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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National strategy, baseline and value perception study for Plus one serve by 2030 program (VG23005)
This investment laid the groundwork for the ‘Plus One Serve of Vegetables by 2030’ program by developing a strategy to encourage Australians to eat more vegetables, establishing a baseline to measure progress against, and delivering a study into how Australians currently perceive vegetables.
2 October 2024
Evidence-based education program to support increased vegetable consumption in children (VG22005)
The VegInfluencer project successfully empowered child settings-based experts, health professionals, and growers with the knowledge, resources, and tools to promote greater acceptance and consumption of vegetables among children.
3 October 2024
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
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
Australian horticulture international demand creation (ST21007)
This investment delivered insights into what the international consumer wants across 13 priority markets for the Australian horticulture sector.
17 July 2023
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
Horticulture Impact Assessment Program 2020/21 to 2022/23 (MT21015)
This project evaluated the impact of Hort Innovation's R&D investments.
9 August 2024
Fund Impact Assessment 2020/21: cherry, vegetables and small tropicals (MT21013)
This project evaluated a random selection of projects in the Hort Innovation Cherry, Vegetable and Small Tropical (Lychee, Pineapple, Papaya, Persimmon, Passionfruit) Funds, with a focus on projects completed within the five years to 30 June 2021, aligned to the 2017-2021 industry Strategic Investment Plans.
23 August 2023
Economic contribution of Australian horticulture (MT21010)
This investment used a suite of economic models to measure and understand how the horticulture industry contributes to the Australian economy.
18 July 2023