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$4M investment to get kids eating 19,000 tonnes more veg a year
Media ReleaseA NEW NATIONAL research initiative designed to educate and encourage children to eat more vegetables aims to increase their daily intake of fresh produce by more than half a serving per day. Supported by Hort Innovation through $4
26 April 2019
Table grape growers using inventiveness to fight fruit fly
Media ReleaseCaption: Peter Argiro’s self-rigged spray unit for fighting fruit fly on his Merbein table grape property. A TABLE GRAPE grower from Sunraysia has built a new rig that applies bait spray for fruit fly in an innovative attempt to reduce
23 April 2019
Nursery industry flourishes with record-breaking year
Media ReleaseINCREASED GROWER confidence and consumer demand for greenlife resulted in the sale of around 1.9 billion plants last year, according to the latest Nursery Industry Statistics 2017-18 survey report. Funded by Hort Innovation and
29 March 2019
Review of the biosecurity plan for the berry sector (MT18004)
This project will deliver a cohesive biosecurity plan for the Australian berry sector
1 March 2019
National papaya breeding and evaluation program (PP18000)
This project is responsible for breeding and evaluating new red and yellow papaya varieties
1 March 2019
Educational opportunities around the perceptions and aversions to vegetables through digital media – long-form video (VG16018)
This investment supports the continued activities of the Phenomenom web series and related resources for increasing kids' educaiton around and attitudes towards vegetables
22 January 2019
Managing flies for crop pollination (PH16002)
This investment is looking into the potential of using flies as alternative crop pollinators, including looking at the effectiveness of specific species in pollinating avocado, berry (blueberry, raspberry and strawberry), hybrid carrot seed and brassica seed crops
21 January 2019
National tree genomics program (AS17000)
This program supports the harnessing of genetic technologies for the benefit of Australian tree crop industries
18 January 2019
National PhD scholarship scheme – driving research innovation (LP15007)
This project supports PhD-based research that will benefit the Australian horticulture industry.
18 January 2019
Churchill Fellowships (LP16002)
This investment supports three Churchill Fellowships annually to drive innovation and transformation within Australia's horticultural industry
18 January 2019