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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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Completed project Final Research Report

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

This investment continued to support the operations of the sterile Queensland fruit fly facility established in Port Augusta, South Australia.

16 August 2023

Completed project Final Research Report

Taste Australia retail program (MT18017)

This multi-industry investment targeted key international retailers with training and educational resources about selecting, storing, handling and displaying Australian fresh produce in-store

16 October 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

National Innovation Coaching / Hort360 (VG16063) (VG16063b)

This investment facilitated a pilot program of ‘Innovation Coaching’ for vegetable producers in Queensland

28 September 2018

Final research report

Economics of weed management in the Australian vegetable industry

A report detailing the economics of weed management within the Australian vegetable industry

28 February 2019

Completed project

Innovative solutions for management of tospoviruses of vegetable crops (VG14063)

This investment has produced genetic information on tospoviruses, with the view to developing novel management solutions.

3 April 2019

Completed project

Strengthened biosecurity for the Australian vegetable industry – stage 2 (VG15020)

This investment supported the role and activities of the Vegetable Industry Biosecurity Advisor at AUSVEG from 2015 to 2018.

29 March 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

Data analytics and application technology to guide on farm irrigation (VG15054)

This project aimed to improve irrigation decisions on-farm by providing growers with crop-specific information on evapotranspiration levels

22 November 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

Facilitating adoption of IPM through a participatory approach with local advisors and industry (VG15034 and VG15035)

This program worked to increase the uptake of integrated pest management (IPM) practices among South Australian vegetable growers.

20 February 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

On-farm power generation - options for vegetable growers (VG13051)

To help reduce power costs, this project investigated the feasibility of various on-farm power generation options for growers and produced fact sheets with key considerations.

5 February 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

Consumption of juiced fruit and vegetables data analytics (MT16008)

Insights into Australian's consumption of fruit, vegetables and juices were delivered by this investment, using the CSIRO Healthy Diet Score survey.

5 February 2019