biosecurity measures (MT22008)

Ongoing project

Soil wealth and integrated crop protection – phase 3 (MT22004)

Media Release

Science-backed $9.5M approach to bolster Aussie produce reputation

Completed project

Soil wealth and integrated crop protection – phase 2 (VG16078)

Ongoing project

Horticulture trade data (MT22005)

Media Release

Scientists bring flies to Varroa Mite Red Zone

Media Release

$11.5M effort to deliver bot-ready strawberries

Completed project

Horticulture trade data (MT19005)

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