Innovation Partnerships
Frontiers empowers partners to elevate their brand, drive innovation, and make a real impact on Australia’s food security and the sustainability of the horticulture sector.
Our partners include Australian and international co-investors including government, agencies and leading science, technology and data experts, working with industry to address current challenges and anticipate future opportunities.
Our opportunities are aligned with Frontiers themes and advertised via tenders.net. All proposals undergo rigorous review to maintain the highest standards.
Partner benefits:
- Flexible funding options: Unlock funding up to 35 cents per dollar invested.
- Grower access: Tap into an engaged grower and farm community, located in diverse geographic and climatic regions across Australia.
- Trusted collaboration: Become part of the grower-owned network of a leading Rural Research and Development Corporation (RDC).
- Rapid amplification of research outcomes: Partners can trust that the research outcomes delivered will be adopted by those who count.
- Internationally competitive co-investment model: Our process is effective and easy to use, designed with momentum at its core.
- Gold standard ethics and integrity: Measures that ensure a seamless investment process for our partners, fostering trust and transparency every step of the way.
- Advantaged partner network: Our partners have access to a village of experts from early adopters and tech innovators to established local and global disruptors.
- Proven impact: Hort Innovation Frontiers has a history of delivering for industry and the broader community, from revolutionising biosecurity through novel pest management systems and enhancing town planning to include more green space to advancing production practices to reduce the carbon footprint of farms.
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Taking flight against bird damage
Early RoBird trials in Australian almond orchards recorded an 89 per cent reduction in fruit loss within monitored trial blocks and a 94 per cent bird displacement rate following engagement with the technology. Now, the biomimetic drone is being put to the test in strawberries. In this video, Tim Harris takes us onto his farm…
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