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 Key
longterm strategies
Invest in R&D for new
rural industries:
That have significant export
or domestic market opportunities
Where Australian industry has
a competitive advantage, for example in production, seasonality, or market
access.
That will be attractive to producers
to enter and expand the industry
Background
As a conservative estimate,
the GVP of the major crops within the current program is about $100 million
– mainly made up from the Native Foods industry ($20 million), Herbs, Spices
($39 million), and olives (oil & table $30 million). The program covers
a vast range of crops and invests in (1) products not previously grown
commercially in Australia, and (2) expansion of existing products for a
new market. The investment is aimed towards crops and new plant industries
that are too novel for support from other R&D Corporations. This program
is categorised into seven programs:
Native Foods (indigenous to
Australia)
Culinary herbs, spices and beverages
Olives
Extractive & fibre crops
Fruit, vegetables and nuts
Grains and pulses
Miscellaneous crops and activities
Investment from this program
is supporting new rural industries (or crops) that have the potential for
diversification, differentiation, and value adding for rural producers.
Strategies
for 2007–08
The research priorities
are:
-
Increase domestic and international
demand for new plant products
-
International recognition of
the quality, safety, reliable supply and innovation of Australian produce
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Profitable and sustainable supply
chain systems
-
Effective production and marketing
decisions
-
Strengthening the enabling environment,
industry capacity, motivation and commitment
Expected
key outputs for 2006–07
Business plan for kakadu plum
Native Foods Five-year Plan
Green tea growers’ guide (updated)
Paprika oleoresin report – market
potential and infrastructure for processing
Olive manual (growers’ guide)
Olive pest and diseases field
guide
Tropical fruits product description
language handbook
New crops website
At least one new Minor Use Permit
for the herb & spice industry
New Plant Products Five-year
Strategic Plan
Native foods recipe book
Expected
key outcomes in 2007–08
Improved market development
resulting from identification of unique selling points of main native foods;
An olive industry Environmental
Management System developed and implemented
Increase rambutan production
through improved management practices
Greater engagement of the tropical
fruit industry with R&D through the establishment of a tropical fruit
industry R&D advisory committee
Greater engagement of the green
tea industry with R&D through the establishment of a R&D advisory
committee
Development of a pomegranate
germplasm library and a variety assurance system
This sub-program has separate Five-Year
Plans on Native Foods, Culinary Herbs, Longan and Olives, which are accessible
in hardcopy and on the Internet at www.rirdc.gov.au/pub
New projects being funded
or under consideration in 2007–08 include:
| Project
No |
Title |
Researcher |
Phone |
| PRJ-000339 |
Green
tea profitability and environmental assurance* |
Dr
John Golding |
02
4348 1926 |
| PRJ-000420 |
Commercialising
cocoa growing in north Queensland* |
Dr
Yan Diczbalis |
07
4064 1128 |
| PRJ-000385 |
Technological
and biological factors affecting sterols in Australian olive oils* |
Mr
Leandro Ravetti |
03
5272 9500 |
| PRJ-000389 |
Characterisation
of phenolic compounds in oils produced from frosted olives* |
Ms
Claudia Guillaume |
03
5272 9500 |
| PRJ-000338 |
Development
of golden linseed as a cash crop for the health market* |
Ms
Margaret Campbell |
08
6488 1792 |
| PRJ-000348 |
Collection
and selection of purslane as a commercial vegetable crop |
Dr
Guijun Yan |
08
6488 1240 |
| PRJ-000320 |
Longer
shelf life and consumer acceptance of watercress salad products |
Dr
Lee Peterson |
03
6248 5233 |
| PRJ-000162 |
Integrated
polyculture industry |
Ms
Pia Winberg |
02
4455 5518 |
| PRJ-000342 |
Evaluation
of edible Australian mycorrhizal fungi as food crops* |
Mr
Michael Powell |
07
5445 5421 |
| PRJ-000356 |
Native
legumes as a grain crop for diversification in Australia |
Dr
Heather Clarke |
08
6488 1648 |
| PRJ-000347 |
Australian
wild rice: A new sustainable wild food enterprise |
Dr
Penny Wurm |
08
8946 6355 |
| PRJ-000003 |
Developing
harvest technologies for C. australasicum (tall scurf-pea) |
Mr
Steve Hughes |
08
8303 9408 |
| PRJ-000330 |
Current
issues in intellectual property for the Australian rural sector |
Professor
Brad Sherman |
07
3365 6193 |
| PRJ-000436 |
RIRDC
Australian new crops website |
Dr
Rob Fletcher |
07
5465 4121 |
Note: An asterisk (*) indicates
that the Corporation is still to finalise amendments to the project.
Research
Budget:$1,501,500
AgFacts
- Agricultural information from around Australia
In an effort to bring you the
latest and most comprehensive collection of agricultural information from
around Australia, we have compiled this list of links to fact sheets produced
by State agricultural departments and research agencies. Each agency retains
full copyright and we ask you to respect that copyright and to contact
each organisation before using their material for other than personal,
educational or any other fair dealing purpose.
Buckwheat
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Coriander
seed (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Coriander
seed production (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Sesame
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Medicinal
herbs (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Dried
herbs (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Echinacea
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Fresh
herbs (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Native
food (CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems site)
Garlic
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Olives
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Olives
- Contacts and references (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Quandong
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Crow
Garlic (Tas DBIRD service sheet)
Low
THC Hemp (NSW Agric)
Tropical fruits:
Hawk
moth pollinators in papaya (QDPI Notes)
Durian : Growing & Marketing(NT
DBIRD- not currently available online. Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Pitaya or Dragon Fruit(NT
DBIRD- not currently available online. Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Rambutan 2 - Growing &
Marketing (NT DBIRD- not currently available
online. Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Rambutan Irrigation Requirements
and Management (NT DBIRD- Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy) |
