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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

Improving soilborne disease diagnostic capacity for the Australian vegetable industry (VG15009)

This investment used world-leading DNA testing technology to provide vegetable growers with tests to assess the risk of soilborne diseases caused by select pathogens prior to planting

9 August 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

Advanced stable fly management for vegetable producers (VG15002)

This investment investigated strategies to reduce the development of stable flies in crop residues left after vegetable harvest

24 January 2019

Completed project

Export facilitators (VG16085)

This program supported the roles and activities of export facilitators across Australia’s vegetable growing regions, to help growers capitalise on export opportunities.

30 December 2020

Completed project Final Research Report

Removing barriers of food safety certification for vegetable exporters though GLOBALG.A.P. co-certification (VG16019)

This project helped streamline compliance processes for Australian vegetable growers accessing export markets.

5 December 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

ProbiSafe – developing biocontrol agents to inhibit pathogen growth (VG16005)

This investment developed and verified new biological control agents to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria on vegetables

22 May 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

Creating value from edible vegetable waste (VG15076)

Researchers produced high nutrition vegetable powders and fermented purees using carrot and broccoli that would otherwise have gone to waste

19 February 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

Attracting new entrants into Australian horticulture – promoting careers in horticulture (LP15006)

This project was a part of the Hort Frontiers Leadership Fund and engaged graduate students with the horticulture industry.

18 December 2022

Completed project Final Research Report

Improving safety of vegetable produce through on-farm sanitation, using electrolysed oxidising (EO) water (VG15068)

This project investigated whether ‘electrolysed oxidising’ or ‘EO’ water can be used to increase the quality of vegetable irrigation water.

30 July 2020

Completed project Final Research Report

National Vegetable Extension Network (VegNET)

The VegNET program involved a network of industry development officers across Australia, helping vegetable growers access and adopt industry best practice information.

5 December 2018

Ongoing project

Nuffield scholarship (VG14065)

This project provides funding to support Nuffield Scholars in the vegetable industry.

5 December 2018