Psychological approach to vegetable consumption

The greater purpose of this research is to develop a comprehensive model of vegetable purchase and consumption. The results will suggest strategies for a meaningful point of connection with consumers other than messages based on health, and offer compelling motivation for sustained vegetable purchase.

SRDC-Manufacture of a new beverage base from sugar depleted cane juice

The overall objective of the proposed project is to increase profitability through application of membrane technology.

Innovative technologies to advance Queensland's horticulture processing industries

Enabling processing technologies for the horticultural industries.

Revenue loss minimisation in farmed prawns

Best practice protocols for on-farm management of prawn quality to meet market requirements.

BA09025 Commercial feasibility of banana waste utilization in food industry

As a response to the HAL banana call, this project will look to further utilization of bananas not suitable for the retail market.

Improving reproductive traits of breeder herd

Improving reproductive traits of breeder herd.

Rocky Reef Fisheries in Queensland

Addressing knowledge gaps for the sustainable management of rocky reef fisheries.

Investigating grazing management systems in northern Australia

The Project aims to assist beef producers make decisions about the most suitable grazing systems for their properties by providing accurate and impartial information in an easy to understand format.

Free range chicken farms - odour emissions and nutrient management

Quantification of air emissions, in particular, from free range farms for comparison with conventional farming may demonstrate that free range farming has lower emissions. This finding may support conventional farms that are under pressure due to air quality impacts to more readily convert to free range. Industry will benefit by maintaining/increasing production and the community will benefit from fewer impacts.

Preliminary investigation into development of forage budget application and device

Forage budgeting, land condition monitoring and maintaining ground cover residuals are critical management practices for the long term sustainability of the northern grazing industry. The aim of this project is to do a preliminary investigation into industry need, feasibility and willingness to adopt a simple to use hand-held hardware device and compatible, integrated software applications that can be used in the paddock by producers, to assist in land condition monitoring and forage budgeting for better Grazing Land Management and to assist with compliance.

Screening of new lines of cereal grains for inclusion in Near Infra Red Scan calibrations

The project will provide enough data for a reliable and robust NIRs. It will more fully develop the in vitro method to enable less costly assessment of grains in the future. It will also provide a reliable assessment for DE which is the most expensive component of pig feed.

Actions to restore and develop Jungle perch recreational fisheries

Queensland is the only state with Jungle perch. Development and restoration of their fisheries will attract interstate anglers, creating economic benefits. Jungle perch have been successfully spawned on numerous occasions by DEEDI, but larval survival beyond day 6 has been a problem. The larval rearing problem must be overcome to progress restoration and development of the Jungle perch fishery. Key areas requiring investigation are brood stock nutrition, feeding cues and optimal larval feeds. Following successful production of fingerlings, an evaluation of the reintroduction of fingerlings at selected sites is required to determine and the guide success of the stocking program.

Northern Australia Beef fertility Project (Cash Cow)

Performance measures for monitoring and comparing the reproductive performance of northern Australian beef herds.

Cost effective formulation of vegetable-protein based diets

The project will provide information on the use of phytase in sorghum based diets so that producers and nutrionists will have confidence in vegetable protein based diets.

NIRS calibrations for predicting the nutritional quality of feed

NIRS calibrations for predicting the nutritional quality of feed.