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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Improved skill for regional climate in the ACCESS-based POAMA model (VG13092)
This investment contributed to improving spatial and temporal weather forecasting and seasonal predictions in regions of interest to vegetable growers.
14 February 2018
Soil condition management – extension and capacity building (VG13076)
The vegetable industry’s Soil Wealth program was run through this project between 2014 and 2017, helping vegetable growers use relevant soil management tools and resources on their farms.
12 February 2018
Market opportunity for vegetable juices (VG16016)
This project explored opportunities in the vegetable juice market in Australia by looking at current trends and what potential exists to increase consumption
1 January 2018
Process improvements for preserving peak freshness in broccoli (2) (VG14062)
Factors that can increase or decrease the retail freshness of broccoli were examined in this project, including harvest time, delay before cooling, cooling method and packaging materials. A novel method of reducing yellowing of broccoli was also investigated.
22 November 2017
New in-field treatment solutions to control fruit fly (2) (VG13042)
This project produced the Fruit Fly Management for Vegetable Growers guide and investigated new methods for managing and monitoring fruit flies.
3 July 2017
VegWHS training resources (VG16031)
Workplace health and training instruction videos for vegetable businesses were produced by this VegPRO sub-project.
30 June 2017
Vegetable industry market access and development program (VG13097)
Between 2014 and 2017, this program supported export market access and market development activities for the vegetable industry.
30 June 2017
New breeding technologies and opportunities for the Australian vegetable industry (VG16010)
Opportunities for implementing new breeding technologies for the vegetable industry were explored by this project, which looked at the status and availability of new technologies and attitudes towards adopting them.
28 June 2017
Vegetable trend forecasting and analysis (VG16027)
This project identified large-scale trends in the vegetable industry relating to diet and health so that growers can take advantage of them
27 June 2017
Identifying and sharing postharvest best practice on-farm and online (VG13083)
Best practice information for improving postharvest efficiencies and quality in vegetables was produced by this project, with plenty of resources produced for growers.
11 June 2017