Melon food safety monitoring and support – phase 2 (VM24001)

This project aims to further promote and nurture a robust food safety culture within the Australian melon industry by implementing science- and data-based food safety monitoring and support systems.

21 February 2025

• Ongoing project
• Melon Fund
• Risk management
• Postharvest and supply chain
• Biosecurity

Melon industry Waste Management (VM22002)

This project developed a comprehensive food waste production plan for the melon industry, aimed to help reduce waste across the supply chain and boost industry profitability.

15 January 2025

• Final research report
• Melon Fund
• Completed project
• Postharvest and supply chain
• Health and nutrition

Horticulture Impact Assessment Program 2023/24 to 2025/26 (MT24005)

Hort Innovation engages independent consultants to evaluate the impact of our R&D investments, providing insights into the type and magnitude of impacts that are being generated across the company’s strategic levy programs.

10 October 2024

• Ongoing project
• Potato – Processing Fund
• Potato – Fresh Fund
• Papaya Fund
• Almond Fund
• Apple and Pear Fund
• Avocado Fund
• Banana Fund
• Cherry Fund
• Citrus Fund
• Dried Grape Fund
• Lychee Fund
• Macadamia Fund
• Mango Fund
• Melon Fund
• Mushroom Fund
• Nursery Fund
• Olive Fund
• Onion Fund
• Passionfruit Fund
• Persimmon Fund
• Pistachio Fund
• Pineapple Fund
• Raspberry and Blackberry Fund
• Strawberry Fund
• Summerfruit Fund
• Sweetpotato Fund
• Table Grape Fund
• Turf Fund
• Vegetable Fund
• Blueberry Fund
• Industry data and insights

Melon industry communications program (VM23003)

This investment is responsible for keeping Australian melon growers informed about industry R&D and other news and developments in a timely way.

21 May 2024

• Ongoing project
• Melon Fund
• Industry development and communication

Melon industry study tours (VM23000)

This project enhances the Australian melon industry by connecting local producers and stakeholders with global innovators through a series of study tours.

10 April 2024

• Ongoing project
• Melon Fund
• Study tours

Melon quality improvement program (VM23002)

This investment facilitates and monitors the adoption of the minimum quality standards recently developed for the melon industry, with the ultimate goal of increasing consumption and demand for melons.

19 March 2024

• Ongoing project
• Melon Fund
• Postharvest and supply chain

Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2023/24 (MT23201)

This investment provides a category tracking service to allow various horticultural categories to better understand consumer usage and attitudes and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

21 February 2024

Strengthening the sustainability of melon production (VM23001)

This project is developing melon growers' understanding of the potential environmental impacts of the industry on a total and per/tonne of melon basis.

23 January 2024

• Ongoing project
• Melon Fund
• On-farm and crop management

Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) 2023 updates (MT23001)

This project delivers the 2023 Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) for each of the following industries: almond, avocado, banana, berry, lychee, macadamia, melon, olive, onion, papaya, passionfruit, pineapple and summerfruit.

7 November 2023

• Ongoing project
• Papaya Fund
• Almond Fund
• Avocado Fund
• Banana Fund
• Lychee Fund
• Macadamia Fund
• Melon Fund
• Olive Fund
• Onion Fund
• Passionfruit Fund
• Pineapple Fund
• Raspberry and Blackberry Fund
• Strawberry Fund
• Summerfruit Fund
• Blueberry Fund
• Pests, diseases and biosecurity

Banana army poised to defend Aussie plantations

Banana army poised to defend Aussie plantationsBanana growers managing over 600 commercial banana properties along the east coast of Australia are being armed with an arsenal of tools to guard against significant pests and diseases through a $1.7M

18 May 2023

• Article
• News and media
• Media Release