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Advancing Tropical Horticulture: Investing in Future-Ready Production Systems
Tender ID: 543226
Tender Details
Organisation:
Tender #:
AS23007
Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
7 November 2023
Closing Date:
7 February 2024
Tender Description
Hort Innovation is the not-for-profit, grower-owned research and development corporation for Australia’s $16 billion horticulture industry. We invest more than $120M per year in research and development, marketing and trade activities to build a prosperous and sustainable future for growers.
Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced, and capable delivery partner for the project: Advancing Tropical Horticulture: Investing in Future-Ready Production Systems (AS23007).
The objectives of the project are to:
- Increase orchard productivity and profitability through defined management options that reduce inputs, increased fruit yield and quality.
- Refine applied knowledge and understanding of tropical production economic systems to maximize efficiency and profits.
- Develop key recommendations for nutrient and irrigation best practice as well as crop load management.
- Identify and test cost-effective solutions to substitute manual labour in tropical locations.
- Develop packages to enable efficient and effective dissemination of best practice in tropical farming systems.
Hort Innovation has prepared a Request for Proposal (RFP) document that provides background information, outlines the scope of services, the procurement process and the information required from interested parties.
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